Budget-Friendly Baked Cinnamon French Toast

Cranberry Cinnamon Breakfast Rice Pudding

I. Love. Breakfast.

I do not love freezing cold mornings and eating cold cereal on cold mornings.

Thus, this recipe was born.

:)


Cranberry Cinnamon Breakfast Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

1 c. uncooked rice (I use Jasmine)

1 c. frozen or fresh cranberries

1 c. water

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 c. white sugar

2 Tbsp. milk

My usual rice pick.

Instructions:

Place cranberries in a small sauce pan with 1 c. water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and strain liquid from berries. Set the berries aside. They should be tender, and slightly falling apart.

Cook rice according to package directions. My Jasmine rice cooks with 1 and 3/4 c. water for about five minutes.

When rice is soft and there is no excess water, add your cranberries. Stir gently with a rubber spatula. Add the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sugar and milk and stir again.

Serve hot with a cinnamon garnish. I think this would be divine with a little whipped cream on top, but alas, that was not on my menu this morning. Still, I could eat this for breakfast EVERY single day of winter. It's warm, sweet, and filling. **Plus, it's gluten and egg free! You could always substitute the milk for almond or rice milk too!**

Yep, princess dishware for the princesses that rule our roost.

Enjoy with life on these cold winter mornings. <3

Lazy Morning Eggs Florentine

Okay, so even though I posted yesterday about being psyched for school to start, I must add this disclaimer: I still love my relaxing mornings every once in a while.

This morning is one of those mornings. I woke up early to make some French pressed coffee before my husband left for work, but then went back to bed to partake in one of my guilty pleasures--word searches. :) I then proceeded to fall back asleep until 8:45. :)

I'm sure just about everyone has heard of Eggs Florentine and knows how to make it, but this simple, little breakfast brought me much joy this morning. So....of course, I'm posting about it!  If you've never made Eggs Florentine, it's a great, easy way to take in lots of protein before a big day (or in my case, a lazy one). Just fry up an egg any way you like it. Serve it over toast. Most people put cooked spinach leaves atop the toast and top the leaves with the egg, but I like to serve fresh spinach leaves on top of the egg instead. Grate a little Swiss cheese on top of everything. I recommend serving with French pressed coffee.

So perfect. :)