Decadent Freedom French Toast-Adrienne Mangus
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
6 Tbsp. Maple Syrup
1 1/2 sticks melted butter (aka as 3/4 cup)
24 Slices of Bread
8 oz Cream Cheese
Cinnamon Sugar
9 Large Eggs
2 1/2 cups Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
Mix together brown sugar, maple syrup and butter. Pour onto a large cookie sheet (12 x 16).
Note: the buttery caramel does not stick to the bottom, but it is a good idea to grease the sides of the pan.
Spread the cream cheese on 12 slices of bread and put them, cheese side up, on top of the mixture in the cookie sheet, squeezing slightly to fit. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Place on the other 12 slices of bread on top of the first 12 slices. Cut through each "sandwich" diagonally.
Mix eggs, milk, and vanilla together pour over bread.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Remove the cover before baking. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for at least 40 minutes, until the tops turn a bit brown. **Place foil under pan in case it overflows.
Serve upside down so that caramel side is up. May be served plain or with berries and sour cream or whipped topping.
Sometimes knowing that other women, mothers, sisters, friends, and care takers just like us face the same battles of what to make for dinner. Be it our task/chore/burden/or hobby of what to make for our families to eat each day sometimes it just seem easier to bear when you have a good recipe recommended from a "GIRLFRIEND"; they provide us with the boost to get over the lack of motivation or stumbling blocks in our way and get dinner on the table!
The number of those who report that their “whole family usually eats dinner together” has declined 33 percent. This is most concerning because the time a family spends together “eating meals at home [is] the strongest predictor of children’s academic achievement and psychological adjustment.”
Family mealtimes have also been shown to be a strong bulwark against children’s smoking, drinking, or using drugs. There is inspired wisdom in this advice to parents: what your children really want for dinner is you.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks Good, Better, Best (Nov. 2007)
Two researchers at the University of Minnesota investigated the potential benefits of family mealtimes on children and found that families that dine together tend to have healthier, more well-adjusted children. Their studies indicate that the more often children and teens west with their parents—and the happier, more structured these mealtimes are—the more the children gain these benefits:
Better Nutrition
Better language and literacy
Fewer Eating Disorders
Fewer risky behaviors
The national center on addiction and substance abuse at Columbia University (sept 2005) found that compared with teens who dine frequently with their families (Five to seven dinners a week), teens who have fewer than three family dinners per week are:
Two and a half times likelier to smoke cigarettes
More than on e and a half times likelier to drink alcohol.
Almost three times likelier to try marijuana
“….Mealtime becomes a way for families to bond. To show children they have access to a caring adult.” (The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner p. 11)
So as Women, Sisters, Daughters, Wives, Mothers, Grandmothers we can not put a price on the work that we do. Dinner hours and menus can be daunting at times and others it feels like a breeze. As we gather together and share in our love for caring for our families and enjoying the connections we have with them as we sit around the dinner tables of our homes. I hope that each of us can step back occasionally on those hard mommy days and “Believe in what we are doing! Believing in who we are and that we can make a difference one meal at a time.
~ Jill
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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