Savoury French toast and stunts from the past
Léo’s French teacher recently asked the class to write a chapter from their hypothetical future autobiographies as an exercise. It had to be a memory from their early childhood, and the memory Léo chose was when he and Poly the pony went flying head over heels together in a cornfield when we were out riding one day. Neither of them was hurt — they both got up and shook themselves off and our ride continued. When we got home, Poly, who, amongst other things, had a total disregard for electric fences, decided to visit Léo in the kitchen. Léo claims in his ‘memoirs’ that Poly had come to apologise for having catapulted him into the corn, but I think it might also have had something to do with the big bowl of apples on the kitchen table. I fear that the childhood part of Léo’s autobiography is going to contain an appalling amount of tales of thoroughly undisciplined animals and their exploits. I can only hope that he focuses on the animals and glosses over his parents’ mishaps…
Ingredients (serves 4)
4 eggs, beaten
75g chickpea flour
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
75ml water
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 small courgette, chopped
1 carrot, grated
2 kale leaves, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil (or ghee)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon garam masala
¼ teaspoon turmeric
4 large slices of bread (or 8 small)
Dip the bread into the mixture until each slice is well-coated. You may have to spoon the vegetables onto the toast while it’s cooking. Heat the olive oil or ghee over a medium heat in a non-stick frying pan and fry the bread on both sides until golden brown.
This makes a delicious complement to soup or salad.
6 Comments
ourfrenchoasis
So glad we have the same fears, sometimes I cringe nervously when the children are asked to recall something from their childhood, what we find incredibly amusing I can see others might think of as extremely poor parenting without due care and attention!! Oh well it makes for very well rounded children in my opinion!!!!
The Healthy Epicurean
Léo has a fertile imagination and quite a sense of humour and the results can be jaw-dropping. Luckily I’ve given up caring what people think! 😀 Hope you’re well. xx
apuginthekitchen
I have to laugh at Leo’s memories and wonder what the teacher will think when reading, I think it’s wonderful that you are surrounded by animals with such character and personality. Your savory French toast sounds absolutely delicious!!❤
The Healthy Epicurean
Luckily the teacher knows us so I don’t think she’ll be too surprised! We do seem to attract (or perhaps produce) animals with lots of personality. The French toast was really good and appreciated by everybody. Thank you!
Amy | Foodetcaetera
Looks delicious!
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you! 🙂