French Toast with Caramelized Bananas and Pecans
Mar 16, 2010
This is filled with vibrant colour and fresh flavour, thanks to the mango and red pepper. Serve with basmati rice and little bowls of green onions, coconut and cashews for everyone to help themselves. Garnish with cinnamon sticks.
Canola oil gives these biscotti-like cookies a crispness, which makes them perfect for dipping in coffee or hot chocolate. Vegans can make a slightly crunchier version with egg replacer, a nonanimal product available at health food stores; use according to directions on the box for one large egg. Demerara is a coarse raw sugar available in the baking section of most supermarkets.
Enjoy our hearty "Galloping Gourmets" collection of brunch and breakfast recipes in the July 2006 issue of Canadian Living magazine.
Cooking a fresh lobster ensures great taste. If you are short on time, many fish markets will cook it for you.
If you love the taste of classic sweet and tangy lemon squares, you'll love this lime version. The green food colouring darkens as the squares bake, so make the shade of the lime curd slightly lighter than your desired final colour.
Dark, rich and sticky-sweet, these two-bite single-rib portions make for easy handling. Pass the moist towelettes.
A fabulous pumpkin pie is a combination of a crisp flaky crust and smooth, creamy custard. For guaranteed success, quick-chill and prebake the crust at a high temperature before adding the pumpkin custard and baking the pie at a lower temperature.
