Strawberry French Toast

 

My daughter loves strawberries, and she loves pink! When I asked her what she wanted for dinner on her birthday, she gave me a blank look. I quickly started thinking about what her favorite foods are. Sausage links popped into my head, then french toast, but how could I make it birthday worthy? Strawberries quickly came to mind next, and this recipe fell into place. It was a big winner with the whole family. I hope it will be a winner with yours as well!

Ingredients for the toast:

• 6 slices of Texas toast
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 c milk
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Non-stick cooking spray

Ingredients for the strawberries:

• Fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Garnish:

• Strawberry cream cheese
• Whipped cream
• Real maple syrup

Directions: In a rectangular casserole dish, add eggs, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine. Soak bread in the mixture until absorbed, about 15 minutes. While the bread is soaking, slice strawberries, add sugar and vanilla extract. Stir to combine. Heat a griddle pan over medium heat. Spray the griddle with a non-stick cooking spray. Add prepared bread to the griddle and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Spread a layer of strawberry cream cheese on the toast, garnish with prepared strawberries, whipped cream, and real maple syrup. Enjoy!

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Lace Edging for Dress or Tunic

 

I added a simple lace edging to my daughter's favorite dress that was too short for her. It worked out so well, that I added a lace edging to one of my tunics. I was really pleased with how it turned out too! It was just enough extra length to allow me to feel more comfortable wearing the tunic with leggings. Yay!

Lace edging pattern:

• Measure the length of the garment you want to add lace to, then chain until you have reached about 1-3 inches less than the length of the garment (this will vary depending on the gauge of your crochet -- usually the length of the crochet will increase as you work)
• Row 1 (ws): SC across, turn
• Row 2 (rs): Ch 1, dc across, turn
• Row 3 (ws): Ch 1, dc in next st, *ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st; repeat from * across; ch 3, turn
• Row 4 (rs): Star st; draw a lp in 2nd ch from hook, draw lp in next ch, draw lp in next ch-1 sp, draw lp in next dc, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1 for eye of the star; *draw lp in eye of star st, draw lp in last lp on same star st, draw lp in next ch-1 sp, draw lp in next dc, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1; repeat from * across, turn
• Row 5 (ws): Ch 3, dc in eye of 2nd start st; * ch 1, dc in eye of next star st; repeat from * across, turn
• Row 6 (rs): Ch 1, sc across, fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing
• With rs facing, line up the first two rows of the lace to the bottom of the garment; pin it in place
• Sew the lace to the garment
• Using the long tail of yarn fastened off on the lace, sew the lace edges together to create a finished edge and weave in ends
• Note: I like to put the sewn edges of lace on the side of the garment so that it isn't noticeable from the front or back