I try to cook meals that are a bit healthier for me and usually they turn out comparable to the full fat / not-as-healthy versions but this recipe plain stunk! There is nothing more disappointing then having a grand idea for breakfast the night before, get all excited to make it when you wake up, and then immediately want to throw it away. Dejected. Totally let down. Hopefully, this doesn’t happen to you as often as it does to me because I hate being left hungry in the mornings!

I’ve been following a self-modified version of the Abs Diet from MensHealth and its been going great (down 4 pants sizes!) and when I saw their Cinnamon Stuffed French Toast I thought it would be perfect for my pre-football game Saturday morning breakfast. Boy was I wrong! I really think the problem was the stuffing, the texture of the ricotta just didn’t work for french toast and it definitely wasn’t sweet enough. I think next time, I’ll try a low fat cream cheese based filling .

Stuffed Cinnamon French Toast

• 2 Tbsp part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 slices whole-grain bread
• 1 tsp honey
• Pinch + 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp 1% milk
• Handful of fresh berries

*the original recipe called for sliced almonds which I didn’t have, but i didn’t think it would have made that much of a difference in the end.

1. Spread the ricotta on your bread, drizzle with honey and a pinch of cinnamon.

2. Add your top slice of bread and proceed with your typical french toast making procedure.

It was terrible, but I ate it anyway, probably b/c almost anything is good with fresh blueberries! Is it just a bad recipe? or did I do something wrong?

At least the picture came out well!

recipe on MensHealth.com