Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts

Show that special person how much you love them with CHOCOLATE!! These are my Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts - An easy Valentines breakfast!

Chocolate has got to me the number one gift on Valentine's day. I'm sure flowers come a close second, but who hasn't bought a big box of chocolates for a loved one, with a quiet hope they might get shared out?

Yep, guilty.

Chris and I are both chocoholics, although I'm probably the worst. No Dairy Milk is safe in the house if I know it's there.

I'm trying to be good at the moment - it's my birthday in March and I've still got 10 pounds to lose.  I've been searching for the easiest (i.e non-depriving) way to lose weight. Low carb, 5:2, calorie counting. But really I know that I've just got to reigning in the gorging and getting my butt off the sofa.

The problem is, I get really grumpy if I can't eat the odd bit of naughty stuff. I don't mind being good - especially during the week, so long as I've regulary got something to look forward to. Like a treat day a week. Not one treat a week. I want a whole day.

So the weight loss is going a little slow at the moment.

The exercise situation is improving though. I've had a gruelling PT session this week, an early morning power walk and we went out for a family badminton session yesterday. Doing something fun with the whole family definitely helps to make it feel like treat rather than torture.

Chris and I have agreed not to buy each other chocolates for Valentines. A card maybe, or a homemade gift??, and a nice meal that we'll cook together once the kids are in bed. But no big boxes of chocolates to completely derail us.

Especially considering pancake day, Chinese new year and my mum's birthday all fall in the same week.

Maybe I should just sign myself up for one of those bootcamp retreats for the whole week and avoid temptation altogether!

Will we be making these Nutella and Strawberry French Toast Hearts on Valentines day? Well considering I've already made them once, and we all jumped on them forks-in-hand once I'd photographed, then maybe not.

But I'm not ruling them out completely. ????❤️????

The Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts Recipe:

Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts

By: Nicky Corbishley

Show that special person how much you love them with CHOCOLATE!! These are my Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine American, French

Servings 2 people

Calories 971 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 1 tbsp plain (all purpose) flour1 tbsp plain (all purpose) flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp baking powder
• pinch saltpinch salt
• 3 tbsp caster sugar (or use superfine)3 tbsp caster sugar (or use superfine)
• 2 large eggs2 large eggs
• 4 tbsp milk4 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 6 slices extra-thick sliced white bread6 slices extra-thick sliced white bread
• 10 Strawberries - Look for dark red, juicy strawberries10 Strawberries - Look for dark red, juicy strawberries
• 2 figs2 figs
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 135 g Nutella - slightly warmed to loosen it up (a few seconds in a microwave or a warm pan should be enough)135 g Nutella - slightly warmed to loosen it up (a few seconds in a microwave or a warm pan should be enough)
• 1 tsp confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)1 tsp confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)

INSTRUCTIONS

 

• Place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl and mix together. Add the egg and whisk together to combine, then add the milk and vanilla bean paste and whisk again until no lumps remain.
• Take a large, heart-shaped cookie cutter (12-15cm from top to bottom), and cut a heart shape from each piece of bread. Alternatively you can do this by hand using a sharp knife or a pair of sharp kitchen scissors. I like to cut the first heart from the bread, then use that one as a template for the rest - so they're all the same shape for stacking. 
• Slice the strawberries, top to bottom, then shape each slice into a little heart shape with your knife (this is optional, you can just slice them if you like).
  Cut each fig into 3 wedges.
• Melt the butter on a medium-high heat in a large frying pan (skillet). Then dip the bread hearts in the egg mixture, ensuring they're completely covered in the mixture.
• Place the dipped bread into the pan and fry each side for 1-2 minutes until golden. I like to fry the edges of the bread for a few seconds too - simply hold the bread hearts, in stacks of 3 on their side using tongs to do this.
• Add a french toast heart to each plate (two plates). Top with a tablespoon of Nutella followed by half of the strawberries. Repeat the layers, then top with the final piece of French toast - so you have 3 French toast hearts on each plate. Arrange 3 fig wedges on top of the each French toast stack, then drizzle over the remaining Nutella.
• Sift over the confectioners' sugar and serve.

✎ Notes

Nutritional Information is per serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 971kcalCarbohydrates: 130gProtein: 21gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 29gCholesterol: 219mgSodium: 606mgPotassium: 769mgFiber: 8gSugar: 74gVitamin A: 745IUVitamin C: 36.3mgCalcium: 449mgIron: 8mg

Keywords Valentines Day

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