The Best. Thing. Ever.

And I'm serious.

I'm a stay-at-home mom, so I'm afforded the luxury of making my guys a hot breakfast almost every morning. You know you hate me. And yesterday I found an amazing recipe that was easy and relatively quick and fantastically taste bud popping. I really wish I had thought of it, but I have to credit Jenna from Kid Appeal with a link: http://foodwithkidappeal.blogspot.com/2009/07/key-lime-french-toast.html

I'm sure there's a more attractive way to do that, but I'm not that savvy.

I try not to post too many recipes because I don't want to come across as pretentious, but this is more like a public service. People everywhere should be eating this.

Here's my abridged version of Jenna's recipe with the few tweaks that I made:

Key Lime French Toast

Make french toast batter like you normally would. I used 2 parts Egg Beaters to one part egg whites to one part milk. The secret is to add the zest of one key lime. I used a regular lime because America's Test Kitchen says it makes no difference in taste.

Now, on to my favorite part...

Again, I used regular limes. I made this while the first batch of toast was cooking. It was so good. Good enough to eat by the spoonful and I had to stop myself.

Key Lime Butter

3 tbl softened butter

1 tbl powdered sugar

zest of one key lime

juice of one key lime

Go make this and then tell all your friends.

Get to Publix NOW!

Hello, All.

I wanted to take a few moments to apologize for letting holiday craziness momentarily control my blog. I'd like to say it won't happen again, but you know it will. I also wanted to thank Lauren for reading (Hi, Lauren!).

So basically if you have a Publix in your neck of the woods, you should get there pronto, especially if you're a fruit eater. They have cherries and apricots for $2.99/lb, which are usually so darn expensive. Strawberries and blueberries are on sale for $2.99 a container, and the blueberries are in the big pint containers, not the little ones. I bought two to eat and one to freeze. There are a few veggie deals going on as well. Pre-bagged veggie mixes are 3 for $5, brocolli and cauliflower are 2 for $4, and butternut and acorn squash are $.99/lb.

Here's a quick little recipe that I've been throwing on pancakes and french toast. So easy and streets ahead of syrup. Plus it looks really impressive.

1 tbl sugar

1 tbl water

1/2 berries

Stir together in a sauce pan on high while you're making whatever you're making. Let it boil together for a few minutes, but don't set off the smoke alarm like I did. Turn the heat off and it will thicken up a little. Add more sugar if needed. Pour it over anything you'd put syrup on. You can thank me later.