A Father's Day recipe from Flat Belly Diet Family Cookbook: Chocolate Stuffed French Toast Recipe
Ingredients
- Chocolate Stuffed French Toast
- 25 minutes / 4 servings / 416 calories / MUFA: Chocolate
- Ingredients:
- 4-ounce semi-sweet chocolate bar, finely chopped
- 3 ounces Neufchatel cheese (low fat cream cheese), softened
- 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh orange zest
- 6 ounces Italian bread, cut on an angle into 8 (1/2" thick) slices
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon transfat-free margarine or spread
- 20 g fat
- 10 g saturated fat
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