February 25, 2013

Caramelized French Toast

hello everyone!
look at me-two posts in two days!

what a great weekend Tay and I had.
in addition to breakfast on saturday & window shopping
at fashion place mall, we decided to have an
oscar party Sunday evening!
and what a great time it was!
good friends, great food, and yummy yummy desserts!
i wish i had taken pictures, but i didn't really think about it
until it was too late.
next year, I guess.

so before we had our oscar extravaganza on Sunday evening
(by the way, didn't you just love Jennifer Lawrence's dress?! Swoon!)
i made some delicous caramelized french toast.
i'm not joking, it was the best french toast i've ever had.
let me share my tricks with you;
pardon the popcorn-looking eggs...
1. use the generic eggs and milk, of course as your base
2. a pinch of salt & plenty of cinnamon
(i add more cinnamon between each piece of bread so that it coats each piece)
3. here's my secret ingredient-vanilla. lots of vanilla. if you ever have the chance, too
purchase the mexican vanilla-it's a million times better than generic
4. after you make the french toast to your liking, place a tablespoon
(or two, depending on how many pieces of french toast you have made.
between the two of us i made five pieces and one tablespoon was just perfect)
of butter into the pan along with a 1/4 cup of water and a half a cup of brown sugar.
stir together and coat french toast in brown sugar glaze.
and that's it! so simple!
serve & enjoy!
if you have any questions about serving adjustments,
please comment below, i'm more than happy to answer your questions.

oh and also, i saw safe haven with some girls from work tonight.
loved it. i highly recommend it if you're in the mood for a lovey dovey,
semi-predictable, romantic, typical nicholas sparks movie.
josh duhamel + julianne hough = so cute

now i'm going to spend the evening with my love

{A&T}

February 23, 2013

Greasy Burritos & Garbage Hash

 i love Saturdays.
sleeping in, no work, no school, and i get to have my mornings with my darling.

tay and i went out to brunch again this morning-
let me tell you, I am loving going to all these new places!
and since we don't have much time during the week to go on dates, this makes it perfect!
(for those of you who missed my previous breakfast review, you can be in the loop here!)
today tay didn't even have to work so we spent the whole day together!
that hasn't happened in quite a while-i was as happy as a kid in a candy store

this weekend we went to a little place called 
The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn.
when we walked in, the place was hoppin!
it was snowing outside, there was a large murmur of conversation
and the smell of eggs & bacon were in the air;
the perfect combination for a lovely Saturday brunch.
i shied away from the French Toast again this week
(which is what I typically would order when getting breakfast)
and instead went with a breakfast burrito.
It was good, but not superb.
it needed a lot of hot sauce, since there wasn't much flavor
as far as breakfast burritos go, however, this one was in my top ten
taylor got something by the name of
garbage hash
now don't be turned away because of the name;
green peppers
onions
cheese
hash browns
mushrooms
ham
...
deliciousness.
get this if you go.
tay said it's a little oniony but super good-
and freak, with a name like that how can you pass it up?
their hot chocolate is bomb also.
our waiter, however, was a bit of an airhead...
he came to our table three times the whole hourish we were there
and never refilled our waters

but overall, i would give the belgian waffle and omelette inn a
seven out of ten on the ashley restaurant scale.

have you ever been there?
any recommendations for next time or for future customers?

{A&T}

February 21, 2013

Sweet Tooth Fairy


The Sweet Tooth Fairy is freaking bomb.
I love living in Salt Lake.
And I love Cupcakes for dinner.

{A&T}
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