Gina, and our son, Matt, have been using the bread machine these last few days, making several loaves of some delightful white bread (heavy with a nice, fine crumb, ever so slightly sweet), and one of cinnamon raisin bread. Both of us being tired, I suggested French toast, made with the homemade bread, for dinner. I sliced it about 3/4 of an inch thick and dipped it in a mix of eggs, milk, vanilla extract, freshly ground nutmeg and Saigon cinnamon, then fried them in oil on our electric skillet. Butter and a little syrup to finish. OMG good! Better even than the English muffin bread we normally prefer for French toast.
Tomorrow, I'm going to make what I'm calling "West Indies Bean and Pumpkin Soup". It'll be a thick, filling soup of white beans, cubed pumpkin (from our own garden), and spinach flavored with a sofrito of onions, carrot, celery, bell pepper, garlic, ginger root, and jalapeno, as well as some allspice, cumin, black pepper and thyme - typical Caribbean seasonings. Some coconut milk, scallions and flat-leaf parsley will finish things off.
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