Brinner Experiments

So, last night I was trying to use up things that I had in the house for dinner. I had planned on making french toast, but it seemed pretty boring.

Amazing boyfriend had found a YouTube vid a few weeks ago where a woman made french toast out of a jelly sandwich (basically). He was interested in trying that out. Then we started talking about the delish Stuffed French Toast at IHOP (which, incidentally, he has never had). So I was thinking "hey, how about making our own?"

I picked up a package of cream cheese and some strawberry jam. I decided to make three different versions of the stuffed french toast, and we could decide what we liked best.

I beat the cream cheese with 1/3 cup of confectioners sugar. Then I split it in half, and added 2 tablespoons of strawberry jam to one half of the cream cheese mixture. (In hindsight 1 tablespoon probably would have been enough. It got a little runny).

I did a couple with just plain strawberry jam. They were tasty, but a bit too sweet for my liking.

I loved the cream cheese versions though. They were incredibly yummy!

The baby wasn't a fan, but it may have been because she was snacking while I was cooking. I never know with her :)

So, the verdict is - success! I should let myself experiment more often. I need to learn to trust myself more in the kitchen. It's never been my thing, but I would like to get to the point where I don't feel intimidated, or the insane need to have a recipe to follow explicitly.