For Crystal :)

As I was bombarding my friend's Facebook post about food and curry dishes, I remembered my fried rice recipe that I seem to alter every time I make it, but for the most part it's pretty similar.

The first time I made it, it was a little bland so I added what I thought would help it (curry sauce) and it was amaaaaa-ziiiiiiing!

We usually eat it just as a dinner on it's own so I make a boatload of it.  Leftovers don't go over very well with my boyfriend, but I don't mind eating them, especially these :)  You can always half the recipe, too, depending on how many mouths you feed.

What you'll need:  (I'll add pics next time I decide to make it)

2 Cups of Rice/3 Cups of Water (I use a rice cooker to make it)
Fresh Mushrooms, sliced
Small Green Pepper, chopped
Small Red Pepper, chopped
1 Cup Frozen Peas and Carrots
Chopped Onion (add as much as you're comfortable with, we use very little just because we're not huge onion eaters)
3-4 Eggs, lightly beaten
3-4 Chicken Breasts, cubed and cooked (or Shrimp!!  Deveined and Tailed)
3-4 Tbsp Butter
3-4 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup (or More to Taste) of Curry Sauce (I like making some of the stuff for the Thai Chicken Curry and putting that in or a jar'd stuff you can get from PartyLite that my friend sells)

Obviously this recipe is a lot of "a little of this and a little of that".  It's not very precise, but I like to taste it all the way through to make sure it's to my liking.

Cook your rice up and then remove it from the heat and leave it uncovered.
Meanwhile in a large pot saute your mushrooms and peppers (and onion) up.  Stir in the eggs.  Throw in your cup of peas and carrots.  Add in the cooked chicken or shrimp.  Stir in the rice and shake some soy sauce in.  Add in your curry sauce to taste and mix it well.

You can really modify this however you like.  It's a really quick and easy meal and is awesome for busy weeknights.

omgz.... SUCCESS!!!! (Banana Bread French Toast)

 Huzzah!!  Banana Bread French Toast was a huuuuuge success!
I've got to thank Mr. Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) for helping me out with this amazing success at brinner.  Gah, the man's a genius!!

Brent and I had first tried the Banana Bread French Toast thing at the HoDo's Easter Brunch.  It was phenomenal.  I'd love to go to another one of their holiday brunches.

Here's your batter recipe:
4 large eggs
2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla (I used 1-1/2 tsp :)  )
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp granted nutmeg

Cut the banana bread into 3/4" - 1" slices.  Dip it into the batter.  I used a spatula (the kind you see in the pic below) so the bread doesn't crumble in the batter.  Make sure to slice your bread up a little in advance so that it dries out a little bit so it isn't too moist (ugh, I hate that word...)

Toss it into a pan on medium heat and let it cook.  You're supposed to grease the pan, but for some reason I have a huge issue with butter and a hot griddle/pan.  I always seem to burn it and it gets gross and...  You get it.  Anyway, I just use non-stick pans.  They're great.

I made a double batch... That's why there's so damn much of it.  I went through almost two loaves of banana bread..  Yeah, I over did it...  My bad.  BUT!  Troy did have some left overs to bring home!

Here's the finished product at the table.  Big ass plate of bacon, eggs and a butt load of banana bread French toast!  Woot!  SO good..  HOWEVER, if I may add a bit of a suggestion...  Go easy on the maple syrup.  Lots of butter (I use Promise because I enjoy that fake buttery taste and that it's not one ion away from being plastic) and it's amazingly tasty.  Just like regular banana bread, but with a little kick :)