Black Walnut French Toast

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chopped black walnuts
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large ripe banana, sliced
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup fat-free milk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8 (0.8-ounce) white bread slices
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 1/4 cup maple syrup

Instructions

1. Place a small skillet over medium-high heat until hot; add 2 tablespoons chopped black walnuts, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until toasted. Remove from skillet.
2. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat; add banana slices, and cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
3. Stir in toasted black walnuts and 1/4 cup honey, and remove from heat.
4. Whisk together eggs and next 3 ingredients in a shallow dish. Lightly press bread slices, one at a time, into egg mixture, coating both sides of bread. Cook bread, in batches, on a nonstick griddle coated with cooking spray over medium heat 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until done. Repeat procedure, if necessary.
5. Transfer to a serving plate.
6. Serve with banana mixture and syrup.

4 servings