This is a delicious recipe for french toast hat requires a little bit of pre-planning because you're actually going to leave it overnight and cook it up the next day.

So if you've got a bit of time on a Friday or Saturday evening, this is the perfect time to make it up so that you can have some tasty french toast for breakfast the next morning.

I'm also I big fan of pancakes (I'm a glutton I know), and if you want to know how to make pancakes that are simply delicious, you can check out that great recipe too.

Ingredients

1 loaf French bread, sliced (1 inch thick)
4 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tspn vanilla extract
2 tblspns butter, melted
maple syrup
1 cup milk
1/4 tspn ground nutmeg
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
cooking spray

Directions

1. Add to a mixing bowl the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg and whisk together.
2. Spray bottom of casserole dish with cooking spray.
3. Create a layer of bread on the bottom of the casserole dish.
4. Pour the egg mix over the bread, making sure it is evenly spread.
5. Give bread a minute to soak before flipping the bread slices.
6. Cover the dish with cling film and refridgerate overnight.
   

Next Day

1. Pre-heat oven to 425°F/220°C
2. Remove cling film from dish and spread pecans over the top before pouring the melted butter over the lot.
3. Cook for around 25 minutes. Bread should be puffed up and pecans should be nice and brown.
4. Serve the french toast with some maple syrup

If it's dead cold outside and you need something warm and hearty to warm you up, then knowing how to make minestrone soup is an easy fix.

You can keep reading to learn more about minestrone soup, and I'd also recommend you head over to our website and check out our hamburger soup recipes, another great option when you want to make a hearty soup.

While you're there you can also check out the best meatball recipe collection this side of the North Pole.

Minestrone has it's origins in Italy, but the truth is this is pretty much just a chunky vegetable soup that is very flexibile in terms of what you throw into it.

So the key ingredient of a good minestrone are the vegetables. You weant to use fresh veggies and to make your minestrone special you want to be looking for in season veggies that are unique to your local region.

Once you have your veggies decided upon, you need to decide if you want to go with a vegetarian version of the dish, or do you want to include some sort of meat. Just like with the veggies, you can go with whatever meat takes your fancy.

Much of the flavor of the minestrone is going to come from the broth or stock you use. There are plenty of good pre-made stocks you can use, but if you've got the time and inclination and you're keen to make your minestrone really stand out, then making your own broth might be something you do.

If you've decided that you're going to have pasta with your minestrone there are actually a couple of ways you can do this. The first options is to cook the past separately and then pour the minestrone over the pasta in the bowl

The second option is to actually cook the pasta in the minestrone and serve it as a mixed dish.

Learning how to make minestrone soup is great because each soup is different - you use different veggies, you can change up the type of stock, meat and pasta you use and you can also play around with different herbs and flavorings like garlic, basil, red wine, oregano and so on.