Healthier You: Pumpkin Protein French Toast

One of the most difficult parts of any fitness journey is changing your mindset around food. Cutting certain foods out and incorporating new ones into your diet can be challenging for many people, and that's okay! Here at AstroFlav, we want to help you along your fitness journey by providing you with delicious (and healthy) recipes that will keep you dedicated to your fitness journey while allowing you to enjoy what you eat.

As fall is fast approaching, here at AstroFlav, we LOVE all things pumpkin spice! Protein Pumpkin French Toast is on the Healthier You menu this week and we are here for it! With over 30 grams of protein per serving, minimal ingredients, and 10 minutes time to whip up, we are sure you are going to love this recipe! Highlighting our sweet Cinna Crunch IsoMix, this is the perfect fall breakfast!

Pumpkin Protein French Toast

ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

Pumpkin purée: Make sure this is pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
AstroFlav Cinna Crunch IsoMix: Cinna Crunch works best for this recipe to give a cinnamon spice to correlate with the pumpkin flavor.
Egg: I used the whole egg; however, I haven't tried this recipe with a vegan or flax egg.
Bread: I used Dave's Killer thin-sliced bread (70 cals).
Almond milk: I used unsweetened almond milk. Can sub for soy, oat, or regular milk.
SF maple syrup: Swap for light brown sugar, honey, or real maple syrup to add on top!
Vanilla extract

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THIS RECIPE

Flat bowl or plate
Large pan

TIPS FOR CREATING PROTEIN FRENCH TOAST

For a lower fat and lower calorie option, you can use all egg whites instead of the mix of egg whites and whole eggs.
Add protein powder AFTER wet ingredients are mixed until smooth. This will reduce clumping of the protein powder.
If your protein powder is prone to clumping, you can blend everything together instead of whisking it, to ensure everything is well mixed.
If you’d like French toast sticks, simply slice the bread into soldiers before soaking them in the liquid mixture. Reduce the frying time to 4 minutes, flipping halfway through.

Pumpkin Protein French Toast

INGREDIENTS:

Dry ingredients:

2 tablespoons canned pumpkin purée
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 scoop AstroFlav Cinna Crunch IsoMix
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 slices low calorie whole grain bread
1-2 TBS almond milk

DIRECTIONS:

Heat griddle or large skillet to medium heat and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk pumpkin, egg, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice together in a shallow bowl. Add 1-2 tablespoons almond milk for consistency.
Add in scoop of protein powder and whisk until clumps are completely smooth.
Dip bread into mixture, let sit for a few seconds to soak up the egg mixture. Flip gently, careful not to tear bread slice, and repeat.
Place the 2 bread slices on heated griddle or skillet. Once lightly browned (after about 3-5 mins), flip and cook for an additional 3-5 mins on the other side.
Prepare desired toppings and enjoy immediately.

Substitutes:

Thin-sliced bread: Whole wheat, white, or any bread of choice.
Almond milk: Can substitute almond milk with dairy milk, coconut, soy, or oat milk.
Zero calorie sweetener: Swap sugar free maple syrup with Stevia brown sugar, regular maple syrup, or honey.
Cinna Crunch IsoMix: Swap Cinna Crunch with Vanilla!

Nutrition: serving size: 1

Nutrition per serving

Calories = 345 kcal| Carbs: 34g|Protein: 35g|Fat: 8g

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How To Use

Quick and easy two step mixing!

Pour 8-10 oz of your preferred beverage.
Add 1 serving of IsoMix to your shaker cup. (Mixes great even with a spoon)

Quick and easy smoothie!

Add 1 serving of IsoMix to a blender filled with 8-10 oz of water, nonfat milk, or your favorite beverage.
Blend for 20-30 seconds.
Add 1 or 2 ice cubes and blend for another 30 seconds.