Heart Healthy French Toast

(5.0)
By Judy Capodanno
Published 2/7/2022
Dietitian Reviewed: Jane Schwartz, RDN, CLT
Approved for These Diets:
Heart Healthy | Diabetic | Vegetarian
Heart Healthy French Toast
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Whip up warm, syrupy heart-healthy French toast that’s delicious and low-calorie. This luscious 6-ingredient heart healthy breakfast recipe makes it easy to start the day on a lighter note. At only 98 calories per serving, there is only 1 gram of fat. That’s a sweet breakfast!

Total Time
30 minutes
Servings
6
Calories
98

Why You’ll Love This Heart Healthy French Toast Recipe

  • Six ingredients: This heart healthy French toast only requires only six ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.
  • A low sugar breakfast: Made with only a small amount of brown sugar and accented with cinnamon, this low-calorie French toast doesn’t start your day off on a sugar rollercoaster, but it does taste sweet. 
  • Family friendly: Everyone from kids to grandparents will enjoy this healthy breakfast recipe. It’s one of our best diabetic breakfast recipes and it’s a vegetarian breakfast recipe, too.
  • Quick and easy to make: It only takes a few minutes to prepare this easy-to-cook French toast, making it one of our most popular healthy breakfast bread recipes.

While French toast isn’t typically considered healthy, it can be if you swap out a few of the ingredients used to make it. This healthier French toast recipe uses egg whites instead of whole eggs and also swaps out white bread for whole wheat bread to add fiber and nutrients. There’s just a small amount of brown sugar in the recipe and the taste is enhanced by pungent cinnamon. That makes this French toast low calorie, low fat and low sugar. Since it contains just 22 grams of carbs, this is a delicious diabetic-friendly breakfast recipe that may fit into your meal plan when you’re craving something sweet. 

Add some staying power to your breakfast or brunch by combining the sweet taste of French toast with one of these high-protein breakfast recipes. 

If you love eating something sweet in the morning but want it to be healthy, try one of these sweet-tasting healthy breakfast recipes.

  • For gluten free French toast, swap out the multi-grain bread for gluten free bread and use gluten free syrup.
  • Make this recipe even tastier by adding your favorite fresh berries on top or on the side.
  • A sprinkle of powdered sugar makes this dish look festive without adding many calories.
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Ingredients

Recipe yields 6 servings

Directions

  1. Step 1

    In a large, shallow bowl, whisk together egg whites, skim milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar.

  2. Step 2

    Dip bread into mixture, but do not soak. Lightly coat a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat until hot. Arrange dipped bread in skillet, and cook, in batches if necessary, until browned on each side. Serve with syrup.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:
2 slices

98
Calories
1
g
Fat
0
mg
Cholesterol
290
mg
Sodium
22
g
Carbs
0
g
Sat. Fat
7
g
Fiber
7
g
Protein

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