Behold... a Wonderful Bed & Breakfast

Ecce is the Latin word for behold. I recently learned that when I was surprised with a special weekend away with my fiancée. He took me to a beautiful bed & breakfast on top of a mountain in Barryville, NY. The view from our room was of the snow covered mountains of Pennsylvania and the scenic Upper Delaware River. The view was definitely one to "ecce," behold. The attraction in this area for us is the Bald Eagle. They come here every winter to fish when the lakes and rivers freeze over in Canada, fortunately more and more are making it their home, building nests, and raising eaglets. This trip we had a total of 18 eagles sightings, 14 mature and 4 immature.

The eagles were not the only thing special about this weekend; the Ecce Bed & Breakfast was also a sight to behold. With its simple elegance, gourmet breakfast, and excellent host Alan, we had an exceptional stay. Now what I really want you to know about is the breakfast, in the evening we sat down with Alan to go over the menu so that he could be prepared to make each dish to order. For our first morning we chose baked omelets with an abundance of ingredients of our choosing, amazingly delicious. For our second morning it was the stuffed french-toast that was extraordinary delicious. When I asked Alan about the recipe he had no problem sharing with us, so of-course I had to make it for myself this weekend and it was a big hit all over again. 

As with most recipes I added my own healthy make-over.

Stuffed French-Toast Bake

I loaf of home-made whole-wheat bread, cubed

Batter…6 eggs, ¾ cup honey, 1 to 2 TBS cinnamon, 1 TBS oil, ¼ cup water. Mix together then add cubed bread, toss till all the bread is coated.

½ package Cream cheese

Special ingredients, not more than 3.  Blueberries, strawberries, walnuts, carob, or any other like ingredient that you would enjoy.

In one large baking dish or 6 individual baking dishes layer…

Bread, cream cheese, special ingredients, bread, and top with your special ingredients. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes for the large baking dish and 20 minutes for the individual dishes or cooked through and nicely browned.

Enjoy while still warm and ecce!

Thank you Alan