Protein French Toast

These Protein French Toasts are the best high-protein breakfast, with 25 grams of protein per serving to keep you full for hours. They are perfect for refueling after a workout or for busy mums looking for a high-protein, low-carb breakfast.

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This Protein French toast recipe has been one of my favorites for years. It’s fulfilling after a workout in the morning or a short night looking after your baby. It’s a great alternative to my Protein Pancakes Recipe or my Protein Crepes.

Protein French toast is a high-protein healthy breakfast to refuel your body with protein after a workout. It’s a delicious low-carb protein recipe when using low-carb bread and sugar-free syrup topping. It’s a great breakfast for new mums, as we tend to feel hungrier after baby deliveries and protein keeps us full for longer.

Ingredients and Substitutions

The key to making a good French toast recipe is to use a bread slice that is a few days old and slightly hard. If your bread is too fresh and soft, the French toasts get soggy. Then, depending on your diet, select a bread that is one of the below, avoiding white bread that’s high in carbs and low in fiber.

• Low-carb Bread likes my Keto Bread Recipe, Almond Flour Bread, or Coconut Flour Bread.
• Gluten-free Whole Bread
• Whole meal bread
• High-protein Bread like PB2 bread

I personally like low-carb bread, it’s also high in fiber and very fulfilling. To make high-protein batter for your French toast, I recommend cutting down on egg yolk, increasing your egg white, and boosting the whole thing with protein powder. The ingredients you need to make the protein French toast batter are:

• Large Eggs – I use free-range eggs.
• Egg White – You can keep the yolks for some of my other recipes.
• Protein Powder – I am using a low-carb plant-based vanilla protein powder made from pea protein. Choose your favorite protein powder. Most brands work, including chocolate flavor powder for chocolate French toasts.
• Unsweetened Almond Milk or coconut milk – any milk work, but dairy-free milk cuts out the added sugar and carbs from lactose, and the French toasts are easier to digest.
• Maple Syrup or sugar-free sweeteners like erythritol.
• Cinnamon – for flavor.
• Vanilla Extract – optional if your protein powder already contains a strong vanilla flavor.

How To Make Protein French Toasts

To make delicious French toasts that are high in protein and fulfilling, you need to first select a high-quality bread.

1. First, beat whole eggs, milk, egg white, and maple syrup together. Then, whisk in the protein powder and cinnamon until well combined.
2. Soak each side of the bread slices into the egg mixture. Keep the bread slice above the egg mixture bowl for a few minutes to let the excess eggs run down into the bowl.
3. Warm a non-stick skillet with coconut oil, or cooking spray, over medium heat.
4. Fry the bread slice for 2-3 minutes on one side until golden brown, then flip on the other side and keep frying for one minute.
5. Cool them down for a few minutes on a rack or while you cook the remaining French toasts.

Serving

These protein French toasts are the perfect post-work out meal, delicious topped with some of the below ingredients:

• Peanut butter
• Low-fat nut butter like pb2
• Almond butter
• Jam
• Maple syrup or any liquid sweetener you love, like sugar-free syrup, coconut nectar, or agave syrup.
• Greek yogurt for a boost of proteins.
• Fresh berries like raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries.
• Cooked fruits – cook some cubes of green apples or pears in a teaspoon of coconut oil with a pinch of nutmeg, ginger or cinnamon.

Storage Instructions

You can store leftover cooked Protein French toasts in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. This recipe is freezer friendly. You can wrap the French toast in plastic wrap foil or place it in a Ziploc bag and freeze it for up to one month.

They are perfect for meal prep high-protein breakfasts for the following days. Reheating French toast is easy, you can use your oven or the microwave. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C), place the slices onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, and bake them for about 10 minutes, or until warm and crispy on the edges, flipping halfway.

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More Protein Breakfast Recipes

If you love these toasts, you’ll enjoy these other recipes: