Ice Cream for Breakfast

Love me some thick slabs of french toast

It's fun to break the rules every once in a while, especially on gorgeous summer mornings that greet you with a smile and encourage you to not hit the snooze button. If you're a night owl like me, you know the rare occurrence is fewer and farther between than a blue moon.

So of course, after an invigorating hour jog at 6:30am, I forgo-ed my usual "healthy, fulfilling" breakfast and indulged in some ice cream (soy based since I'm lactose intolerant) and my favorite breakfast dish - french toast. Sprinkle my favorite fruit on top, set aside some honey for dipping, and you get Shortcake's quick and easy breakfast guilty pleasure.

My go to french toast recipe is by the one and only Alton Brown. I cut thick slices of french or challah bread and kick up the recipe with a generous sprinkle of cinnamon atop both sides of the toast before baking. My favorite part of ice cream atop french toast is when the ice cream melts and lightly sogs the toast. Kinda icky for some, but delicious to me.
- Shortcake

Trilogy of Flavors: Pineapple

Mix up Asian, Tropics, and French cuisine with pineapple, honey, and ginger infused crepes.

(Photo by Alan Richardson)

The wonderful meld of exotic flavors makes for a lovely breakfast when you're tired of the stand by toast or cold cereal. - Shortcake

Enjoy some of Sonic's favorite Hawaiian bbq, now with pineapple salsa at your next picnic.

(Photo by Bobby of BlogChef.net)

One day, we're eating Hawaiian Barbecue and I bite into a piece that's sweeter and slightly stringier than the rest.  I ask my dad why it tastes weird, and he tells me I bit into a piece of pineapple!  True story.  The actual recipe doesn't call for pineapple, but you can easily pine it up with the salsa recipe I linked to. - Sonic

Top off a favorite family barbeque essential with a citrus surprise in Red Robin's Banzai Burger.  

(Photo from flikr by mooshee85)

I love burgers, I love pineapple, put them together and you get the most amazing burger you've ever sunk your teeth into.  The sweet, citrus acid of pineapple helps "cut the fat" from the cheeses and hamburger patty, providing the perfect balance, making you want to shout out banzai! - Sandwich