THE BEST HOMEMADE GARLIC TOAST WITH SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS

This post is about one of my favoriteeeee things....garlic toast.  Not the kind of toast that comes frozen in a bag.  Although, I do like that kind of toast.  Nothing can top good ole homemade garlic toast!!

The only problem is that I almost always burn it.  So, don't walk away while it is in the oven.  It cooks so fast and I get distracted and the next thing you know, burnt toast.  However, I will still eat it.  I like it even if it is burned...now that is true love! Ha!  The key is to put someone else in charge of watching it in the oven.  Found that out after about the 300th time I torched it!  I like to toast it on both sides because I like that crunchiness on the outside edges but that soft, buttery center.  Oh my gosh....delicious!  Be sure you use real butter and fresh garlic...no margarine and no garlic powder...believe me you will thank me for this tip!

Because I have been sick, I still cannot smell or taste so I decided to take some Mama Colicihia's Spaghetti Sauce that I made a few months ago out of the freezer and make some meatballs (this link is to a spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes but, if you will scroll to the bottom, it will have the recipe for meatballs). It does take some time to make the sauce, but it makes a lot so I freeze it for not only spaghetti but for things like cabbage rolls, as well.

I know this is a post about garlic toast, but I do want to give a little tip I learned a while back about how to keep your noodles from sticking together.  First, add olive oil to water that the noodles are cooked in.  Next, drain noodles but do not rinse them.  Next, put noodles in a bowl or back in the pot they were cooked in and then add enough spaghetti sauce to lightly coat them.  It's great...they do not stick!

Okay, let's get busy making that garlic toast!  Oh and I almost forgot to tell you how wonderful your house will smell.  It's a bonus!

See that toasty edge...ahhh...and that buttery center!  Divine!!


THE BEST HOMEMADE GARLIC TOAST

1 Loaf  French Bread, sliced into 1 inch wide slices (approximately 8)
6 tablespoons Salted  Butter, softened
2-3 Garlic Cloves, minced

Slice bread into 1 inch wide slices.  Approximately 8 total.

Combine softened butter and garlic in a small bowl until creamy.

Spread butter on both sides of bread  and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Toast bread on one side under broiler until golden brown.

Flip bread over and toast on other side.

Remove from the oven and serve while hot!  Make sure that you make plenty...you won't be able to stop at one : )

ENJOY!

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SUNSHINE TOAST (TOAD IN A HOLE)

This was my first time to make this scrumptious little breakfast treat.  I had seen it one time in a magazine, and I want to say it was a Food Network issue, but I could be wrong. Anyway, they called it "Toad In A Hole".  It was the first time I had ever seen it made.

This morning I was trying to decide what to make for breakfast.  I didn't want to go to too much trouble since I cannot smell or taste.  I have been down since Wednesday with some kind of sinus stuff that is going around. However, I can taste sweet and I can taste salty, and since I loooooove buttered toast and I love a fried egg that is what I decided upon.  I even put a little apricot preserves on my toast to add a little sweet.  I had my idea of how to make it but I thought I would google it and, come to find out, it is not really called Toad In A Hole.  It actually goes by several different names so I loved getting to choose what I wanted to call it.  I thought Sunshine Toast sounded like a wonderful, morning kind of breakfast that I would want to eat so Sunshine Toast it is.  

Now, I can only go by what my husband said but, he really liked it and I cannot wait to make it for my grandson.  I like the idea of using whatever cookie cutter you want.  I used a heart and a circle but just think about the possibilities....easter cross, CHRISTmas star, football, dance, child's age...I could keep going.  And then I think about what you could put in the center...scrambled eggs with herbs, bacon, veggies, cheese, etc.  Oh what if you make it more like french toast and then add the egg in the center?  I may be making this a lot in the next few weeks.  I will let you know how they all turn out!

Now, I will say that you need to cook this on low heat so that your toast will not burn before the egg cooks.  I think that is the challenge to getting this dish right.  I didn't know that so I started with medium heat and I really wished the egg had cooked a little more.  Also, make sure that when you flip your toast that there is butter added to the pan so that your egg will not stick when flipped.  
When I finished this dish, I wished I had something green to add to it but I saw an orange and decided to zest it over the dish.  It did not turn out like I thought.  It was a quick thought and now I wished I had added some thinly, sliced green onion.  I think that would have been yummy too!  Well there is always next time...like tomorrow! Ha!

SUNSHINE TOAST

2 Pieces of Bread

2 tablespoons of Butter

2 Large Eggs

Salt and Pepper

Butter 2 pieces of bread

Use cookie cutters to cut out center of bread.

Put bread in a buttered skillet on low.  Break an egg into each hole.

Salt and Pepper each egg and cook until bread is toasted to your liking, then flip!  Make sure there is butter in the pan where the egg will land when flipped, or it will stick.

Serve with honey, jelly or preserves.

ENJOY!

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