Low Fat Baked Blueberry Cherry French Toast Casserole

Wow, that's a long title! With blueberries and cherries actually affordable at the grocery store right now, I have been eating them quite a bit.  And always one to crave some carbs, I decided to make french toast casserole.

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I followed this recipe for Low Fat Baked Blueberry French Toast, with a few changes.

I didn't use whole grain bread (b/c, of course, the store was out when I needed it!)

and I used a combination of cherries and blueberries -

AND I didn't let me sit overnight, but I did put it together in the morning and let it sit in the fridge until dinner time.

and I used unsweetened almond milk in the place of skim....

We had this for dinner.  We, meaning me, b/c my children decided to boycott dinner that night.  Number One will only eat fresh fruit, plain, not cooked in anything.  I thought I could entice her with syrup.  No go. Miss Two has decided she doesn't like French Toast...this is a new development, and Mr. Three couldn't have it anyway b/c it contains nuts and eggs. (And the hubs was out of town...he wouldn't have eaten it either...too many carbs).  So, needless to say, there is quite a bit of casserole in my freezer!  I will pawn it off on my folks as soon as I can remember.  That's the problem with being a 'foodie' and having very picky eaters in the house.  I want to try all these recipes...but often, I'm the only one who eats it!  However, my parents have come to expect food whenever I visit now :)

Anyway, the 'skinny' on this dish....it's not very sweet, so if you like things sweet I would add more cinnamon and sugar to the recipe.  You could also top it with powdered sugar and/or syrup before serving. I also needed to cook mine longer than the recipe said.  I don't know if it is supposed to be 'soggy' in the middle, but I didn't care for that.  To me, it was better the next day when I reheated it in the oven and cooked it longer.  I didn't cut my bread as directed in the recipe, so that could have affected texture and cooking times.

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