Matt baked a test batch of our July Red, White and Blue Swirl bread yesterday and brought me home a tiny loaf. With raspberries, blueberries and cream cheese, this was INCREDIBLE!! Best bread we’ve debuted in months!!
So I turned in into the most delicious french toast! Soaked in 1 egg and a splash of milk for 30 seconds per side and seared in a nice hot pan
Then topped with almond butter, berries and coconut
And served with an Earl Grey tea-ccino with milk frothed in my IKEA frother. I absolutely love Earl Grey – why I don’t I just buy a box!?
Can’t wait to make this again!
Presley (@runpretty) says
That looks AMAZING! Hope you and baby are doing well!
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says
That is by far one of my favorite GH breads! So tasty! Have a wonderful Tuesday.
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
That looks scrumptious! I love any cheese swirled into bread, and one of my favorite ways to do french toast it to stuff it with cinnamon cream cheese. Basically, you ate my dream breakfast. 🙂
Stephanie @ Legally Blinde says
Ahh, that bread sounds amazing, and your French toast looks incredible! I wonder if our local Great Harvest will have that flavor… I’ll be looking for it. And I’d love to make that French toast for my family!
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says
Um….WOW! I’m drooling!
Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says
Mmmm Loveeee sweet fruit filled breads!!!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
Wow, cream cheese IN the bread? Now that is innovation! Have a great day Kath! 🙂
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
That bread looks delicious! 🙂 I sure hope you will be selling that festive bread for the 4th of July!
Ashley @ My Food 'N' Fitness Diaries says
this bread sounds amazing! and making in to french toast?!?! even better!
Lindsey @ Pas de Deux says
Looks delicious! I can’t wait to try that new bread, and to take some to the beach for my family’s 4th of July vacation!!
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says
THAT BREAD!!!! Oh goodness it sounds Ahhh-mazing! 🙂
Becca says
Did you get to the try the new bread on its own too, or just in the form of French Toast? Love sweet breads!
KathEats says
Had a bite plain first
donna says
Yummy! I’ve already had breakfast, but now you’re making me want it again!
Melissa @ HerGreenLife says
Looks delicious — can’t wait to have a kitchen that’s not full of moving boxes so I can make something like that!
Antonia @ healthinspirations says
The bread looks incredible. Matt should start his own blog and share his creative recipes with us (especially for those who are not fortunate enough to live close to your bakery!)
KathEats says
He can’t share because they’re all company secret : )
Caroline @ After Dinner Dance says
That bread really does look and sound amazing!! Do you ship? Haha. Might have to try to recreate it!
Khushboo says
4th of July sure came early…YUM!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Oh, I bet that was amazing French toast! YUM! I love summer produce! Have a great day Kath!
Taylor says
Wow, looks amazing!! Wish I could have a loaf of that bread… And Kath, what type of coconut do you use?
KathEats says
Plain unsweet – I don’t like it!! I use coconut but the teaspoon, so I’m going back to sweetened when this is gone
Taylor says
Ah, that’s what I have as well; I’m regretting the desicion for less indulgent coconut for as much as I use it. Also, just wanted to say “hi!” while I’m here; I quietly read your blog every day but I thank you for being such an inspiration
KathEats says
Hi!!
Hope says
Can you really taste such a small amount of coconut sprinkled on your food? I love coconut and I know I’d want a mound of it! 🙂
KathEats says
Not really – it’s more for decoration
Hope says
Ah ok.
Katie says
Gotta love GH for having so many tasty sweet and savory varieties and for being so multi-purpose! It works great for toasted sandwiches and french toast, so many store bought breads just turn to mush. We sampled the blueberry cream cheese last week and can’t wait for the red, white and blue which I know I used for french toast last year. It’s hard to believe it’s almost July!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats says
your french toast looks delicious, how lucky you are to be married to a baker! Hope you have a great day, Kath!
Angel7 says
A bread with a combo of raspberries, blueberries & especially yummy cream cheese is my kind of bread! I love, love, love cream cheese!!! Is that Matt’s creation, or a recipe from the bread bank?
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KathEats says
It’s a GH favorite
Susan H. @ The Food Allergy Chronicles says
Wow! What a breakfast! Looks devine!
Kel says
YUM! I am SO hoping my GH has this so I can copy your breakfast!
Emily Butler says
That looks fantastic, I’m going to have to try that, I finished off our raspberries this morning though so I’m going to have to sub in strawberries! And French toasting it makes it even better I’m sure!
Caralyn @ glutenfreehappytummy says
That sounds so good! and the bead is so beautiful with that swirl! love it!
Dominique says
That bread looks amazing! Filled with my favourite berries. I’m gonna have to make a trip down south sometime to visit a Great Harvest. For some reason I always think French toast is really time consuming so I never make it–unless it’s for a special occasion. Oh and Earl Grey is my fave type of tea. When I was younger I absolutely could not stand it and now I can’t imagine living without the five different varieties I currently have on rotation: decaf EG, vanilla EG, green tea EG, dark chocolate EG and regular. It’s like an addiction!
Nicole says
Oh my goodness! I just finished eating a delicious bowl of oats, but now I’m jealous that I didn’t eat your breakfast. That looks freaking amazing!
Millie Snyder says
Yumm! This looks great! I would have never thought to try making french toast with that bread but it looks delicious (and I’m sure it tasted delicious too). I love that you topped it with almond butter… you’re turning me into a HUGE almond butter fan! Great recipe, thank you so much for sharing!
Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says
I wish you could share the recipes with us! 🙂
Chelsea @ Designs on Dinner says
Wow, that looks amazing! I really need to eat French toast more often; if I had bread like that in my house, I definitely would.
Alicia says
That bread looks/sounds insanely tasty!
Annette @FitnessPerks says
Oh wow!!! That sounds incredible!
Emily @Emily's Olives says
Omg I really need to get myself a milk frother. I think it would add so much to my teas! Love the look of the bread, how can I persuade Great Harvest to open a location in Canada? hahahaha I’d probs have to open one myself!
Kristen says
Have you guys made the cranberry almond oatmeal GHBC recipe… I’m obsessed!
My Great Harvest makes the Red White and Blue Swirl w/ brown sugar, butter, and white chocolate chips. Oh. My. God.
KathEats says
Yup!
Emilia says
Wow, this looks delicious and perfect for french toast. French toast has got to be one of my favorite breakfasts ever, but I rarely make it with regular bread let alone with awesome bread, but I’m definitely feeling inspired. Maybe this weekend 😉
Sara says
Wish we had a GH in Richmond!!
KathEats says
I know two different people who are trying to open one there! I bet you’ll have one within a year or so 🙂
Sara says
Yay! That’s exactly what I was hoping you’d say 🙂 With everything we have in Short Pump, it is certainly something we’re missing!
Roxanne says
The closest one to me is 2 hours away in another province!
Liz @ Tip Top Shape says
That bread sounds delicious!! Do all Great Harvests carry it??
KathEats says
There really isn’t any bread that ALL Great Harvests have since everything is owner choice, but many do have this one
Diane says
Looks so delicious! I haven’t made french toast in a while, I usually just make pancakes or waffles if I want something sweet, but I keep forgetting about french toast.
Andrea @ The Skinny Chronicles says
French toast sounds SOOOOO good. I haven’t had that in FOREVER. Will have to hit that up this weekend.
Andrea@ Mainelyveggies says
Oh man! That looks amazing!! I love french toast!!!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Ok there’s a probiotic drink called DAH-Licious or something similar. They sent me some free coupons and I can’t find the product anywhere (not WFs even) but I thought maybe you had gotten the same coupons and found it based on post title 🙂
KathEats says
I have tried that before!
Ashley @ Hudson on the Potomac says
Matt’s bread sounds amazing!! I bet it made the best french toast!! It looks great topped with almond butter!!!
Kellie says
Kath, I recently picked up an Ikea frother and used it this morning for the first time. How much milk do you froth at a time? I used ~1/4c skim milk, and it didn’t get very frothy. I’m also wondering if the lack of fat contributed to its lack of frothiness… hmm.
KathEats says
About 1/4 a cup – but you do want some fat!! I use 2% milk, so mine froths nicely. I know places like Starbucks can get skim to froth, but I haven’t had much luck
Mary says
I get my skim milk to froth by heating it first in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
Becky says
I’m eating sardines right now, for the first time ever. Mostly because you said they aren’t bad 🙂 But also because we are moving in a month and have like 5 tins of them that I don’t want to move. Luckily, you were right and they aren’t bad. They taste like a slightly fishier tuna!
KathEats says
Woo hoo!
@FactFinderSteph says
You are such an ARTIST with your food and photography! Maybe it’s because I am an artist myself (painter and photographer) but I just can’t seem to get over how beautiful your photos always look!
KathEats says
Thank you : )
Mary says
What brand of almond butter do you use?
KathEats says
Maranatha
Janelle says
Oh man; I want to jump through the screen and gobble that bread! Maybe I should go feed myself some lunch… 🙂
Roxanne says
LOL I licked the screen….
Brita says
that bread looks incredible!!! I’ll have to stop by one of your locations around Boston to get some of that for the 4th. Soooo yummy!
kate says
That looks wonderful!
I have been wondering, are you out of chia seeds? I haven’t seen you use them in ages. YOu are the reason I love them so!
KathEats says
I think I used them last week? I always put them in oats and overnight oats
CampingGirl says
Cream cheese baked into bread?? Is there anything better?!
Gillian G. @ When Bread Is Broken says
Oh.my.god. My cousin gave me a loaf of the Blueberry Cream Cheese Swirl bread from the Greenville (SC) GH and I have never tasted such amazing bread-y goodness like that. Yours looks even better. YAY BREAD!
Robyn @ Blueberries and Oats says
Wow I may just have to track down a Great Harvest for that bread. It sounds A-mazing! Earl Grey is my favorite too. I just recently bought a big box of it and now I find I rarely feel like it. =(
~Christy says
One of my absolute favorite french toasts! Yes, yes, yes! 🙂 We have it often.
Emily says
why I don’t I just buy a box…good question.
M says
A Greatest Harvest is opening in my area! I’m not sure when, but they just put a sign up. I’m excited to finally try all the delicious things you show on your blog! 🙂
Gina says
Yum, I bought a loaf of the red, white and blue last year around July 4th weekend and it was one of the best breads I’ve had…pretty sure I finished the loaf solo! I’m so glad you posted this to remind me to be on the lookout for it!!
Jamie @ StudioEats says
oh man this looks SO good!!! I need to do french toast soon, good reminder 😉
beth says
Cute tea cup! Where’s it from?
KathEats says
It was an OpenSky sale from Hues + Brews
Ashley @ Eat Sleep and Breathe It says
That bread looks DIVINE!
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
That bread looks So good! You are a very creative bunch there at the bakery!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
YUM! I love french toast. I had the idea to make some with an english muffin the other day and I found myself wondering why I hadn’t done that sooner. SO good!
Julia H. @ Going Gulia says
There is no Great Harvest near my hometown, so my friend & I are literally counting down the days until we get back to college in August and can hit up the local Great Harvest there. We’ve already made a plan to go together right after we unpack our things 🙂
Lee, Anytime Health says
That is so cool that you and Matt can still be creative at the bakery. I didn’t realize you were aloud to create your own recipes when you own a franchise. Send me some? 🙂
KathEats says
Yep, it’s really more of a co-op of owners than a traditional franchise – we can do whatever we want!
Lexi @ You, Me, & A World to See says
Berries + cream cheese is such a winning combination. Wish there was a GH closer to me!