Boozy French Toast!

I know that the internet is rife with French toast recipes, heck even the craydians all have our own, all of which will undoubtedly pass the review some day. Today, however, we're going to go a bit off the beaten path  a bit when it comes to French toast and go back to the roots of the dish: booze. 

Because everything's better with booze. 

Making French toast is actually one of the easiest things you can possibly do in the kitchen and the end result is always amazing. Unless you burn it, then it's mainly charcoal. 

Side note: The Dutch word for French toast, 

wentelteefjes is derived from the action of flipping the bread halfway through the process. A direct translation of wentelteefjes would be: turning or flipping bitches ;). 

Ingredients: 

4 slices of white bread (preferably a stale)

200 ml milk (a bit more than 3/4 cup)

1 medium egg

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

2 tblsp of vanilla sugar

1-2 tblsp rum .  

+ butter for frying

Mix all your ingredients into a bowl and whisk until it's all incorporated. Melt a knob of butter in a pan on low heat. Dip your stale bread into your egg mixture until it's soaked through. I recommend letting it soak for about  5 to 6 seconds on each side. You want the bread to be soaked, but not so soaked that it falls apart. The staler the bread, the better it'll hold its shape at this stage.

Put the soaked slices into the pan and fry them on low to medium heat for about  3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Serve with some extra sugar sprinkled on top, or extra cinnamon, or butter, or berries. Really the possibilities are endless here. I prefer mine with some extra vanilla sugar ;).

 

Enjoy!

- D.

Glasses and Make Up: The Basics

My glasses, I love them! So easy and fun to wear. They suit every outfit (I've got them in dark red and beige) and complement my face.
The part I didn't use to like.. make-up. I felt as if the glasses made every eye look I tried dissapear of just fade. Truth is, they did. Glasses cover your eyes and make them appear more flat, and with less contrast. So I've been looking around for a while, and trying on different looks to regain the depth and contrast in my eyes. And I have found myself a favorite look that is a perfect base for every other look I'm going to try.
Check out the tutorial video below, or read my set of basic rules. 

The basic rules for beautifully combining make up and glasses:

• When you apply foundation, don't forget your bronzer (for some depth), blush (for highlights) and compact powder (to make it stay). Otherwise the foundation will even out your skin, but also flatten your face.
• Use a lash curler, this prevents your lashes from tapping on your glasses the entire day
• Use a light shimmery color on your lid (highlight)
• A white on the inner corners of your eyes (highlight)
•  Use a dark color in the crease of your eyelid (depth)
• Don't forget to groom your brows and color them. They are attention getters (usually they pop out just above your glasses) so take good care!
• Be easy on the eyeliner. Heavy liner just doesn't go well with glasses.

Keeping these basics in mind I vary the colors to create endless different looks. And really make my eyes stand out!

Have fun,

- M