Overnight Caramel French Toast

This Sunday is Father's Day! Make your dad or husband feel special by serving him Caramel French Toast for Sunday morning brunch.

This is one of my favorite brunch dishes because it can be prepared the night before and popped in the oven to bake the next morning. This recipe is adapted from a family favorite by reducing the amount of butter and eggs, and switching to low-fat milk; it still tastes decadent and rich.

Overnight Caramel French Toast
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup light-colored corn syrup
1/4 cup butter
Watkins Cooking Spray
10 (1-ounce) slices French bread or thick sliced bread
2 1/2 cups 1% low-fat milk
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Watkins Double Strength Vanilla Extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Watkins Cinnamon

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until mixture is bubbly, stirring constantly. Pour mixture evenly into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Arrange bread slices in a single layer over syrup in dish.

Combine milk and next 4 ingredients (through eggs) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Pour egg mixture over bread slices. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Combine 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over bread.

Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until golden. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

This caramelly cinnamon-sugar french toast is delicious right out of the oven or serve with fresh fruit, preserves, powdered sugar, or syrup.

Health Tip
Perfect for a brunch, this irresistible baked French toast is prepared the night before and goes straight from the fridge to the oven. Try using thick slices of whole-grain bread for a nutritious fiber boost.

Eleisia
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Cucumber and Swiss Rye Bites

These tasty bites are made with reduced fat cream cheese and reduced fat Swiss cheese.

1/2 cup reduced fat cream cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons Watkins Cucumber and Dill Snack and Dip Seasoning
24 slices party rye bread
3 (3/4-ounce) slices reduced fat Swiss Cheese
24 thin slices cucumber
6 cherry tomatoes, each cut into 4 slices
Watkins Coarse ground pepper

Mix Cucumber and Dill Snack and Dip Seasoning with cream cheese. Spread 1 teaspoon cream cheese onto 1 side of each bread slice.

Cut cheese slices in half; cut each half diagonally into 4 triangles to make 24 pieces.

Top each bread slice with 1 triangle cheese, 1 slice cucumber and 1 slice tomato. Sprinkle with pepper.

Variation: Garnish with Watkins Dill.

Watkins Cucumber Snack and Dip Seasoning, 02055

Dill Dressing

The bright green leaf of an annual plant related to anise, fennel, cumin and caraway. Like fennel, dill has a great reputation as a digestive herb, and is most popular in the cuisines of Scandinavia, Germany, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Excellent with fish and seafood, in salads, dressings and sandwich fillings; blends well with mustard and lemon.

Dill Dressing
1/2 cup/125 ml undiluted evaporated skim milk
3 tbsp/45 ml Original Grapeseed Oil
1/4 cup/60 ml non-fat mayonnaise
3 tbsp/45 ml white vinegar
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Chicken Soup Base
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Onion Granules
1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Garlic Granules
3/4 tsp/4 ml Watkins Dill
3/4 tsp/4 ml Watkins Dry Mustard
1/4 tsp/1.2 ml Watkins Basil
1/8 tsp/0.6 ml Watkins Black Pepper

Combine all ingredients in a covered jar; shake well to mix. Refrigerate until serving time.

Organic Dill, 00509, Tin

All-Natural Dill, 01929, Glass Jar

Eleisia
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Use Spices as Outdoor Pest Deterrents

Mosquitoes
Early mornings and evenings are popular times for relaxing on the porch or patio – unfortunately, these are also the times when mosquitoes are out for blood!

Spice it up. Using a charcoal grill?
Toss a tablespoon or so of sage or rosemary on the coals. It repels mosquitoes and smells good.

Flies

Sachet them away.
Fill small squares of cheesecloth with bay leaves or cloves. Place these sachets around your outdoor sitting areas (as well as inside the house) to discourage flies from hanging around.

Free Natural Beeswax Lip Balm and Great Outdoors Insect Repellent Lotion

June's Giveaway is a tube of Natural Beeswax Lip Balm with Peppermint Oil and a 2.7 fl oz bottle of Great Outdoors Insect Repellent Lotion. Both products are small enough to carry in your purse, pocket, or backpack. Summer is just around the corner and with the warmer weather comes outdoor fun!

One lucky newsletter subscriber or customer will be chosen at random.

To win place any size order at my online web site http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney or call Watkins at 1-800-WATKINS (1-800-928-5467) and give my name and ID# as your Watkins Associate, Eleisia Whitney ID# 335001. I will acknowledge your order and choose one winner at random at the end of the month. I'll post the winner's name here on July 1st. Winner will be notified by email or in writing.

Eleisia

Work From Home - Have the Life You Deserve

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• 25% discount on products you use in your home
• Share Watkins catalogs and products with customers, friends, relatives, and co-workers
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Have the Life You Deserve!

Eleisia

Watkins Natural Body Care Kit Winner

The winner of the Watkins Natural Body Care Kit is Chris from Wisconsin.

The kit includes travel sizes of

Lemon Cream Shea Butter

Mango Shea Butter

Lavender Hand and Cuticle Salve

Lemon Hand and Cuticle Salve

Aloe and Green Tea Hand and Body Lotion

Vanilla Hand and Body Lotion

Peppermint Foot Cream

Pure Lemon Body Oil

In a Watkins logo zippered pouch

Chris' name was chosen at random from customers placing a Watkins order with me during May.
Natural Body Care Kit, Article No. 10530