French Toast with Berries

I think this is my new favourite breakfast. I had this craving out of nowhere a few days ago for French Toast, and so I made it for a friend who came over for brunch. It is so good!

⅔ cup milk
4 eggs
2 tbs sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
a loaf of bread - any kind you want, I used a crusty rustic loaf butter

Heat a frypan over medium heat.
Whisk the eggs, milk, salt, sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl.
Soak the bread in the egg mixture, making sure that both sides have been covered.
Melt the butter in the pan and place the pieces of egg-soaked bread in and cook until browned on each side.

I had it with blueberry syrup, strawberries and vanilla yogurt, but you could have maple syrup, or any kind of fruit compote as well.
Blueberry Syrup
1 packet frozen blueberries (about 300g)
⅓ cup sugar
1 tsp cornflour (cornstarch)
juice of ½ a lime

Put the blueberries and sugar into a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir gently until the blueberries have thawed and start to release their juice, and the sugar has dissolved.
Add the cornflour and stir through, and bring the sauce to the boil. Allow it to gently boil for 1 minute, until it has slightly thickened. Stir through the lime juice.

Banana Bread

This is my mum's recipe, which I have been meaning to get for a while because I am suddenly very into Banana Bread, and of course I love my mum's. But, sorry mum, I fully intend on trying out a few different ones - sort of a 'Banana Bread-Off' if you will.
You will also notice that this bread is made with olive oil rather than butter, so you can kid yourself a bit that its healthy - and then put butter on the top! But I really love this bread with cream cheese.

½ cup olive oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2-5 very ripe bananas, mashed (you can basically put in as many as you want)
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
3 tbs milk
½ tsp vanilla
½-1 cup chopped nuts, either pecans or walnuts

Beat together the oil and sugar. Add the eggs and mashed banana and beat a bit more.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt, and add to the banana mix. Add the milk and vanilla too and mix it all together. Mix in the nuts, and pour the batter into a greased and floured loaf tin.
Bake at 175˚C for about 1 hour, or until cooked through.