"For the Love of Yum" Cardamom French Toast with a Mango & Lime Chutney

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Skill Level	Easy

Preparation Time	10 minutes	Total Time	20 minutes
Servings	8	Cost Per Serving	$1.45

Cardamom French Toast

8 slices	Day Old Bread (any bread will work), 1" thick slices
1 cup	Milk
3	Eggs
1 tsp	Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp	Ground Cardamom
1/2 tsp	Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp	Honey or Maple Syrup
2 tsp	Grape Seed Oil

Mango & Lime Chutney

2 cups	Mango, diced
1	Lime, juice and zest
1	Vanilla Pod, scraped (or 1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract)
1 tbsp	Honey or Maple Syrup

For the mango and lime chutney, combine the mango, lime juice, lime zest, vanilla pod scrapings and honey in a small pot. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mango begins to soften, about 15 minutes.
Combine the milk, eggs, vanilla extract, cardamom, cinnamon and honey in a bowl and whisk until light and airy.
Heat a sauté pan over medium heat, and add some of your grape seed oil.
Soak the bread in your egg mixture and transfer to the hot pan. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
Serve a piece of French toast with a spoonful of mango chutney.

PDF link to nutrition facts table for cardamom french toast with mango and lime chutney

Cardamom is part of the ginger family. It is traditionally believed to help digestion, and is used in traditional Eastern medicine to relieve an upset stomach or reduce bloating and gas.
A study on the effects of cardamom in 20 patients with high blood pressure showed that taking 3 grams (1 1/2 teaspoons) of ground cardamom every day for 12 weeks reduced blood pressure.
Studies on cardamom and cancer have not yet been done in humans. However, a study in mice showed that the animals fed cardamom were less likely to develop skin cancer and pre-cancerous tumours than the mice not given cardamom.