I have paired lemon + blueberry in recipes before, but not like this. Not for breakfast. Not rolled, tacked, drowned, browned, sauced, zested, and devoured! This was a whole different lemon + blueberry experience.
There are many things I considered calling this recipe: french toast sushi, tortilla french toast, blueberry breakfast wraps, fruity fakeout crepes, or simply the best breakfast ever.
6 Fruity French Toast-Making Tips!
1. Use 1 frozen banana and 1 fresh banana for a thicker batter that will stick better to the tortilla/bread.
2. Use the extra batter as a sauce! It is just banana, milk, and lemon after all. It makes for a lovely, creamy sauce, and zero waste.
3. Scrape the burnt crusties off the bottom of the pan in between each roll. If you don’t, those burnt bits will stick to the next roll in a non-tasty way. Use the back of your spatula to remove those bits. They will come off quite easily.
4. Preheat the pan. Make sure it is hot BEFORE bread meets pan. You want to hear that sweet sizzle. It’s a sign that you are on your way to that perfectly brown exterior.
5. If you don’t want to wrap and roll, you could make them flat, quesadilla-style!
6. Watch the video (especially if you want to see how I made an easy blueberry sauce for topping)!
Lemon Blueberry French Toast Rolls
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 ripe banana
- 3/4 cup non-dairy milk
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 5 corn tortillas
- 1/2–1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup blueberry jam/preserves (I love Polaner All Fruit spreads)
Instructions
- Blend the bananas, non-dairy milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a blender until smooth. Pour into a shallow dish and set aside.
- Wrap one tortilla in a damp paper towel. Microwave for 10 seconds to soften it.
- While it is still soft, add a large spoonful of blueberry jam and a handful of fresh blueberries. Roll it up. Secure the roll with two toothpicks.
- Repeat with the rest of the rolls.
- Heat up a non-stick pan.
- Soak one of the rolls in the batter. Move the batter-coated roll to the hot pan.
- Reduce the heat to medium and cook for about 2 minutes per side. After the first flip you can remove the toothpicks. You want the tortilla to brown but not burn, so don’t take your eyes off of it. Once all sides are slightly browned, remove from the pan. Scrape off any burnt bits from the bottom of pan.
- Repeat for the rest of the rolls.
- Top with the sauce (remaining batter), fresh blueberries, and lemon zest.
How did I miss that you have a Youtube Channel? Your videos are wonderful <3 And this recipe is right up my alley too! Lemon and blueberries are such a good combination 🙂 Btw. I just pinned a picture from here directly, and it puts the picture name (including the .jpg) instead of the Alt-Tag or recipe title in the caption for Pinterest, xoxo Kat
Hehe maybe because I haven’t posted a video in quite a while…school’s been keeping me busy! Thanks for telling me!! I’m new to WordPress, gotta figure this stuff out 🙂
Love the new Pin it button! Works like a charm now 🙂
Yay!! Thanks Kat 🙂
Omg….yum! French Toast Sushi 😉 I’m down for that! (P.S. I second what Kat said about your picture descriptions…FIX IT!, haha it would make pinning much easier and better for you)!
Yup it’s pretty much a breakfast sushi situation 😉 Alt-text…got it! I’m still a WordPress newb remember 🙂
Oh my goodness! This looks awesome, I have to make this someday for my partner!!
Well done, Natalie. 🙂
Thank you Tiasha! I wonder if you could make a similar raw recipe with dehydrated banana crepes and similar flavors/fillings?? It could work…;)
I’m sure something could be done, yes. 🙂 Great idea. Maybe I’ll try something like that in the future.
As for Pinterest – I really recommend the plugin jQuery Pin It Button For Images – it’s awesome. You can even set up a custom image. 😉
I’ll look that up, I’ve always wondered how people get those custom Pin It buttons. Thank you!
Lemon and blueberry are so great together and these look super easy and tasty! I just love breakfast-y type foods, Nice video too!
Lemon and blueberry are awesome together! And really great with cornmeal too, so the corn tortillas are a bonus 🙂 I need to get back into making more videos, so hopefully as school gets less busy I’ll be able too!
Sheer genius! I’m already thinking of a million and one ways I could make “French toast” with piadina (an Italian version of a tortilla). Can’t wait to test it out this weekend.
That sounds awesome!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! And of course the flavor/filling possibilities are endless 🙂
Ok, this is just plain awesome — knocked my socks off! Looks so good. I love blueberries and lemon, french toast, jam, bananas, EVEYTHING! 🙂 The moment I find some wraps I can eat, I’m making this. Like immediately. Love the vid too.
Thank you Audrey! I can’t wait to try a version with chocolate involved somehow 😉
Have you ever tried making banana crepes as a wrap alternative? There are lots of recipes out there like:
http://www.therawtarian.com/raw-crepe-recipe
OR
http://www.choosingraw.com/raw-breakfast-crepes/
I’m not sure if you have a dehydrator, but you could maybe try it in the oven on a super low temp. Just an idea 🙂
Such a wonderful and creative idea Natalie! Looks so vibrant and fresh and a perfectly healthy breakfast!!
Thanks Brandi! Lemon makes everything so fresh and beautiful 🙂
1. These photos are stunning and I can’t stop staring.
2. Love the video, so fun and really well done!
3. YUM!!! I think I need these in my life asap.
Thank you Leah! Everyone needs more french toast in their lives 🙂 And I’m so happy you’re jumping in on the video game too!
I love this idea! And the video looks so pro! Very inspiring! 🙂
Thanks Jana! It’s definitely not pro, but I try 🙂
Lemon and blueberry such a tasty combination! and then you go and make batter out of bananas that’s music to my ears and then some! love the photos very tempting Natalie! Another great idea with some of my fave ingredients!
Thank you Petra! I knew you’d love the banana batter 🙂 And there aren’t even any dates, which is quite surprising for my blog LOL 😉
Oh yumm! When I first saw the photo – before reading the title – I thought these were blueberry filled crepes – but those a pure genius! I loved the video – it’s so pretty & professional!
I like to consider them fakeout crepes, because I have no idea how to make crepes, but these are a pretty darn easy knock-off 🙂 And thanks, videos are one of those things that I mean to do more of but just don’t haha.
Hi Natalie! I would never have thought to put something sweet inside a corn tortilla! Lemon and blueberry are a killer combo, and this recipe looks simple and fantastic! Nice job(;
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Thanks Alix! It is kind of a funky use for a corn tortilla, but so good altogether. I figured cornmeal in baking is delicious, so why not 🙂
Nothing about this recip worked for me.
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