Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese


Cooking Light is one of my favorite magazines and I always find recipes that I want to try and alter a little more to my liking. I have yet to experiment with this recipe but I will surely document my final product =0)

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese
(Yield: four servings - one sandwich)

Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 cup vertically sliced red onion
1 large garlic clove, minced
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded reduced-fat sharp white cheddar cheese (such as Cracker Barrel)
8 (1 1/2-ounce) slices hearty white bread (such as Pepperidge Farm)
2 cups fresh spinach leaves
8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices tomato
6 slices center-cut bacon, cooked

Preparation
1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 1 cup onion and garlic; cook for 10 minutes or until tender and golden brown, stirring occasionally.
2. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese over each of 4 bread slices. Top each slice with 1/2 cup spinach, 2 tomato slices, 2 tablespoons onion mixture, and 1 1/2 bacon slices. Sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cheese; top with the remaining 4 bread slices.
3. Heat skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Place sandwiches in pan, and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown and cheese melts.

Nutritional Information
Calories:376
Fat:11g (sat 5.3g,mono 4.8g,poly 0.6g)
Protein:20.2g
Carbohydrate:50.3g
Fiber:3.3g
Cholesterol:24mg
Iron:2.9mg
Sodium:876mg
Calcium:308mg

3 comments:

  1. Ohhhhhhhhh that picture looks SO SO SO good... I want those!

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  2. i tried them this past weekend... AMAZING! and everyone's been asking for a repeat of them. so good! thanks for sharing this one :)

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