Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I enjoy soup, especially tomato soup, which is naked without either crackers or a grilled cheese sandwich. So, to avoid the frying, etc. I make my soup ahead of time, so it is ready. Then I toast two slices of low cal. bread, and have my lite cheese waiting and ready as soon as it pops out of the toaster.  It is strange to eat a grilled sandwich "crunchy" when I am use to it being floppy. I have saved calories on the butter, also the low cal bread and cheese, and there is nothing to clean up!

I've used vegetable oil spray on one side of each of the slices of bread, with the cheese in the middle on a frying pan. It comes out nice and soft. The spray is 0 calories... it still turns the bread a nice golden color and doesn't give it a weird taste or anything. I used to use margarine on the breads.

i make it the regular way, but only half a sandwich.  i'd rather have less of what i really want than more of a sad imitation.

Kind of wierd... but i put my sandwich in the George Forman without any cooking spray and it turns out perfect!

Original Post by katelyncwu:

Kind of wierd... but i put my sandwich in the George Forman without any cooking spray and it turns out perfect!

wow i kinda love this idea, haha.

I Foreman mine too.  Yum!

Original Post by katelyncwu:

Kind of wierd... but i put my sandwich in the George Forman without any cooking spray and it turns out perfect!

 Like a panini!  Good idea.

The cheese on toasted bread is good too.  Gotta have that cheese sandwich with tomato soup!

Gotta be careful about cooking spray -- a one-second spray is 0 calories, but it's canned oil -- obviously the more you use, it's going to have actual calories. :)

That being said, I used to love to make a grilled cheese by just toasting two slices of bread and then putting a slice or two of cheese on it (open faced) and changing it to "broil" and letting the cheese melt.  You could probably spread some minced garlic or garlic powder for more taste, or mustard (don't knock it til you try it!).

I put two pieces of bread stacked together into the toaster-oven.  They toast on the outside only of course.  Then I put in a slice of cheese with the toasted sides facing inward and untoasted sides outward.  Then toast the whole thing.

Gourmet Variation: Spread toasted side with country style mustard and top with grilled sliced onions and sharp cheddar cheese.  Less than 200 calories total with light bread. A nice lunch.

I put in pickle slices.  :D



If I'm serving a southwestern soup, I'll use pepper jack instead of American.  It's quite amazing.