Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese – a comfort food sandwich stacked high with crisp fresh veggie goodness and flavor. the official sandwich of summertime!
Did you guys know April is National Grilled Cheese Month? I have been taking full advantage, while still trying to keep things relatively healthy.
Relative to what, I don’t know. I’m pretty sure italicizing it blurs that line even more.
What I do know for sure?
This is one of my new favorite sandwiches.
I have had three this week, and am confidently declaring this Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese as healthy. Stacked high with fresh crisp vegetables and hugged by a fantastic sunflower seed bread.
This tastes amazing, and does not leave you in a torpor and feeling over full.
Each sandwich has one half an avocado, one half of a red bell pepper, and one large roma tomato.
Toasting the bread gives it that crunch I like, as does the iceberg.
This is a fresh and flavorful alternative to the sometimes heavy grilled cheese – crisp and cool while also warm and comforting. A perfect pairing in my opinion.
Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese
dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan
YIELD: one sandwich
INGREDIENTS:
2 slices gluten free bread
2-3 slices dairy free cheese
1-2 tablespoons Vegan Thousand Island Dressing
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced thin
1/2 avocado, sliced thin
1 large roma tomato, sliced
2-3 leaves iceberg lettuce
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
Place bread slices on baking sheet.
Spread one slice with 1 tablespoon thousand island dressing, arrange cheese on the other slice.
Arrange bell pepper slices on one bread, tomato slices on the other.
Warm in oven for 7-9 minutes, until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven, drizzle another tablespoon of thousand island (optional) onto the melted cheese.
Top with avocado slices and lettuce, finishing with the other slice of bread.
Serve immediately.
Please, make one of these this weekend.
- 2 slices gluten free bread
- 2-3 slices dairy free cheese
- 1-2 tablespoons Vegan Thousand Island Dressing
- ½ red bell pepper, sliced thin
- ½ avocado, sliced thin
- 1 large roma tomato, sliced
- 2-3 leaves iceberg lettuce
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
- Place bread slices on baking sheet.
- Spread one slice with 1 tablespoon thousand island dressing, arrange cheese on the other slice.
- Arrange bell pepper slices on one bread, tomato slices on the other.
- Warm in oven for 7-9 minutes, until cheese is melted.
- Remove from oven, drizzle another tablespoon of thousand island (optional) onto the melted cheese.
- Top with avocado slices and lettuce, finishing with the other slice of bread.
- Serve immediately.
Veronica says
May 4, 2012 at 6:44 pmIn my (non) expert oppinion, the veggies and avocado totally cancel out any calories and saturated fat in the cheese. 🙂 This looks tremendous!
Roxana GreenGirl { A little bit of everything} says
May 3, 2012 at 8:40 amI’ve been craving like crazy grilled cheese sandwiches this month. I don’t know which one is better. I’m pretty sure my tummy would love one of each. MMM
spabettie says
May 3, 2012 at 1:24 pmoh, Roxanna, you should try the veggie cheese, OH MY it is so good! then try the jalapeno popper… then the… 😉
Kath (My Funny Little Life) says
May 2, 2012 at 2:58 pmUuuuuuiiiiii, faaaaaancy sandwiches! 😀
Pure2raw twins says
May 1, 2012 at 5:59 pmnothing beats a good grilled cheese! one food that we loved growing up! need to start making them again 😉 love your versions of them! YUM