
Grilled Cheese with Apples (and Deli Meat)
Servings: 4
Calories: 421kcal
Dress up Tuesday night's dinner by adding apples straight on the sammie! Top with ham or turkey if that's your jam. (Oh... and maybe jam??)
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- 8 slices whole wheat bread
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 oz deli ham
- 2 medium apples thinly sliced
- 4 oz cheddar cheese thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat a griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Coat with butter or cooking spray.
- Meanwhile, butter one side of each piece of bread. Flip over and coat with mustard.
- Place up to four pieces of bread, buttered side down, on your griddle (allowing space for flipping, so do a couple of rounds if necessary). Top each piece of bread with 1oz of ham, 3 or 4 slices of cheese, and 3 or 4 slices of apple. Top the sandwich with another piece of bread, buttered side facing out. Cook until the bread is toasted, then flip.
- Allow to cook until the cheese is melted and the other side of the bread has browned how you like it. Remove from heat and let rest a minute or two before cutting it. Serve with any extra apple slices on the side.
Notes
- Be sure to keep the heat to medium-low. Yes, this takes forever, but it produces a much better sandwich than if you try to cook it over high (she says from 30+ years of anxious sandwich making experience.)
- Our favorite brand of sandwich bread is Angelic Bakehouse. It's the only "cootie free" bread we've been able to find that doesn't taste like cardboard. Bonus - it's only about 2/3 the size of regular bread, so gives you plenty of sandwich, but cuts out unnecessary carbs.
- Speaking of bread, if you have any other reason to get cinnamon raisin bread, buy it and use it on this sandwich, too. Yum! (Maybe skip the mustard then though...)
- A not-too-sweet preserve would be great on this sandwich. We like orange marmalade or even a mango chutney.
- Gala or Fuji apples are our favorite for this dish, but anything this side of a Granny Smith should be tasty.
- Same "choose your own adventure" idea when it comes to cheese. A sharp cheddar instead of mild would be bold. A gruyere or Swiss would make for a totally different (yet still delicious) dish.
- Want to go really fancy with your grilled cheese? Check out our pear and gorgonzola version.
- Other options for meat: deli turkey, leftover rotisserie chicken or bacon is always a winner in our house!
Nutrition
Calories: 421kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 817mg | Potassium: 345mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 511IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 270mg | Iron: 2mg