Healthier Grilled Cheese

angie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:03 +0000

My dad has this joke we loved when we were younger. It went something like this:

Dad: Do you want me to make you a grilled cheese sandwich?

Kids (giggling, already in on the joke): Yeah! Make me a grilled cheese!

Dad: Poof! You’re a grilled cheese sandwich!

So we loved our grilled cheese. It was both comfort food and a delicious treat Dad made for us. Grilled cheese and funny-shaped pancakes were his specialties…probably still are. I look forward to my nephew giggling over the same corny joke.

Grilled cheese isn’t something I’m likely to give up; it tastes like home to me. So, I needed to find a healthier way to enjoy the warm gooey crunchy taste of home. Here is a comparison of my version vs. good old Dad’s version of this classic. I refuse to give up the taste, so this isn’t as healthy as it could be. But I’ll throw in a note at the end of how to shave off even more points. But the version I outline for you here tastes just like the real thing.

Dad’s Grilled Cheese		MagicallyDelicious Toasted Cheese
2 slices white bread	140 calories 2 g fat 1 g fiber 3 points	2% American cheese	100 calories 6 g fat 0 g fiber 3 points
2 T margarine	200 calories 22.8 g fat 0 g fiber 6 points	2 slices light Italian bread	80 calories 0 g fat 3 g fiber 1 point
2 slices American cheese	140 calories 10 g fat 0 g fiber 4 points
Total	640 calories 34.8 g fat 1 g fiber 13 points	Total	180 calories 6 g fat 3 g fiber 4 points
Dad’s version is fried in margarine. For our version, toast the bread, then add the cheese and pop it into the microwave for 10-15 seconds to melt the cheese.

This MagicallyDelicious version will save you 28 g of fat and 9 points over Dad’s version and it’s just as creamy delicious. If we really are what we eat, you’ll be a skinny grilled cheese in no time.

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Healthier Grilled Cheese