Grilled Cheese with Olive Tapenade

 

1 slice wheat bread

Jarred olive tapenade or a chopped olive condiment

1 slice Provolone cheese

Directions: Spread olive mixture on wheat bread. Top with slice of Provolone cheese. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.

Serves 1 person

Notes: Grilled cheese variation 5

The Provencal, South of France, word for capers is tapenas. Tapenade refers to a mixture of chopped or pureed olives, olive oil and capers with additional possible ingredients or different main ingredients. 

 Learn more about tapenade here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapenade

 

Grilled Cheese with hummus and Gruyere

 

1 slice whole wheat bread

1 Tablespoon hummus

3 cherry tomatoes, red and yellow, sliced in half

2 thin slices Gruyere cheese, enough to cover bread

Directions: Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes or until cheese melts.

Yields: 1 open faced sandwich

Notes: Grilled cheese variation 4

Honey Mustard with Salmon or Turkey and Cheese

 

1/3 cup of honey

1/3 cup of Dijon mustard

With intense honey and mustard flavors; this is great for sandwiches and leftover fish. Stir honey and mustard together in a small sauce pan at low heat until the ingredients are blended thoroughly.  

This is very nice on leftover cooked salmon fillets. The honey tends to burn quickly so it is better to line the pan with aluminum foil or use generous amounts of butter to grease the pan. Place cooked fish in pan. Drizzle the honey mustard on the fish. Cook the salmon at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. If cooking with raw fish, poultry or other, be careful not to contaminate the honey mustard with raw protein. Then any leftover honey mustard may be used for sandwiches.

Turkey and Honey Mustard Sandwiches:

Pumpernickel bread

Honey mustard

Turkey

Provolone cheese

Spread honey mustard on pumpernickel bread; top with turkey and cheese. Place open faced sandwich on greased pan and then heat for 10 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit or until cheese is melted.

Individual Quesadillas

 

6 white corn tortillas, small

6 yellow tomatoes, smallish

6 slices provolone cheese

Grease baking sheet. Lay out the corn tortillas. Slice tomatoes and place on tortillas. Top each tortilla with a slice of provolone cheese. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.

Serves 2-6 people.

Notes: Grilled cheese variation 2

Grilled Cheese and Pink Lady Apple

4 slices Swiss cheese

1 Pink lady apple

4 slices of brown bread such as wheat and oats or pumpernickel

Whole grain mustard

Grease cookie sheet or flat cake pan. Place bread slices on pan. Spread each slice with mustard. Slice apple. Divide apple slices and place on bread. Top with Swiss cheese. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.

Serves 4 people.

Notes: Grilled cheese variation 1

Date: 27 October 2020