3 Easy Ways to Make Your Grilled Cheese Healthier and More Nutritious
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- In today's video, I'm showing you how to make healthier grilled cheese sandwich.
I'll walk you through easy tricks for a healthier and tastier sandwich-from choosing the best bread and cheese to some nifty cooking hacks.
Say goodbye to the guilt and hello to a delicious twist on this classic comfort food!
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HEALTHIER GRILLED SANDWICH RECIPE
Ingredients:
2 slices whole-grain bread
20g cottage cheese
20g mozzarella cheese (low moisture)
20g cheddar cheese
1/2-1 tsp olive oil
10g arugula
NUTRITIONAL INFO (per sandwich):
300 calories, fat 14.7g, carb 29.6g, protein 15.6g
Preparation:
Preheat a frying pan over low heat and add 1/2 tsp olive oil.
Assemble the sandwich inside the pan. Place a slice of bread at the bottom, spread cottage cheese, then add grated cheddar and mozzarella cheese along with some arugula.
Place another slice of bread on top to form the sandwich.
Cover the pan with a lid and allow it to cook for 3 minutes.
Using a spatula, carefully flip the sandwich and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until golden brown at the bottom. Add another 1/2 tsp of oil if needed.
Serve hot and enjoy!
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Great video as usual. Type of bread helps and what you add as toppings certainly does.
I make my cheese sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread that I warm up in the toaster oven with a slice or 2 of mozarella or pepper jack cheese. When it melts, I take it out and top with sliced tomatoes, finely chopped garlic (sometimes), lettuce and a little pepper sauce.
Hi, thanks a lot! You know, there's a way you can make any comfort food healthier, it just takes some stepping out of the box to do it. Love your grilled cheese combo, have to try to put some chopped garlic on mine too.
This is the first time I've heard of using cottage cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich and I'm definitely going to try that - probably with a bit of mozzarella! I enjoy your videos. 😊
Love cottage cheese on everything:) Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@HowToCookSmarter I learned to mix it in my stovetop oats from one of your other videos, and have been LOVING that! I mix it in my overnight oats sometimes too! I'll keep adding it to things now that you mention this, as I love cottage cheese too! ☺
@@AC_2.4-10 That's right, same here, and there will be more videos on this topic that's for sure.
@@HowToCookSmarter awesome!
Happy New Year to you Sasha! That sandwich looks delicious and I will definitely give it a try next time I fancy a grilled cheese sandwich. Thank you as always for sharing. Have a good week. 👍💖
Hi Hazel, thanks so much and I wish you the best New Year ever too! Glad you like the idea of making a grilled cheese sandwich a bit healthier this way. Thanks for all of your support, have an amazing week, take care!
Yum! This dish is going into my rotation!
Sasha, Happy New Year!
I love these ideas & all of these grilled cheeses look amazing!! I've used mozzarella, & sometimes I've also added slices of tomatoes. I have to try your versions 🤗🌞
Hi there Liz, thanks so much and all the best wishes to you too! I agree, fresh in-season tomatoes can make the grilled cheese even better, have fun!
I really love your videos and I do appreciate your approach to healthy eating; I hope you don't mind me mentioning that maybe it would be worthwhile to research the impact non stick cookware has on human health. It's something I did which led me to getting natural items for the kitchen in which I love cooking healthy. Thanks so much for your videos!
Thanks so much for supporting! I do prefer not to use non-stick cookware, but still have some in the kitchen, anyway my cast iron skillet is the most favorite piece of cookware I have... Thanks for bringing this out.
I add cilantro sauce and avocado slices to my grilled cheese (usually mozzarella) sandwich and use sourdough bread *chef's kiss*
Got this from Not Another Cooking Show's Fort Greene sandwich. Never making my grilled cheese sandwiches any other way.
Will make it like this tomorrow. I use good brown bread but toast it. This pan method looks better. Thanks
You're right, pan crust is better, and you don't really need lots of oil at the bottom to make it delicious. Have fun!
Happy New Year Sasha 🎉. WOW. Just WOW with this sandwich. Im in Southern California where its always kind of warm. Last few days theres frost on the windows. This sandwich warmed my tummy. Thanks for another GREAT one. Making today!! with Tomato & Basil soup.
Happy New Year Michele to you too! It's true, the weather this winter is unpredictable, we had a sunny spring days recently and now you can see ice everywhere:) Hope you'll enjoy this healthier version of grilled cheese, even with cottage cheese inside:) and your tomato and basil soup just screams comfort! For another awesome healthy year!
@@HowToCookSmarter Even with cottage cheese!! It was fantastic 😊
I like to add dill pickles to my grilled cheese.
That actually sounds great!
You can also use some herbs with the cheeses,like oregano
Definitely!
I hope to eat better this year. Thanks for the tips.
Sure, anytime, just take one small step at a time, you'll be surprised what can you do in a short few months.
Another tip if you don't want to use a pan - use the airfryer! You can toast the bread in the toaster beforehand, then chuck the bread and cheese into the air fryer for a couple minutes. Uses less oil but saves the crunch!
A normal oven works too. More practical for most people.
Long ago, when I was a kid, my mom used the broiler. So crunchy. Gooey cheese. She put a slice of dill pickle somewhere in the sandwich. That bite was yummy.
Thanks for sharing, it''s definitely a good one!
Yes!
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What do you use the other bread for?
Genius! I usually load lots of butter on my toasted cheese sandwich, so using the drop of olive oil will save me a load of calories.
I dont use oil and fry on cheese side down, this way the extra fat melts away and it’s really my fav dish
It does make sense, have to try out this inside-out method, thanks for sharing!
@@HowToCookSmarter my pleasure, and i leave the cheese to become golden and crispy, it’s really delicious 🤤
I would probably adding seasoning in the oil onto the bread too
Love the idea!
For me healthy is using plant-based cheeses as I have a family history of Cancer so need to avoid the estrogen and possible BLV in dairy. Thanks for sharing
You're very welcome! I also try to reduce estrogen intake, most of the time by using paraben-free cosmetics and avoid drinks in plastic bottles.
Hello Sasha- I enjoy your videos - are you from Russia?
Hi, thanks for your feedback, not really, I'm from Croatia.
Whats wrong with fat? I wish I had more fat on my extremities right now. Cooolllllllllddddddd!
Apparently saturated fat in dairy is bad now. 🤷♀️ Wait until 5 years pass and the same dietary scientists say that seed oils are inflammatory now and we should go back to butter 🤣
Butter is better than margarine.