Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Cheese sandwich is a really popular food recipe that includes a great combination of various types of cheese with various types of bread. Along with cheese, these sandwiches also include different vegetables like tomato, potato, lettuce, pickles, various meats and condiments like mayonnaise, oil, butter and pepper or mustard. There are various ways of making cheese sandwiches, amongst which, the grilled cheese sandwich is really very popular amongst people of all ages. It is nothing but a sandwich which is heated until the bread becomes crisp with completely melted cheese. It is called 'cheese toastie' in the UK and New Zealand, and 'cheese jaffle' in Australia.

How to Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

You can make a grilled cheese sandwich in various preferred ways. Some of the common methods of preparing it include using a griddle, a toaster or a frying pan. You need to grill each side of the sandwich really carefully, until the bread starts to turn to golden brown in color. Typically, American cheese is considered to be the best for usage in this sandwich, but you can also use cheddar, Brie, Gruyère, manchego or blue cheese.

Ingredients

• White or brown bread, 2 slices
• Salted or unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons
• Cheese slices, 2

Procedure

Apply butter to one side of both the bread slices. Then place the cheese slices on top of one of the bread slices. Then place the other bread slice on top of the cheese in such a way that the buttered side of the bread is facing the cheese. Now, preheat the pan on medium heat for a while and then add the remaining of the butter to it. Once the butter is melted, place the sandwich on it and flip its side after 2 to 3 minutes. You will see that the flipped side has now turned golden brown in color. Now, heat the other side for just about a minute and remove the sandwich from the pan with help of a spatula.

Now cut the sandwich in two equal pieces with the help of a large kitchen knife. Serve this sandwich with tomato sauce, fresh vegetables or any other add on that you like. Once you learn the basic way of making grilled cheese sandwiches (which is grilling the bread) then you can try some really interesting variations. For instance, you can add slices of different vegetables, beef or pork patties, ham or bacon and tuna and other fish slices as well.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts vary depending on the kind of ingredients used, like the type of the bread and cheese that is used, thickness of the bread and cheese and the type and amount of the condiments that are used for making the sandwiches. Generally, there are 250 calories in a grilled cheese sandwich in which cheese alone accounts for about 200 calories. This was about a plain sandwich; in case of other additions, the calorie count of the other ingredients are also counted. Here is a chart that briefly explains the nutrients that are present in a grilled cheese sandwich made of 3 oz bread.

Nutrition	Amount	Daily Value (%)
Calories	670	-
Total fat	46 g	71%
Saturated fat	17 g	85%
Cholesterol	75 mg	25%
Sodium	935 mg	39%
Total carbs	40 g	13%
Dietary fibers	4 g	16%
Sugar	8 g	-
Protein	26 g	-
Calcium	550 mg	-

These nutrition facts are not much heartening for the weight watchers and healthy eaters. The biggest satisfying thing about it though, is the calcium that is present in the sandwich, due to cheese. All in all, people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or obesity, should strictly refrain from turning grilled cheese sandwich into a staple food.