How To Make Grilled Cheese Like a Big Boy | 3 Ways

bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: white bread

Whole grain bread is more nutritious.

cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Low-fat cheese reduces calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can be cheaper.

Make green basil pesto by blending basil leaves, garlic, toasted pine nuts, black pepper, salt, and olive oil until smooth.

Add shredded parmesan and pecorino romano cheese to the pesto and blend until combined.

Store the pesto in a container with a little olive oil on top to prevent oxidation.

Prepare red pesto by smashing pine nuts and garlic in a mortar and pestle, then adding roasted bell pepper, calabrian chilies, tomato paste, olive oil, and dried oregano, mixing until combined.

Taste and adjust seasoning of the red pesto before storing.

For the grilled cheese, slice brie cheese and pear, and prepare fig jam.

Butter one side of each slice of bread thoroughly, ensuring even coverage.

Assemble the grilled cheese by placing buttered bread in the skillet, adding cheese, pear slices, and fig jam, then topping with another slice of buttered bread.

Cook the sandwich in a skillet until golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted.

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