Fresh Tomato, Basil Grilled Cheese Sandwich

"This is a low good fat version of a grilled cheese seasoned with fresh and dried herbs and garden fresh tomatoes. I used a regular pan but for ease you can use a nonstick pan."
 
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Ready In:
8mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
1
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix oil and dried herbs and spread on 1 side of both slices of bread.
  • Preheat non stick pan to medium heat.
  • Seasoned side down add slice of cheese, tomato, fresh ground pepper, basil and other slice of cheese topping with second slice of bread seasoned side up.
  • Place in pan with a weight on it and cook for 1 minute till browned flip and cook for an other minute till cheese is melted.

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Reviews

  1. Yum! What's not to love. I used butter as well as olive oil. Thanks for posting. I'm already looking forward to my next sandwich.
     
  2. Wonderful grilled cheese. This is great with the oil and the italian seasoning. Great idea! It was great with my fresh tomatoes. Thanks Rita :) Made for Holiday tag game
     
  3. Yum! This makes a great meal! I made using thick slices of sourdough bread, mozzarella cheese and heirloom tomatoes. The olive oil and Italian seasoning on the toasted outside is a tasty touch. Thanks for the post.
     
  4. This was very tasty! The only change I made was butter instead of oil (I just sprinkled the seasoning on as I was spreading the butter on the bread and it mixed in perfectly). I used Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co "limited edition" Farmhouse cheese. Thanks for sharing Rita!
     
  5. This made for an easy, fresh, tasty lunch today. I used mozzarella cheese and made it on my panini grill. I could see this also being tasty with pesto. Thanks for posting. Made for June 2013 Veggie Swap
     
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  1. This was very tasty! The only change I made was butter instead of oil (I just sprinkled the seasoning on as I was spreading the butter on the bread and it mixed in perfectly). I used Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co "limited edition" Farmhouse cheese. Thanks for sharing Rita!
     
  2. oh wow, excellent sandwich! So simple and yet so good! I couldn't find fresh basil in the grocery so used the dried basil spices instead. Love the taste of melted cheese with tomatoes and italian spices! Thank you, Rita!
     
  3. Made this for the two of us in a non stick pan. (I doubled the recipe!) I used garlic oil in place of plain olive oil as that was all I had on hand. I also added in some very low fat shaved ham that was looking lonely in the fridge :) A nice blend of flavours and was very easy to make. Great to have for a low fat hot lunch on a wet Sunday. :) A 'keeper' for us. :0
     

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