Grilled Vegetable Cheese Bread

~Nimz~'s Note:

This is so good, served with any grilled meal. A good way to use up fresh tomatoes. Adapted from TOH Backyard Grilling with a few minor changes.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 loaf ciabatta (I used ciabatta Ciabatta (An Italian Bread)) or 1 loaf French bread , sliced lengthwise (I used ciabatta Ciabatta (An Italian Bread))
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 large tomatoes , thinly sliced
• 2 cups thinly sliced zucchini
• ¼ cup sliced red onion (about a quarter of an onion.)
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (feel free to use more)
• 1 (2 ¼ ounce) can chopped ripe olives , drained
• 2 teaspoons creole seasoning
• kosher salt
• pepper
• ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Brush cut sides of bread with olive oil.
2. Grill cut side down over medium heat until just golden, about 5 minutes.
3. Remove from grill.
4. Layer with tomatoes,zucchini and red onion.
5. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese, olives and Creole seasoning.
6. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7. Prepare grill for medium indirect heat.
8. Place bread on grill rack.
9. Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 10-12 minutes or until zucchini and onion are crisp tender.
10. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
11. Grill 2-4 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

Reviews

[WiGal]

Very tasty, versatile, and lovely! It's rainy here so did this in my oven. I sliced all the veggies very thin, nuked the zucchini slices on a plate covered with wax paper for 30 seconds which was easy to do and the zucchini was cooked to our satisfaction. I used Mediterranean Spice Mix instead of creole seasoning but did sprinkle on black pepper too. I put the seasoning onto veggies then sprinkled on the cheese. And as you can tell by my photo I did not add enough cheese-my fault. I omitted the black olives b/c I need to buy a jar. I also used some bread machine bread I had, and the heels here were nice and crunchy. Thank you ~Nimz~ for a nice lunch. Made for Gimme 5.

[amydietrichmark]

This was really good! I'd like to stress the whole "thinly sliced" part though, a little difficult to stack otherwise. I'd definitely make it again.

[Engrossed]

YUMMY! This was a full meal for us...kinda like eating a healthy pizza. I used whole wheat french bread and roasted red pepper olive oil. I broiled my bread and then sprinkled creole seasoning on it and every layer after. I topped the bread with jack cheese and then the vegetables and then cheddar jack on top. I added a sliced red bell pepper. I baked mine uncovered for 30 minutes at 350F. It turned out just right for me and was soooo BEAUTIFUL! Made for 1-2-3 hit wonders.