Grilled Ham And Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 egg whites or 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup spicy brown mustard or Dijon mustard
- 8 slices wheat bread Oroweat healthfull nutty grain or hearty
- 4 slices havarti 1 oz each reduced-fat, Swiss or Jarlsberg cheese
- 8 ounces ham sliced lean, or turkey ham
- 3 dill pickles deli style, each sliced lengthwise into thin slices
- 2 tablespoons butter reduced-fat, or Smart Balance Heart Right Light
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites. Set aside.
- Spread mustard on one side of each slice of bread. Top 4 slices with 1 slice of cheese. Arrange ham on top of cheese. Add to each 3-4 thin slices of pickle. Top with remaining bread slices, mustard side down.
- Melt 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Dip 2 sandwiches into buttermilk mixture; carefully flip and dip other side. Don't soak the sandwiches in this mixture. Just lightly dip and remove sandwiches, allowing excess buttermilk mixture to drip back into dish.
- Add sandwiches to pan; cover and cook 3-5 minutes. Uncover, flip sandwiches, press top down with a spatula, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until golden and cheese is melted. Remove sandwiches, place on a baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 with remaining 2 sandwiches.
- Slice each sandwich in half and serve with a fork and knife.
buttermilk, egg whites, brown mustard, bread oroweat healthfull, cheese, ham, deli style, butter
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Grilled-Ham-and-Cheese-French-Toast-For-A-Quick-Weeknight-Dinner-1657841 (may not work)