Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner

Photo by: Nancy Fox

Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner

Food Ingredients:
1/2 cup buttermilk 2 egg whites or 1 large egg 1/4 cup spicy brown mustard or Dijon mustard 8 slices Oroweat healthfull nutty grain or hearty wheat bread 4 slices (1 oz each) reduced-fat Havarti, Swiss or Jarlsberg cheese 8 ounces sliced lean ham or turkey ham 3 deli style dill pickles, each sliced lengthwise into thin slices 2 tablespoons reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Heart Right Light

Recipe preparation:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites. Set aside. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 with remaining 2 sandwiches. 7 Slice each sandwich in half and serve with a fork and knife.

Recipe source: Foodista recipe