Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Kamikaze Cook #32 Rockin' Sandwich!

Hopefully, most of you have heard of Clearman's North Woods Inn Restaurant. If you haven't, you've GOT to go, if for no other reason, for the cheese bread and marinated cabbage. www.clearmansrestaurants.com/northwoods

I have great news too- they sell their cheese spread at some grocery stores and you can easily make your own marinated cabbage at home. (see entry #27)

What I recently discovered is that you can make grilled cheese sandwiches with this spread! I haven't perfected it yet- the cheese still sticks to the pan even when I use a non-stick spray, but the results are awesome.

Sourdough bread
Cheese spread
Ham (or your favorite lunch meat)

You can actually make this in the broiler too. It's been too hot for me to try this but it seems even easier than the pan fried way. Note: lightly toast the bread BEFORE you apply the spread (in the broiler) for, say, 30 seconds or until a bit crisp. Apply spread then toast again for 40 seconds or until golden brown.

Once the sandwich is complete, make a simple salad of greens, marinated cabbage and blue or 1,000 Island dressing. Love it!