Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner
By: Nancy Fox
Published: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 9:58am

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

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.

About


We just love this quick to prepare dinner.  It’s not at all like a typical grilled ham and cheese.  It’s very tasty with thin slices of dill pickle and mustard added, plus dipped into a buttermilk and egg batter before grilling.  A French toast of sorts.  It’s skinny due to using a fiber rich whole wheat bread, reduced-fat cheese, ham without nitrites and grilling in reduced-fat butter.  One sandwich has 11 grams of fiber!  Serve with a salad or cup of mixed berries. This sandwich is fantastic!
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 9
Skinny Facts: for one sandwich
367 calories, 10g fat, 33g protein, 11g fiber, 39g carbs, 1329mg sodium, 7g sugar
Fat Facts: for one sandwich
685 calories, 32g fat, 38g protein, 57g carbs, 4g fiber, 1949mg sodium, 9g sugar