Sunday, April 3, 2011

Pesto Grilled Cheese

Well, I think we all knew that blogging was not my strong suit.  But, I have thought up one of our favorite recipes as of late that I haven't shared yet.  It was a recreation of one of my favorite lunch sandwiches at Dunn Bros in Mankato.  I'm not sure it is as good, but it's pretty close.

Pesto Grilled Cheese

Pesto:
Fresh basil leaves
Olive oil
1 clove of garlic

Directions:
Chop up your garlic
Pulse your basil leaves in a food processor or chop them up
Add your garlic and olive oil to the processor
Pulse until paste like consistency

Grilled Cheese:
Make a grilled cheese, but add pesto on the inside of both pieces of bread.  It's not hard.

Obviously, not my picture.  It's pretty delicious, and great with some soup for dinner or by itself for lunch.

Well, we'll see if I get to blogging more.  I do have a great bagel recipe I told Travis I would put up.  Otherwise, I don't get to cook much anymore.  Todd has, however, made a wonderful tortilla soup and chicken and wild rice soup the past few weeks.  Be on the look out for those!

6 comments:

Oma Penny said...

Looks like a yummy way to spice up an old favorite, although I have never had pesto. Glad you updated your blog. I have been tempted to bug you about it! Love you.

Joy said...

i love pesto and make my own. i grow my own basil and when i make the pesto i freeze it in ice cube trays then pop them into a baggie. then i have pesto all year. and i love to put it on roast beef sandwiches with some provolone cheese. i will try the grilled cheese recipe. sounds yummy. good to hear from you. i love soup and look forward to the recipes.

Joy said...

oh yes, and dunn brothers has the best peach smoothies.

Michelle said...

Sounds yummy. If you want to splurge a bit, add pine nuts to your pesto when you process it. It adds a great flavor. Love that you're blogging again. I keep checking!

Corrie said...

I'll be on the lookout for nothing, you tease!

Basil always looks so yummy on TV, but the only pesto I've had was too oily. Maybe if I made my own I could control the oil a bit.

Megan said...

Ooh, I love putting other stuff in grilled cheese! Hate olive oil but otherwise this sounds yummy :) I'd probably make it with avocado oil or something else. But tasty tasty!