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| Vegan Grilled Cheese |
I look forward to the weekend all week. Not that my job is so miserable that I countdown the clock everyday, but there is just something about knowing that I don’t have to work that makes me happy.
Sometimes I think my dogs know it’s the weekend too. They get up a little later, they find new and interesting places to sleep, and they get more treats. My dogs are pretty smart, so I am pretty sure they know what’s up.
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| Pondering Pepper |
Since I was feeling super lazy today, I was feeling something easy and delicious for my chubby vegan lunch. Perhaps a comfort food that just makes you feel good inside.
*pondering*
GRILLED CHEESE
I have a love hate relationship with vegan cheese, but when it comes to Daiya my feelings tend to sway towards love. I was mindlessly searching the Internet last week and saw another vegan blogger talk about making vegan grilled cheese with Daiya. It looked pretty rad and I really wanted to try it. I think she used the cheddar version and all I had was mozzarella, but a chubby vegan has to do what a chubby vegan has to do.
She also made hers with pickles and slices of tomato that, in my opinion, is the only real way to eat grilled cheese. Sadly, I didn’t have any tomato so I subbed with a little bit of ketchup. Don’t hate.
On a scale of 1 to the best thing I ever ate, I would give it a super delicious. That is pretty much a 7.
Click after the jump for a more detailed recipe, which this is so easy you really don’t need, and a couple more pictures.
-Two Slices of Vegan Bread
-1-2 T. of Earth Balance Vegan Butter
-1/4 cup of Daiya Cheddar Cheese (or mozzarella)
-Pickles (as many as you want)
-Tomato (one or two slices)
Add half of butter to one side of a slice of bread and place it (butter side down) on a skillet on medium heat. Add the cheese, pickles, and tomato. Lay the other piece of bread (butter side up) on top of the cheese.
Grill for about 3 minutes. Delicately flip the sandwich over to grill on the opposite side for about 3 minutes.
Check and see if the cheese is melted. Pull off the skillet and tear it up.
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I had a grilled cheese this weekend too! The vegan version looks good enough to try....does it taste similar? Or should it be named something different? How does vegan butter taste??
ReplyDeleteI too am a chubby vegan. Even though I normally shy away from the fake cheese stuff, I might have to try the Daiya. The pics are making me hungry!
ReplyDelete@Chell... I sometimes have issues with "fake" cheese too. I think Daiya is really, really, really good though. Give it a shot, i think you will really like it!
ReplyDeleteI am a Daiya convert thanks to The Chubby Vegan. For block cheese, I'm still a Follow Your Heart advocate. I have never had pickles on a grilled cheese. What a tragedy! Will definitely try next time. And the tomato is CLUTCH.
ReplyDeleteTomato & Pickles are joy for me everyday of the week; add that to some grilled cheese and watch out boys!
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