31 Days of Fun Fall Ideas- Idea #17
The other day I had this awesome grilled cheese sandwich at a little restaurant that makes all their bread fresh that morning. It was grilled cheese on an herb Focaccia bread and it was so good I have been craving it ever since. However, I haven't yet had the time to try my hand at the homemade bread and so this meal was my compromise. I made herbed butter and spread onto grilled cheese instead, and though it wasn't exactly the same, it was still pretty tasty.
Ghost Toast (aka Grilled Cheese)
Texas toast, or a thick bread (I used a ghost cookie cutter for shapes)
shredded cheese
herbed butter (I used 1/4 cup room temperature salted butter mixed with: 1/2 tsp basil, 1/8 tsp garlic salt, 1/8 tsp oregano, 1/8 tsp parsley and a pinch of rosemary and thyme -My family preferred the butter without rosemary and thyme.)
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Butter one side of each piece of toast (you will have butter left over.) Place butter side up in oven and bake 3-4 minutes or until slightly brown. Remove, flip butter side down and top each half with shredded cheese. Fresh mozzarella or fontina would melt well, but any cheese will do. Bake for 3-5 additional minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven and quickly place halves together.
Note: When cutting out shapes, you can save the scraps for homemade croutons, by cutting them in little squares and placing them in a bag until ready to use. A simply tasty crouton recipe I have used in the past I found here.
Serve as a side with soup.
Witch's Brew 'Stew'
Cook up your favorite soup (my family likes creamy tomato.) Then using a cookie cutter on a thick slice of cheese, regular or kraft singles and any color, cut a hat and two shoes. Gently lay cheese cut-outs on top of soup. I used Chex Mix for the socks effect and circle on hat.
Note: The high heal cookie cutter and can be found at most craft stores in the cake decorating section.
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