Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner

Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner

Grilled Ham and Cheese French Toast For A Quick Weeknight Dinner

45 minutes

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Details
  • Serving Size:   4
  • Weight Watchers:   13 Points
Cuisine
  • American
  • lunch
  • main course
  • main dish
  • dinner
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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
Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together buttermilk and egg whites. Set aside.

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.

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. Dont soak the sandwiches in this mixture. Just lightly dip and remove sandwiches, allowing excess buttermilk mixture to drip back into dish.

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.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 with remaining 2 sandwiches.

Slice each sandwich in half and serve with a fork and knife.

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