The focus on Thanksgiving has always been about the meal, but what about the pre-meal food? The appetizers are an important part of the Thanksgiving meal; they ensure that the post-dinner food coma will last until dessert is served.
Now for a recipe completely unrelated to seafood. As we all know Thanksgiving is coming up at the end of the month, unless you're Canadian and you celebrated your "Thanksgiving" back in October for some reason.
I'm not going to write a post about how things change with the seasons. It's been done too many times (we get it Ben Gibbard, you're sad). Instead, just enjoy these fun and easy seasonal recipes. If you don't enjoy them, you probably read the recipes wrong. These recipes are like hugs while wearing your favorite sweater... or that warm feeling could just be glucose rushing to your brain.
Making homemade pasta has always seemed like a daunting task to me. On par with making your own clothes, it seemed like something that was best left to professionals.
Everyone loves a good grilled cheese sandwich. It doesn't matter if you're young or old, sometimes a grilled cheese sandwich is the perfect lunch. Yes, even lactose intolerant people love grilled cheeses, though their colons don't. So get out your holy cheese and pray to Cheezus Crust, and make this divine grilled cheese sandwich or are you a naan believer?
In the words of Buster Bluth, "I was told there would be grilled cheese." This isn't any old grilled cheese though, it's a grilled cheese that puts all others to shame. Sure, you could go with something simple and safe, but what's the fun in that? I personally don't understand people who take the safe route; life is for living, so add some apple and bacon to that sandwich! Some people will say apples don't belong on a sandwich, but let them talk and have their wrong opinion. They don't know the joy of something weird and different, so they can enjoy their meal of quiet judgement while you eat one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches of your life.
Bacon Granny Smith Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Yields one sandwich
- 2 slices of Sourdough Bread
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 3 oz. Tillamook Cheddar Cheese grated
- 2 oz. Gruyere cheese grated
- 1.5 Bacon Slices cooked
- 1 Granny Smith Apples thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper freshly ground
- Heat up two CLEAN skillets over medium heat. That's right two.
- Butter one side of each slice of yo' bread.
- Add the mustard and pepper to one slice of bread (on the non-butter side, but you're clever so you probably figured that out on your own).
- Pile on the cheeses. Stack 2 apple slices and the bacon strips to the pre-sandwich. Top it off with the other slice of bread, butter side up.
- Place in one of the hot skillets. Let cook for 30 seconds. Take the other hot skillet and place on top of the sandwich and press down. This will help melt the cheese and make it easier to flip. After a minute or so, flip the sandwich over and continue cooking until both sides are golden brown.
- Serve with a little salad or some tomato or butternut squash soup.
It's that easy to mix up the everyday routine and make something different and delicious. Don't be afraid of people judging your fruity sandwich. Go ahead and make this great sandwich, because if you don't I'll be judging you.
Say cheese, all photos by Katy Weaver
