I love a good sandwich - some amazing French bread, ham, roast beef...a bit of
provolone or cheddar...oh, it makes my tummy happy! But grilled cheese - in all
its varieties - is my absolute favorite sandwich to make. I think it's my
favorite because of all the variety: I can go kiddish with straight-up American
and white bread or take it on a bit of a grown up turn with some broccoli and
mushrooms. One of my favorite recipes is for Double Bacon Grilled Cheese
- it's a recipe the characters in PROTECTING THE QUARTERBACK,
Jonas and Brooks, sample. Here's how to make it:
Ingredients:
8 slices bacon - we prefer thick cut, but use your favorite
Some chopped red onion (to taste and totally optional)
4 slices Cheddar cheese, 3 ounce slices
4 slices mozzarella cheese, 3 ounce slices
8 slices sourdough bread, medium (1/2") slices
Cook It Up:
You can use a flat skillet or a closed contact grill, I prefer the closed
contact grill, but both make yummy sandwiches. Either way, heat the pan/grill
for 5 minutes.
Skillet Method: Cook the bacon until lightly crisp, and remove from heat.
Sautee the onion in the bacon grease until softened. In a separate pan (the
pre-heated pan) lightly butter the outsides of each slice of bread. Place one
slice butter-side down. Layer the ingredients cheese-onion-bacon-cheese, and
then put the other slice of bread butter side up. Cook 2 minutes or until
lightly browned, flip and cook 2 more minutes or until lightly browned. Serve!
Makes 4 sandwiches.
Closed contact grill Method: Once the grill is heated, place the bacon on
the bottom grill surface, close the grill and cook until browned (4 minutes).
Remove the bacon and drain on paper towels. Cut the slices in half. Scrape most
of the bacon drippings into the drip tray, and then put the onion on the bottom
surface, close the grill and cook until tender (5 minutes). Once the onion is
cooked, make your sandwiches by layering cheddar/bacon/onion/mozzarella between
two slices of bread. Put 2 sandwiches on the bottom surface, close the grill and
cook 5 minutes or until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted. Remove
the sandwiches and cook the other 2 the same way. Makes 4 sandwiches. Serve!
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Sports broadcaster Brooks Smith has always been more involved with the game
than the players. But after she shares the spotlight at an awards ceremony with
tabloid sensation Jonas Nash, one night of letting her guard down around the
infamous quarterback spirals into many heated days and nights together when she
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The hottest player in professional football is hiding a secret that could end
his career for good. Now Brooks is caught on the sidelines between the job she
loves and the man she is falling in love with.
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