Grilled Cheese Bar
What could be more comforting than grilled cheese? Setting up an interactive, do-it-yourself grilled cheese bar is always a favorite for parties or just a lazy Sunday afternoon.
June is National Dairy Month and I’m partnering with the American Dairy Association MidEast to celebrate dairy and the farming families, who work hard to provide us with healthy, wholesome dairy foods!Grilled Cheese has been a favorite in our family since forever. Even before Ken and I had kiddos we would make ourselves grilled cheese for lunch or dinner!
(sandwich= pepper jack cheese, avocado, red bell pepper, turkey, and more cheese)
It’s the last week of school!! My oldest son, Noah, graduated from high school this year, he has been out of school for a few weeks, but the other three have school until Friday and then its OH-fishally summer!! Lord help me. Let the never ending stream of kids in and out of our house begin! Eat, swim, eat, swim, play basketball, skateboard, swim, eat, eat, eat, REPEAT!
If you find yourself with a houseful and you’re not quite sure what to feed them, may I suggest setting up a grilled cheese bar? Because who doesn’t like grilled cheese? You already know how cheesy I am, we always have several varieties of cheese on hand.
I would love to hear if you’ve ever done a grilled cheese bar. Leave me a comment below! Thanks for being here! XO Sheila
Grilled Cheese Bar
Equipment
- panini press /maker
Ingredients
- Italian Bread sliced 1/2 inches thickness on a slight angle
- Cheese -Cheddar Swiss, American, Mozzarella, Havarti, Provolone, Pepper Jack, Colby (did I miss a cheese, put out what you have no cheese is off limits)
- Butter
- Extras: Deli Meat sliced thin, bacon, vegetables (tomato, avocado, pepper, greens), thin sliced Apples, Pineapple (put out what you have!)
Instructions
- Preheat griddle or panini press. Butter one side of two pieces of bread. Place butter sides down on a clean plate or surface, place a slice of cheese on both sides of bread, and then add any other additional ingredients you like in the middle. Place stacked sandwich on hot surface, press down with a spatula, flip when sandwich is desired amount of crispy brown. If using a panini press, place prepared sandwich and press until desired doneness.
Notes
Cheese is so good for you! Let me give you some cheesy facts…..
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All this talk of cheese has me reminiscing back to my Ohio Dairy Adventure back in October of 2012, I can’t believe its been nearly 3 years! I miss my Ohio Dairy friends. I was blessed to tour Pearl Valley Cheese factory and the farm of the Indoe Family in Lodi, Ohio, who milk about 80 cows and have been farming for nearly five generations. Go inside the milking parlor with Bill Indoe and see how cows are milked! I also had the pleasure of meeting the Andreas family in Sugarcreek, Ohio, they been dairy farming since 1881! (Now if that ain’t aMOOzing, I’m not sure what is!) Today, they milk 1,300 head of Holstein cows and farm about 3,200 acres. Meet them and take a virtual tour of their farm.
Disclaimer: I was compensated by American Dairy Association Mideast to write this post. Know that I only work with a select brands and campaigns that fit my philosophy on getting your family to the table and feeding them well! Thank you in advance for supporting the brands that make E2g possible. As always all thoughts are 100% my own!
What a fun way to do dinner and have everyone get involved! We love grilled cheese here, so I need to have my kids try this!
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!
grilled cheese bar – with all the fixins’ you have there, plus some pickles, variety of mustards, I would just pull up a chair and sit! Yummy Yummy !
You know it! Pickles and mustard OH my!!
What a fun idea! If I went to party that had a grilled cheese bar, I would never ever want to leave! Pinning!
Thanks Taylor!