Grilled Cheese with a Twist

This is a recipe like the one for French Toast (posted Jan. 4th, 2010), that is, not one that an experienced cook is likely to be interested in. But here's the twist....those saucy sisters of Bite Me fame have suggested making croutons out of grilled cheese to garnish their roasted tomato soup.

Grilled Cheese Croutons
- 4 slices of white bread
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- enough cheddar cheese to make 2 sandwiches

Spread the butter on one side of each slice of bread. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and place 2 of the slices of bread, buttered side down in the pan. Top those slices of bread with the cheese and top the cheese with the remaining slices of bread, buttered side out. Cook for 2 minutes until the underside is golden brown, flip and cook for 1-2 minutes more or until the cheese is melted. Remove the sandwiches from the pan and cool slightly before cutting into one-inch squares ( for use on top of soups and salads).

Editorial Note: It's fine to make grilled cheese sandwiches with white bread and processed cheese, but you can jazz it up a bit by experimenting with different types of bread and cheese; the technique remains the same.

Bread and cheese have made me what I am today.