Thursday, January 8, 2009

New Year, New Beginnings

Well I have taken a bit of hiatus from the site. My friend mentioned that I needed to upgrade the site and since I haven't had time I stopped doing the blogs. Well in the New Year I decided to keep the blog up and worry about upgrading when and if I get the time.

Anyways, tonights blog is quick and easy. If you ever have those nights were you work all day, go to the gym, and come home and don't want to cook? Than this is the meal for you.
First you need to have a few things on hand that you can pick up at the store. I usually have some of these things around most of the time. We love the Whole Foods line of canned soups and always have some in our pantry. A small side note, Whole Foods Soups of contain no MSG. If you didn't know or didn't realize most other soup lines do contain MSG including 95 different Campbell's soups (also note that MSG can be disguised as autolyzed yeast extract). We also usually have or easily can get a loaf of bread (multi grain or whole wheat is healthier), tomatoes, cheddar cheese, prosciutto (or you can use bacon or even deli sliced turkey), and a green vegetable (our choice asparagus).
Now we are just minutes away from our meal. First we boil water in a steamer and clean asparagus. Then we place in the top of the steamer and put the lid on. Cook your soup in a pan on medium to low. Next assemble a grilled cheese to top off the meal. I personally like to slice my cheese thin on the cheese slicer then place it on the bread with the prosciutto on top and 3 thin slices of tomatoes. Melt a pat of butter in a frying pan on medium to medium high put the grilled cheese down and let it cook on that side until golden brown. Then add a little bit more butter to your pan and flip the grilled cheese over. Remove everything from the heat and now we toss our asparagus in a little butter or olive oil and salt and assemble on plate with the grilled cheese. Quick and Easy!!! Which is good cause if you are like me after the gym you are starving. This whole meal can be done in 10 minutes. A great time saver. Enjoy!!!

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