I Love Me A Nice, Big SANG-a-wich..

I'm loving the changes I've made my in diet, because it keeps me fit and helps me to stay on track and stay in my jeans. Being sugar-free isn't easy, but I've come to get used to the foods I can and can't eat. I get to eat whatever want (EXCEPT sugar) two meals a week, and I usually end up splurging on dinner foods. One of the things I miss is having a sandwich. I miss the good old, wholesome yumminess of having a big old sandwich.

I was watching Rachel Ray's show yesterday and I learned that April is National Grilled Cheese Month. Really? Who decides this stuff? Anyway, this just served to get my sandwich mojo flowing and I decided that tonight would be National Grilled Cheese Night in The Daily Dandy household.

Rachel had a "Grilled Cheese Sammie Smackdown" and she made 3 types of delectable, yummy, gooey grilled cheese goodness. Today I'm sharing the recipe for the one that lit my taste buds ablaze and made me get all giddy with the anticipation of a Grilled Cheese dinner night!

Grilled Deviled Ham and Cheese

Ingredients

• For the Deviled Ham:
• 1/2 pound prosciutto cotto, coarsely chopped
• 1 small rib celery from heart, coarsely chopped
• 1 Fresno chili pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 small red onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 to 3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley tops, a small handful
• 1 large clove garlic, grated or pasted
• 3 tablespoons yellow mustard, such as French’s
• 2 round tablespoons pickle relish
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce, such as Frank’s Red Hot
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, such as Lea and Perrin’s
• Black pepper
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• Good quality salted butter, melted
• 8 hand-sliced slices good quality white bread, cut 1/2-inch thick
• 8 deli slices Swiss cheese, such as Jarlesberg
• 8 deli slices yellow cheddar cheese

Preparation

For the deviled ham, pulse-process ingredients in food processor into almost-smooth, very finely chopped spread.

Liberally brush 1 side of 8 slices of bread for 4 sandwiches with the melted butter. 

Build sandwiches: bread with the butter side facing down, 2 slices Swiss cheese, some deviled ham, 2 slices cheddar cheese, and another slice of bread with the buttered side out.

Grill sandwiches over medium heat on nonstick griddle pan until cheese is melted and they’re deeply golden.

All 3 of Rachel Ray's Grilled Cheese recipes can be found HERE.  

And I'm just warning you...you may be thinking about you favorite "sang-a -wich" all day long.