Grilled Cheeserie

Nashville seems to have embraced the food truck craze, and I've had the pleasure of eating twice now at the Grilled Cheeserie.  Who doesn't love melted cheese on buttery grilled bread?  The Grilled Cheeserie takes the simple pleasure of a grilled cheese sandwich and improves it by offering several grown-up fillings.  The first visit, my husband had the Croque Madame, and I had a custom sandwich of Gruyere/Swiss blend and Benton's bacon on sourdough.  His sandwich trumped mine that night.  Mine was good, but I decided it needed one more flavor element (perhaps the caramelized onions). 

please excuse the missing bites - melty cheese is irresistible

My second visit, I had the Pizza Melt, and it was amazing.  This sandwich had so many wonderful flavors from the pepperoni (which was in itself unique - do not expect your typical supermarket or pizza pepperoni!) to the fresh basil, spicy marinara and of course, melted Italian blend cheese.  I can't wait to return - I've already picked out the next sandwich I want to try. 

it doesn't always need to be fancy

The Laughing Cow® wedges are a delicious way for me to meet my daily cheese quota. An added benefit is that the light wedges have only 35 calories each, so with a few crackers, I've got a 100 calorie snack (which consequently keeps me on track for an altogether different daily quota). I prefer the Swiss, but they also make a Light Blue Cheese, which is quite good. It is interesting in that one typically expects blue cheese to have a crumbly texture, and these wedges are smooth and creamy with no marbling.