Monday Mix-Up - Grilled Cheese

Gonna try out a new segment to get me posting weekly. :) Mondays, I'm going to try a new twist on classic foods. This week: the grilled cheese, one of the best comfort foods ever invented. Personally, I'm a bit of a purist, just cheese and break. However, a new take is always great, not to mention delicious.

- Adding slices of turkey or ham (or even spam) between your cheese is always good. Simple, but good.
- Mozzerella with fresh basil and thinly sliced tomato.  This is really good on french bread. 
- Go with a welsh rabbit approach. Make a cheese sauce to put on your sandwich, then grill or fry as you like.

The French Toast Post

Like most of my recipes, this happened when I was messing around with ingredients. I've been trying to use up a bulb of roasted garlic, so that was part of it, and we had a loaf of bread we needed to eat before it molded. This is also the only time in my entire life that the amount of egg batter has actually worked out perfectly for the number of toast slices. So, here's the result, hope you like!

Ingredients:
-12 slices of french bread, toasted.
-5-6 Eggs (I used 5 egg whites with one whole egg, because I made a pudding earlier that only needed yolks.)
-2 cloves of roasted garlic, minced
-1 tsp ground black pepper
-1/2 cup milk
-1/2 cup grated parmesan
-1 tsp dried parsley
-Butter as needed (I used 1 Tbsp.)

Procedure:
-Heat a frying pan to medium heat.
-Mix everything except the toast and butter to make the egg batter. Make sure you mix this up occasionally as you soak the toast so that the garlic doesn't all settle to the bottom.
-Soak toast for at least 30 seconds in the egg batter, then suspend over the bowl to let excess drip off.
-Melt butter in the pan, then add toast.
-Cook on that side until browned, then flip.

Recipe : Vinegar Pasta

Hi! This is a recipe that I've been experimenting with for a while now; it has become a favourite among my friends. It's very fast and super easy to make, with a lot of flavor.
So, without further ado, here's the recipe!

Ingredients
-1/2 to 3/4 cups pasta of choice (Farfalle are the best for this, but just about anything will do!)
-1 1/2 Tbs white vinegar (Adjust this as you like- my flatmate likes this with twice as much.)
-1 tsp. olive oil
-1 tsp. oregano
-1 tsp. basil
-Grated parmesan to taste

1) Cook pasta to desired done-ness.
2) Add vinegar and olive oil to pasta, and stir to coat. Then, add the oregano, basil, and parmesan.

This is one of those dishes that can go from good to fantastic with quality ingredients, so keep that in mind when you're putting it together.

~Hansi

Hello!

So, welcome to Chemistry and Casseroles, a cooking and baking blog. I love to cook, and so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favourite recipes. I plan on posting at least once a week with recipes that I've made up myself, or with links to recipes I've tried from around the web. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll consider coming back. :)

~Hansi