Roasted Red Pepper Soup & Mediterranean Grilled Cheese

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Roasted Red Pepper Soup & Mediterranean Grilled Cheese

This comforting hot and delicious pairing is a match made in heaven.

Ingredients

Roasted Bell Pepper Soup

• 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter or olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 15oz jar Mezzetta Roasted Bell Peppers
• 1 broth cube
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cream, optional

Mediterranean Grilled Cheese Sandwich

• 8 slices whole wheat bread
• 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated or sliced
• 1 cup spinach leaves
• ½ cup Mezzetta Kalamata olives, optional

Instructions

Soup

1. Dice the onion and mince the garlic.
2. Melt the butter in a medium pot. Add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant, approximately 2-3 minutes.
3. Transfer the onion and garlic mixture to a blender.
4. Dissolve the broth cube in 2 cups of water.
5. Drain the bell peppers. Add the drained bell peppers, broth cube and salt to the blender; blend until smooth.
6. Return the mixture to the pot, add the cream and heat on medium high. Bring the mixture to a boil, then turn down the heat to simmer while preparing the grilled cheese.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

1. Spread the butter on one side of each slice of bread ( this will be the outside).
2. Add a slice, or 2-3 Tablespoons, of cheese. Top the cheese with olives if you are using them, and ¼ of the spinach. Add more cheese on top of the spinach and close the sandwich with another slice of bread.
3. Cook the grilled cheese on each side in a medium skillet on medium heat, until lightly browned and the cheese is melted, about 2 minutes. Repeat with the remaining sandwich ingredients.
4. Serve alongside the roasted red pepper soup.

Notes

Variations to Try

• Try with different cheeses.
• Add tomatoes to the soup

Something to Chew On

• What is a brine?
• Where is the Mediterranean?
• What is healthy about peppers? 

Nutritional information is approximate guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator. The facts are based on one pancake using one tbsp of mixture. Yields about 12 -15 pancakes.

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