Grilled Tomato and Brie Sandwiches make good use of your summer produce! Fresh tomato slices and green arugula pair nicely with this ripe and soft cheese.
Cooking Light has always been one of my favorite magazines. Many recipes here on my blog are from CL. It is important to me to be able to make delicious food that is lighter in fat and has fewer calories. Over the years, CL has progressed to a point where most every recipe I try is a winner. I love how you use real food and have amazing flavor results.
I have been visiting Val’s blog since I started blogging. Over the months Val and I have periodically corresponded and found we have a bit in common from family names to geography! Val may be in British Columbia today, but she did used to live on the other (Canadian) side from where I currently live in New York State!
Right after Val and I decided to do our week of Cooking Light recipes I was contacted by Aaron of Magsdirect.com asking if I would be interested in giving away a Cooking Light Subscription. Perfect! This was meant to be! I emailed Aaron right back telling him that I was very interested and that starting Sunday, June 7 my friend Val and I would be doing a week of Cooking Light posts…..how appropriate! Aaron responded that it sounded perfect and that he would give away 3 subscriptions!
So, this is what you need to do to enter! Leave no more than one comment on my blog and Val’s Blog each day we have a Cooking Light post this week. Tomorrow Val will be posting, so make sure to visit her and leave a comment for an entry. At the end of the week we will do a drawing to choose our winners. The contest will end by Saturday, June 13, 2009 at midnight. (GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED)
Val and I decided to start out with this scrumptious grilled sandwich from the current issue of Cooking Light. I searched high and low (yet again!) and ended up finding arugula at our local co-op. I think I have decided to just start there from now on! When your grill this sandwich, make sure you keep a close eye on it. I totally charred my first one!
- 8 (1-ounce) slices 100% whole-grain bread (about 1/4 inch thick) (I used Naan bread I found reduced at the co-op!)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- 2 teaspoons country-style Dijon mustard
- 4 ounces Brie cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 1/3 cups packaged baby arugula and spinach greens (I only used arugula)
- 8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices beefsteak tomato
- Cooking spray (I didn’t bother with this)
- Prepare grill to high heat.Brush one side of each bread slice with oil; rub cut sides of garlic over oil. Spread 1/2 teaspoon mustard on each of 4 bread slices, oil side down. Top each bread slice with 1 ounce cheese, 1/3 cup greens, and 2 tomato slices. Top each with remaining 4 bread slices, oil side up.Place sandwiches on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 2 minutes on each side or until lightly toasted and cheese melts.
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Welcome! I'm Shelby, author of Grumpy's Honeybunch. I have been sharing family favorite recipes since 2007. I started the Keto Diet in October 2017 and since then I have been creating Keto ... read more
Great Sandwich! Great giveaway! Great magazine cover picture you made! Cute! :0)
Great Sandwich! Great giveaway! Great magazine cover picture you made! Cute! :0)
Of all the cooking I do each week, my all-time favorite is a GOOD sandwich!
Love that sandwich!! And you know I love Cooking Light!! Great giveaway and looking forward to the week of recipes!
I LOVE anything with brie! Great looking sandwich. My favorite recipe is a pecan tart I made one year for Thanksgiving and it was wonderful!
The sandwich looks delish, HoneyB.
You've already inspired me to buy a Cooking Light cookbook, so naturally I'll be checking out CL week!
Who doesn't love a great grilled cheese sandwich. I'm making my favorite CL recipe right now Citrus Cream Cheese Pull Aparts http://barbarabakes.blogspot.com/2008/04/citrus-cream-cheese-pull-apart-rolls.html
Looks great , fantastic …perfect with this heat!
that sandwich looks great! I've started checking out Cooking Light magazine because of you. you're right about how each recipe is a winner
I LOVE cooking Light magazine and I think it is the only one I don't have a subscription to! Haha! That sandwich looks FANTASTIC – I can't believe there is a light recipe made with brie cheese! There is a God! hahah!
Oh how great Shelby. I love Cooking Light magazine and have made so many wonderful recipes from it through the years. I read it cover to cover each month.
Second…great looking sandwich!!
yay I love this! and I am a sucker for anything with cheese, mainly brie, so this sandwich looks FABULOUS!
I adore grilled sandwiches and this one looks delicious.
How yum that is…love the melting cheese. Love Val's blog too. What a great giveaway…
I've been reading Cooking Light for at least 7 years now! One of my favorite recipes is the baked oatmeal.
What a great way to start the challenge. Love that sandwich. I love Cooking Light and encourage everyone to join the message board. 🙂
Your sandwich looks incredible Shelby. It was so good wasn't it. I hope everyone gives it a try:D
Looks delicious, Shelby! I made your lime and coconut cupcakes last week. I have been craving them ever since I finished the last one off! What a great CL recipe that was!
I love Cooking Light magazine. My favorite recipe is their Cuban Black Bean Patties.
I love brie and arugula – what a great combo!
That sandwich looks so tasty!
Mmmmmm melty-cheesey goodness.. I would love a CL subscription!
That sandwich is something I would love for lunch! Great combination of flavors.. as usual from CL!
Yummy sandwich for this time of year and great idea to blog together from Cooking Light. Will be back for further posts 🙂
what a great panini love the blog
Love that sandwich and the giveaway!!!
I love CL also! Just recently subscribed, but I've had several of their books, and I also visit myrecipes.com a lot and make their recipes. This sandwich looks yummy!
That does look amazing. I like the idea of grilling a sandwich!! My fave CL recipe is Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread. My son won a prize at the San Diego County Fair w/ that recipe 🙂
A perfect sandwich, love both together with the giveaway also!
Cheers!
Gera
Cooking light does have some awesome recipes! I had a subscription for several years but didn't renew after learning I can get most of the recipe online! Thanks for sharing this recipe and I'll check out Val's post,too!
~ingrid
Love cooking light! I so badly want a subscription so maybe this is my way to get it! 🙂 Oh and did you see that steak and arugula sandwich on this months mag? YUM!
Isn't it fun how our blogging lives have evolved? Who'd have thunk it? I recently did a CL rhubarb sorbet and am getting more hooked on the magazine! Thanks for the yummy looking sandwich post.
Cooking light is the way to go, bravo!
anything gooey and cheesey gets my vote
thanks for the great giveaway…i will be checking everyday.
su 🙂
Brie on a sandwich, doesn't get much better than that!
Love sandwiches and this one sure would be a big hit with me.
This sandwhich looks so wonderful… love the pictures!
YUM! I need to make this sandwich! Please enter me for the giveaway, i'd LOVE a cooking light subscription!
forgot to post how to contact me on my previous entry! (natalie.mclaury@gmail.com)
Oooh, I absolutely love brie. Great idea for the garlic and arugula with it. I have some sun dried tomato bread that I would like to try this with.
lucky you to have someone great to collaborate with. This sandwich sounds perfect.
Wow, that sounds great! Cooking Light is a go-to for sure!