Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Vegetarian
Health score
2%
Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich
15 min.
1
536kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • slice processed cheese food 
  • tablespoon butter divided softened
  • slices bread italian
  • tablespoon pesto sauce divided prepared
  • slice provolone cheese 
  • slices tomatoes 

Equipment

  • frying pan

Directions

  1. Spread one side of a slice of bread with butter, and place it, buttered side down, into a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
  2. Spread the top of the bread slice in the skillet with half the pesto sauce, and place a slice of provolone cheese, the tomato slices, and the slice of American cheese onto the pesto.
  3. Spread remaining pesto sauce on one side of the second slice of bread, and place the bread slice, pesto side down, onto the sandwich. Butter the top side of the sandwich.
  4. Gently fry the sandwich, flipping once, until both sides of the bread are golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 5 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts

Calories536kcal
Protein9.79%
Fat71.42%
Carbs18.79%

Properties

Glycemic Index
142
Glycemic Load
0.88
Inflammation Score
-7
Nutrition Score
9.704782537792%

Flavonoids

Naringenin
0.37mg
Kaempferol
0.05mg
Myricetin
0.07mg
Quercetin
0.31mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:535.95kcal
26.8%
Fat:42.86g
65.94%
Saturated Fat:22.89g
143.08%
Carbohydrates:25.37g
8.46%
Net Carbohydrates:23.08g
8.39%
Sugar:14.85g
16.5%
Cholesterol:65.41mg
21.8%
Sodium:870.41mg
37.84%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:13.23g
26.45%
Calcium:396mg
39.6%
Vitamin A:1467.73IU
29.35%
Phosphorus:259.97mg
26%
Vitamin B3:2.17mg
10.86%
Vitamin B12:0.62µg
10.27%
Selenium:7.14µg
10.2%
Vitamin B2:0.16mg
9.48%
Folate:37.3µg
9.33%
Fiber:2.29g
9.15%
Vitamin C:7.4mg
8.97%
Zinc:1.32mg
8.81%
Potassium:272.08mg
7.77%
Iron:1.31mg
7.26%
Magnesium:23.8mg
5.95%
Vitamin K:6.21µg
5.91%
Vitamin B1:0.08mg
5.56%
Vitamin E:0.83mg
5.52%
Manganese:0.07mg
3.6%
Vitamin B6:0.07mg
3.44%
Vitamin B5:0.24mg
2.39%
Copper:0.05mg
2.32%
Vitamin D:0.22µg
1.47%
Source:Allrecipes