Grilled Goat Cheese Sandwiches with Fig and Honey

These are equally good for breakfast or dinner. Mixing honey with the goat cheese makes it easier to spread over the cinnamon-raisin bread.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)

Ingredients

• 2  teaspoons  honey
• 1/4  teaspoon  grated lemon rind
• 1  (4-ounce) package goat cheese
• 8  (1-ounce) slices cinnamon-raisin bread
• 2  tablespoons  fig preserves
• 2  teaspoons  thinly sliced fresh basil
• Cooking spray
• 1  teaspoon  powdered sugar

Preparation

Combine first 3 ingredients, stirring until well blended. Spread 1 tablespoon goat cheese mixture on each of 4 bread slices; top each slice with 1 1/2 teaspoons preserves and 1/2 teaspoon basil. Top with remaining bread slices. Lightly coat outside of bread with cooking spray.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 2 sandwiches to pan. Place a cast-iron or heavy skillet on top of sandwiches; press gently to flatten. Cook 3 minutes on each side or until bread is lightly toasted (leave cast-iron skillet on sandwiches while they cook). Repeat with remaining sandwiches. Sprinkle with sugar.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

243 (31% from fat)

Fat:

8.5g (sat 4.8g,mono 2.7g,poly 0.5g)

Protein:

9.8g

Carbohydrate:

33.1g

Fiber:

2.5g

Cholesterol:

13mg

Iron:

2.2mg

Sodium:

326mg

Calcium:

78mg