What's For Lunch?

If my daughter could have her wish, she would live off peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the rest of her life.  And with the discovery of having that concoction on a bagel (when I ran out of bread the other day), she now refers to it as a donut.

But there's got to be an occasional thing now and then, to break up that kind of monotony.

Now, I'm not a cook, and I don't claim to be.  But there is something that I wanted to share, that isn't the regular peanut butter and jelly, or the macaroni and cheese, that my daughter wants to have "just plain".

Toasted Cheese With A Little Protein

• 2 slices of sourdough bread (or more, if you have more kids or want one for yourself)
• I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray (because it's easy and fat-free)
• Sliced deli meat (such as turkey, roast beef, etc.), torn into pieces
• Parmesan Cheese
• 1 (or more) slices of Swiss, Provolone, or whatever
• Condiments (if your child's pallet is up to it) like honey mustard, etc.

In a non-stick pan, melt the parmesan into the meat slices.  Afterward, add to the bread (with the ICBINB spray on the sides), and the sliced cheese.  Continue to cook as you would a regular grilled cheese until you have something that ends up like this.  (And mind you-- I'm not going to display it like you'd see it in a magazine, because I was having a five year old asking me why I was taking photos of her food, and the fact that by doing so, it was going to get cold.)



This tends to throw the extra oomph of protein in my daughter's diet, so that she doesn't appear to be as malnourished as her little ribs seem to make her as.  (She just has this insanely fast metabolism that is not at all from my side of the family, and has me totally jealous!)  But add crackers or carrot sticks, and you have something that is quick and satisfying!