Grilled Cheese Sandwich the Heart Healthy Way!

You probably never thought you would see these 5 words together: Heart Healthy Grilled Cheese Sandwich!


The Ingredients:

• 2 slices of Heart Healthy Whole Wheat French Bread: 208mg potassium, 4mg sodium, 2g fat.
• 1/5 a cup of Low Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese: 32mg potassium, 192mg sodium, 4.8g fat.
• 2 teaspoons of Garlic Powder: 66mg potassium, 4mg sodium, 0g fat.
• I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray: 0/0/0.

The Preparation (very straightforward)...

1. Spray one side of each slice of bread with the butter spray. The sprayed sides are the outside of the sandwich.
2. Sprinkle the garlic powder on the inside of once slice; sprinkle the cheese over the garlic powder; cover with the other slice.
3. Grill until cheese melted... Easiest/less messy way to grill - use a Foreman Grill. 

The result: an extremely tasty sandwich with 306mg potassium, 200mg sodium and 6.8g fat [a 1.5:1 health potassium:sodium health rating]. WOW! A grilled cheese sandwich that is GOOD FOR YOUR HEART! You read it here...

Add any hearth healthy side dish to this sandwich and you will have a 2:1 to 5:1 heart healthy meal with grilled cheese as the main course (e.g., a banana, an orange, a vegetable medley, brown rice & broccoli, etc).

Did I say wow?!?! ... WOW!