Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Grilled peanut butter and banana split sandwiches

I found this recipe in the latest edition of Cooking Light magazine. It's definitely a very sweet dinner menu item and the reviews online suggested most people made it for a breakfast/brunch treat. Still, it comes together in a snap, uses ingredients you probably have on hand and covers quite a few food groups at one go!

Ingredients:

  • 2 slices firm, white sandwich bread
  • 1 teaspoon butter, softened
  • 1 tablespoon cream peanut butter
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon semisweet chocolate minichips
  • 1 large strawberry, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 small banana, cut lengthwise into three slices
  • 1 tablespoon pineapple jam

Preparation:

Spread one side of each white bread slice with 1/2 teaspoon butter. Combine peanut butter and honey; spread over plain side of 1 bread slice. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; top evenly with strawberry slices and banana slices.

Spread pineapple jam over plain side of remaining bread slice. Carefully assemble sandwich.

Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add sandwich; cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.

~Serves 1~

Notes: I used crunchy peanut butter instead of creamy. It's a fairly sweet sandwich so you could easily omit the honey. I didn't have a strawberry or pineapple jam in the fridge so I omitted both and substitute strawberry jam.

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