Egg & Avocado Grilled Cheese

Disclaimer: This is not a healthy recipe. In fact, I almost didn't post this because of that. But then, I started thinking that although I try to feed my family healthy nutritious meals as much as possible, sometimes you just need straight up comfort food. And that is what this is! And let's be honest, it isn't THAT bad. It may be high in fat content and calories, but it COULD be worse, right? I also thought this would be a good opportunity to debunk a misconception that going gluten free automatically means being "healthy". This is just not true. Sure, it CAN be healthy, but so can all diets that people live by if they choose to make it so (maybe not all diets, if you live by a double the sugar, fry the carbs only diet, you may be in trouble. Sorry.), but it isn't always healthy just because you take the gluten out of it. When I tell people we don't eat gluten in our house, they almost always ask if it's to loose weight. Yes, some people are successful at this, but my point is you have to do more then just take out gluten to be healthy. Take out processed foods, refined sugars, etc. On that note, lets get to this non healthy dish for the night!

Egg & Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. It gets better. Paired with tator tots! YUM! I realize I've been doing a lot of meals containing avocado lately. If you do not like avocado, please do not be frightened by my posts. I just happened to have avocado in the house so it ended up in a few meals this weekend. This is not the norm.

You will need:

*2 eggs, scrambled
*1 small avocado, thinly sliced
*Thin sliced colby jack cheese
*4 slices Gluten free bread (I use Udi's whole grain)
*butter for spreading
*Orde Ide tator tots (this brand is gluten free)


This is pretty self explanatory. First I set the oven to 450 and started baking the tator tots. While they were cooking I spread a very thin layer of butter on each slice of bread. I lay the bread butter slice down in a warm frying pan (mine was still warm from scrambling the eggs). Lay a couple slices of cheese on the bread and let toast slightly. From there, move the bread to a baking sheet. Add the eggs and avocado to 2 slices. When there is about 5 minutes left on the tator tots, put this in the oven and bake for remaining time. When done, put the sandwich together.

This turned out very good. I recommend having an eating buddy though, as I could only finish half of mine. It was very filling. Both my girls split one sandwich and ate every last bite. It was a hit. The perfect comfort dinner for a cold snowy day like we had today!