Crispy grilled sweet cherry and apricots sandwiches, mixed with dark chocolate and cheese giving you the ultimate comfort meals you could ask for! Made with whole grain bread, bursting with vitamins, antioxidants, and fibers! They are healthy dessert for breakfast!
Are you on Instagram? I’m falling a victim for Instagram addiction! I love that I can engage with followers, other food bloggers, and instagrammers! And the best thing is you can easily explore and discover new trends, and styles in cooking and food photography. One food featuring account stood to me! They have weekly theme, this week is for summer fruits, cherry, is one of them. Typically they are not on my mind or even in my fridge, but the photos were stunning and beautifully styled, I couldn’t but buy some right away!
I was looking for new untypical ways to eat them, not as a a snack which I dread, because I hate pitting! Tart pies and jams are so typical! How about creating a simple sandwich, healthy and indulgent too?
Cherries and chocolate is a sacred combo, but having them in sandwich is the easiest way possible, and they are so shockingly good! and guess what they taste even better the next day! Dark chocolate especially, fits the sweetness, and tartness taste in cherries. Always use high quality chocolate, because otherwise, the sandwich may not taste great as it is!
The other sandwich also called for a summer fruit which is apricot! Mixing fruits and cheese also can be typical, but with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and melting cheese like the Bulgarian one I love, called kashkval , it’s a semi-firm one, that has great tangy mild aged flavor! This type of cheese made from cow milk or sheep or both kinds. This cheese is so popular in middle east, that I can say I grow up eating it! If you never tried it, you should do that asap and you will be hooked forever! You can look for it in store sells European goods, and you can find it in middle eastern shops. This one would be one of the best online options for you.
Now let’s talk about our star for today,
Cherries
They are small soft round sweet or tart fruits. They are very delicate, and need to be handled with extra care, therefore cherries are mostly expensive.
Why do you need to add cherry in your diet
- They are considered low calorie food. Plus, they are good source of vitamin C, potassium, and fibers.
- They have phenolic compound called anthocyanin, which has antioxidant activity, which known to fight cancer by getting rod of free radicals.
- In this study they found that consuming food rich with anthocyanin like cherries, improves memory and cognition inpatients with mild to moderate dementia.
- The anthocyanin block some enzymes called cox 1, cox 2 they play a role in production of inflammatory compound, thus consuming cherries can ease arthritis pain.
- This study found that cherries are likely to lower risk of gout attacks.
Apricots
This is the first time I use fresh apricots in cooking, it seems little tart to me, but tastes great! I loved it! Apricot has high content of vitamin A , fibers, and has good amounts of potassium too. I will create more recipes with them, since they are in season right now. Therefore, I’ll talk about them in details next time!
Now let’s enjoy these hot sandwiches!
Look at this melting chocolate! Who can resist this?
And here a pop of orange color!
Can I have them all?
Apricots and Cherry Grilled Sandwich
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Do you like cherries ? What’s your favorite way to eat them?
