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Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese

August 19, 2016 by Krista 3 Comments

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

Quick, easy, and so incredibly tasty. This Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese is an ideal weeknight dinner, especially for all of you Olympics-obsessed people (myself included). When the clock strikes 7pm and prime time Olympic-watching hits, I can’t be spending my time in the kitchen. I need to be front and center on the couch! And when it’s midnight and I’m scolding myself for staying up so late to watch beach volleyball, I remember that this only happens once ever two years!

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

Before I get into the details of this amazing sammy, I have to talk about my very own awesomely bad wannabe-Olympic moment. But if you’re here for the food only, scroll down to the next pic! With all the diving on TV lately and my Olympic spirit in full force, I thought I’d revive my diving abilities during a family outing to the outdoor pool last weekend. I hadn’t set foot on a diving board in 20 years, mind you. But I thought it’d be fun to give those back dives, inwards, and somersaults a try again. I may have bragged a little to my husband about all the dives I used to do, plus I wanted to be the cool mom at the pool. When I finally found the motivation to make my way over to the diving board, I said to my husband, “Just watch. I’m totally going to bite it and do a belly flop.”

My plan was to simply warm up a couple times with an approach and jump. But on my first attempt walking down the board, I slipped while doing my approach. My butt landed on the end of the board, the board subsequently scraped me on the back, and on the way up, it bumped me on the head, pushing me into the pool…for good measure, ya know?

Aside from a few scratches on my back, I felt totally fine afterwards. It wasn’t until 24 hours following the slip that my neck started to tighten up to the point where I couldn’t move! The doctor confirmed that I was suffering from whiplash. It’s been 2 days now, and I’m feeling much better. The best thing to come out of this is the nightly laugh-til-we-cry giggle sessions with my husband as we watch all these amazingly talented athletes and then think about my epic diving fail.

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

Needless to say, with my diving injury (gosh, I feel so athletic saying that) and the Olympics consuming my evenings, this Peach, Fontina, and Bacon Grilled Cheese has been a major score for weeknight dinnertime! It takes about 15 minutes to prepare. And you can’t beat salty and crisp bacon, sweet peaches, and gooey cheese all smashed together between buttery, toasted wheat bread.

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

With peaches in their prime, you’ll want to find the sweetest and juiciest ones out there to balance out the saltiness of the bacon and cheese. I used fontina cheese for it’s creamy texture, and slightly nutty flavor. But feel free to use your favorite cheese instead. Provolone or swiss would be wonderful substitutes!

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

This summer-y grilled cheese is a sweet and salty weeknight sensation. With a cold one on the side, it’s the ultimate Olympic-watching meal. Give this Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese a try as you soak up the last few days of the Rio Olympics!

Looking for more peach recipes? Check these out!

Quick and Easy Peach Salsa

Slow Cooker Coconut Peach Cobbler

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Peach BBQ Sauce

Peach Caprese Grilled Chicken

Peach Basil Sorbet

 

Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
Author: Krista
Serves: 2 sandwiches
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 4 slices whole wheat bread
  • 1 large peach, sliced thinly
  • 4 slices bacon, cooked
  • 2 ounces fontina cheese, divided
Instructions
  1. Assemble the sandwich: Spread the butter on each bread slice. Lay out 2 slices of bread. Top each slice with ½ ounce of fontina cheese. Layer on the peach slices and 2 pieces of bacon. Then top with another ½ ounce of fontina cheese. Cover each sandwich with the other slice of bread.
  2. Cook and serve: Spray a large skillet or sauté pan with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Once heated, place the sandwiches in the pan, cooking for about 3 minutes on each side or until the bread is toasted to your liking and the cheese is melted.
  3. Slice each sandwich in half and serve.
Notes
Serving size: 1 sandwich
Calories: 434.9 Fat: 23.8g Carb: 43.1g Fiber: 7.6g Protein: 18.9g Sugar 11.7g Sodium: 757.6mg
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Peach, Bacon, and Fontina Grilled Cheese | Destination Delish – a sweet and savory sandwich filled with juicy summer peaches, salty bacon, and gooey cheese. Enjoy this grilled cheese as a quick and easy weeknight dinner!

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Comments

  1. Kristi Broughten says

    August 19, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    Easy, quick and delicious! My kind of recipe- thanks Krista!

    Reply
  2. Sammie says

    November 15, 2016 at 7:24 am

    Ooh this looks so good. Love the addition of peaches. I hope you have got over your diving disaster, physically and mentally!

    Reply
    • Krista says

      November 15, 2016 at 11:28 am

      Thank you Sammie! I’ve made a full recovery 🙂

      Reply

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