Does anyone here love toasted sandwiches?

spanderholic

The budget brand bread is much lower cal than say Freyas or Ploughmans, so you could look into using that for the bread component. Love a good toastie. Baked beans and cheese mmmm. Or spaghetti and cheese! Creamed corn and cheese is great too... basically anything with cheese! I haven't seen the butter spray that was talked about above, so I reckon you will either have to use less or just deal with having the cals. A toastie isn't the same without the butter.

Magic_Chicken

Mmmmmm I love cheese toasties. Have you tried toastie bags? You make them in the toaster so dont need all the butter which is needed for sandwich maker. Doesn't save a huge amount of calories but is better then nothing, also bags are much easier to clean than the sandwich toaster

http://www.amazon.co.uk/REUSABLE-TOASTABAGS-sandwich-toaster-toastie/dp/B001WN60VM

xstephnz

Lourdesong wrote: »

But if you want that crunchy toastedness that butter gives the bread then you could also take a little bit of the cheese (shredded) and sprinkle the outside of the sandwich with it and caramelize/crisp up the cheese to get that same effect. (look up "inside-out grilled cheese" if I'm not explaining the idea very well)

I didn't worry about calories today. I used cheese on the inside AND outside of the sandwich, and surprisingly, it didn't stick to the sandwich press. I used had tomato and sundried tomato relish and some butter on the outside.

I liked that the outside was crunchy. It wasn't really worth the calories for me. While it was cooking it smelt amazing, and then I looked at it and I thought it looked really nice, I was excited to eat it. I didn't really taste much of a difference though. I took a picture for you:

20yearsyounger

MissBabyJane wrote: »

Sounds really good, but that's too much calories for me. My favourte toast is: wholewheat bread slices x2 (140 cals) + turkey breast fillet x2 (40 cals) + light cheddar cheese slices x 2 (80 cals) = 260 calories, and it's delicious! I don't add butter or anything like that, just maybe some cucumber on the side. It's almost half of the calories, just try it, you won't regret it! I promise

Yeah I'm with you, I dont need butter and less calories than a slice of pizza

Athijade

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Francl27

Athijade wrote: »

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Well I don't know about other people, but for me they don't fill me up at all, so that's my issue. I wish I could be full on a 300/400 calories sandwich but that just doesn't happen. Heck even if I make a 600/800 calories one I'm hungry 2 or 3 hours later. It sucks!

Working2BLean

I have to eat things like that on big cardio burn days and have a half sammich

I love grilled grains and the smell of toast. It just has that good food smell

I also use butter flavored non stick spray and Ezekiel bread with oven gold turkey and low fat Swiss cheese
It isn't a calorie disaster.

But it sure is good!

If I can have a treat I really really love, and do a half hour on the bike to burn it off, I call that a win!

Sometimes I just need what I want!! I don't see how some never have a moderate portion of treat food. But that is just me.

Early on I didn't do much of that, but now I use exercise to give myself some caloric room.

markrgeary1

A "patty melt", toasted rye with a hamburger in the middle, with melted swiss cheese and grilled onions.

Since it's a burger, one could remove the onions and cheese, instead add peanut butter, aka "goober burger".

suenewberry81

I have toasted sandwiches bread 180 calls cheese 80 calls for half fat cheese? Clover lighter than light 40 calls total 300cals

20yearsyounger

Francl27 wrote: »

Athijade wrote: »

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Well I don't know about other people, but for me they don't fill me up at all, so that's my issue. I wish I could be full on a 300/400 calories sandwich but that just doesn't happen. Heck even if I make a 600/800 calories one I'm hungry 2 or 3 hours later. It sucks!

can you go 2-3 hours on a 300/400 calorie sandwich?

aplhabetacheesecake

toasted peanutbutter and jam

Francl27

20yearsyounger wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Athijade wrote: »

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Well I don't know about other people, but for me they don't fill me up at all, so that's my issue. I wish I could be full on a 300/400 calories sandwich but that just doesn't happen. Heck even if I make a 600/800 calories one I'm hungry 2 or 3 hours later. It sucks!

can you go 2-3 hours on a 300/400 calorie sandwich?

One hour if I'm lucky...

Strawblackcat

I normally just toast mine in the toaster oven. That way, you don't need to use extra butter and you don't squish the bread. My favorite is to spread some allmond butter on gluten free bread and put some banana slices and chopped dates in-between the slices before you toast it. Makes everything get all nice and melty and gooey. Yum!

Sabine_Stroehm

Strawblackcat wrote: »

I normally just toast mine in the toaster oven. That way, you don't need to use extra butter and you don't squish the bread. My favorite is to spread some allmond butter on gluten free bread and put some banana slices and chopped dates in-between the slices before you toast it. Makes everything get all nice and melty and gooey. Yum!

i Use butter because I aim to get ENOUGH fat.
I do love grilled cheese sammies. It's a treat for sure. I like mine with tomatoes and green chiles. And sometimes ham, pastrami, whathaveyou.
We have a sandwich maker/waffle iron so that's always awesome too.
Lately I've been doing them with a local lower carb tortilla as the vehicle. It works, because I'm experimenting with carb control with menopausal symptoms. And tastes great with the butter as well.

20yearsyounger

Francl27 wrote: »

20yearsyounger wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Athijade wrote: »

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Well I don't know about other people, but for me they don't fill me up at all, so that's my issue. I wish I could be full on a 300/400 calories sandwich but that just doesn't happen. Heck even if I make a 600/800 calories one I'm hungry 2 or 3 hours later. It sucks!

can you go 2-3 hours on a 300/400 calorie sandwich?

One hour if I'm lucky...

Yeah I only go about 2 hours, I snack a lot in between and generally keep meals below 600-700 unless I have lots of calories to spare. 1 hour is a bummer.

Osiris275

I love toasties, I just make them fit with the rest of the day if I want one. I like all sorts in them. Cheese and smoked sausage, tuna mayo and cheese, sliced chicken, Brie and cranberry etc. A toastie with two bits of brown bread, 50g cheddar and 50g smoked sausage is around 400 calories, so it can be done healthier. You don't need to add a lot of cheese because it melts and spreads anyway.

pie_eyes

Are you talking about grilled cheese? I don't eat them anymore

Athijade

Francl27 wrote: »

Athijade wrote: »

I have them all the time and they fit within my calories just fine. And I use normal bread, butter, and real cheese. So not sure where the issue is. Sometimes I add meat or vegetables to mine. It's awesome. Usually I have them with some fruit, or cut up vegetables and dip, or chips... just depends on what I feel like.

Then again, I don't believe I need to eat some tiny amount of calories so it's easier to fit in what I want.

Well I don't know about other people, but for me they don't fill me up at all, so that's my issue. I wish I could be full on a 300/400 calories sandwich but that just doesn't happen. Heck even if I make a 600/800 calories one I'm hungry 2 or 3 hours later. It sucks!

But I don't just eat a single sandwich. I have something with it like fruit or vegetables to bulk up the meal without a huge deal of calories. If for some reason I do just eat a sandwich, then I will be hungry in 2-3 hours, but then I just have a snack. I can do this because I make sure to have my calories set at an amount where I lose a decent amount of weight, but it's not some 1200 or something low like that.