Freezer-Friendly Salsa-Grilled Cheese Sticks
Meghan McAndrews
Updated Feb 12, 2024
Make a batch of these grilled cheese roll-ups ahead of time, for easy dinners and after-school snacks.
Freezer-Friendly Salsa-Grilled Cheese Sticks
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese (from 8-oz package), softened
- 1/4 cup mild salsa
- 20 slices whole wheat bread (approximately 1 loaf)
- 20 slices American cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix cream cheese and salsa; set aside.
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Step2Using serrated bread knife, remove crusts from bread. Flatten bread squares with rolling pin. Spread 1/2 tablespoon cream cheese mixture on each square of bread, followed by 1 slice cheese. Roll up bread, pressing as you go, to form a secure roll.
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Step3In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Place rolls in skillet, starting seam side down, and cook until each side is golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to paper towel-covered plate to cool.
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Step4To freeze, place cooled rolls on cookie sheet; place in freezer until solid. Place frozen rolls in quart-size resealable plastic freezer bag in freezer. To serve, remove desired number of rolls from bag, and reheat in microwave, oven or skillet until heated through.
Nutrition
380
Calories
24g
Total Fat
15g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 Cheese Sticks
- Calories
- 380
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 36%
- Saturated Fat
- 13g
- 66%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 22%
- Sodium
- 1090mg
- 45%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 14%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 15g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 50%
- 50%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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