10 ingredients to your grilled cheeses immediately
Emmental is great with apples for a grilled cheese date that calls for a nice bottle of white wine for grown-up dinner night.
Apples
Doesn't matter the cheese, just the warmth of the pan activates something wonderful in avocados that cause them to become one with the sandwich.
Avocado
While adding meats makes a grilled cheese a sandwich melt, bacon is the exception to the rule.
Bacon
Like a lot of foodies, when people give us gifts it's usually something food-centric that we don't always get a lot of use out of – like bacon jam.
Bacon jam
With some sourdough, rye or even a thick slice of rye bread, they go well with gruyere for a French onion soup inspired grilled cheese.
Caramelized onions
The freshness of both herbs help cut through some of the heaviness of bread and cheese. But our real favorite? While you're heating up your pan
Herbs
Just a small drizzle of honey goes a long way with a creamy goat cheese or even a funky blue. Something about the extra sweetness and the tang of either cheese
Honey
Spicy, pungent kimchi might not be what you expect to find on a grilled cheese sandwich, but once you try it once you'll find yourself becoming a fiend for it
Kimchi
OK – this isn't one of these "in your grilled cheese sandwich" suggestions, more of a "on your grilled cheese" tip. Instead of using butter which can scorch if your pan gets too hot
Mayonnaise
Either fresh of sautéed, Swiss is our grilled cheese of choice when we have some mushrooms to use up, but you can also use almost any semi-soft cheese