{"id":60543,"date":"2017-07-26T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=60543"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T17:48:11","slug":"vegan-grilled-cheese-sandwich-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/vegan-grilled-cheese-sandwich-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Carmen Sturdy \/ Life by Daily Burn<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grilled cheese sandwich and\u00a0vegan<\/a> may sound as opposite as oil and water, but in this recipe you can have them both in one drool-worthy sandwich. Here, the vegan cheese (we use Daiya) melts into the same delicious gooeyness that you\u2019ll get from\u00a0dairy-base cheese<\/a>. Borrowing inspiration from the Italian Caprese salad, we add a flavorful dairy-free pesto, sliced tomatoes and fresh basil in the sandwich. Whether you\u2019re vegan or not, we bet you will agree that this is one damn good sandwich. And if you’re gluten-free, opt for GF bread and all your dietary needs are met!<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/strong>9 Healthy Gourmet Sandwich Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

Vegan Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe<\/h3>\n

Makes 3 grilled cheese sandwiches<\/em><\/p>\n

Prep time:<\/strong> 20 minutes<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n

6 slices gluten-free bread
\n2 large ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced
\n6 fresh basil leaves
\n6 to 8 slices vegan cheese
\n1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil<\/p>\n

Basil Pesto<\/em>
\n1 cup tightly packed fresh basil
\n2 tablespoons pine nuts
\n2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
\n2 cloves garlic
\nPinch of salt<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/h3>\n
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  1. In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients for the pesto and blend them until the mixture is smooth. Set it aside.<\/li>\n
  2. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.<\/li>\n
  3. Evenly spread a large spoonful of pesto on the inside of the three slices of bread, and top each bread with two slices of cheese, two to three thin slices of tomato and two basil leaves. Cover them with the remaining slices of bread.<\/li>\n
  4. Brush the olive oil evenly over the outside of each sandwich. Place the sandwiches in the pan and cook them for approximately three minutes per side until they\u2019re toasted golden brown, and the cheese has become to melt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more healthy lunch ideas, check out these delicious open-faced sandwiches<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Not only is this grilled cheese sandwich recipe packed with the delicious basil and tomato flavors of a Caprese salad, its also vegan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":60545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,26,424,9,17],"tags":[155,175,59,151,341,388,284],"class_list":["post-60543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-gluten-free","category-lunch","category-recipes","category-vegan","tag-dinner","tag-gluten-free","tag-healthy-substitutions","tag-lunch","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2nutrition","tag-vegan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}