Create, Cook, Talk: Grilled Cheese with Brie and Preserves
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Chantai Snellgrove 
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Grilled Cheese with a twist using Brie and Preservers makes it a perfect sweet and savory sandwich. We paired ours with a salad to complete the meal instead of tomato soup which is a southern tradition.
Fun Facts
Did you know?
The world record for eating grilled Cheese is 47 sandwiches in 10 minutes.
The typical grilled cheese sandwich contains about 291 calories.
Grilled Cheese with Brie and Preserves
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 (7-ounce) wedges Brie, rind removed and sliced
- 8 slices sourdough, sliced ¼ to 1⁄2 inch thick
- 1 cup fruit preserves*
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, divided
We used peach preserves, but you could use blackberry preserves, strawberry preserves, apricot preserves, and fig preserves.
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Learning can be FUN!!!!! and it should be so Create, Cook, and Talk I like to say….”encourage learning while creating yum.” Enjoy, and have fun! xo Kailee & Chantai
Original recipe we followed and adapted can be found on
Taste of the South: https://bit.ly/2V2U3bN
[Encourage Language Tips]
Cooking with your kids is also a great way to facilitate language.
Here are some tips from speech-pathologist and author Becca Eisenberg and you can find her over on www.lifeskills2learn.com
[#5 Recommendations to get you started]
#1. Building Vocabulary by using nouns and actions.
#2. Talk about color and size.
Compare the different ingredients and their various sizes.
#3. Comment, Describe and Encourage words.
Help facilitate comments such as this is sweet, sticky, tasty, salty, etc…
#4. Help your child with sequencing and recalling information.
Follow the sequence of the recipe and emphasize
the steps of the recipe.
#5 Answering and asking “WH” questions:
What are we making?
What color is a _______ (fill in the blank)?
When did we put the _______ (fill in the blank)? into the mix?
[Tip:] Encourage your children to ask questions.
If your child has difficulty with this, have a list of questions either written down or in picture form to help them ask questions.
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