I hope all of you celebrating Labor Day today had a wonderful holiday! Mine was spent in the kitchen baking cinnamon rolls and foccacia – it was a great day!!
Have you ever tried a recipe, then thought to yourself – this is so amazingly good and easy, why didn’t I think of this myself sooner?? That is what went through my head when I made these cheese toasts. DE-LIC-IOUS!! Seriously one of my favorite things that I’ve made lately, and they are so easy that you’ll wonder how you lived before they came along. Seriously, I liked them that much. And they can be considered semi-healthy since they have tomatoes and zucchini, right?? 
Bacon-Tomato Cheese Toasts
from The Food Network Magazine August/September 2008
Serves 4
2 ripe tomatoes
Kosher salt
8 strips bacon
4 slices Texas toast or other thick sandwich bread
3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
3/4 cup grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup mayonnaise
5 scallions, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 small zucchini, very thinly sliced
Freshly ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Core the tomatoes and thinly slice. Place in a colander in the sink and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt; let drain for at least 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Pour off and reserve the drippings, leaving 1 tablespoon in the skillet; toast the bread on one side in the drippings until golden (do this in batches, adding more drippings as needed). Place the bread, toasted-side down, on a baking sheet.
Combine the cheeses with the mayonnaise, scallions and parsley in a bowl. Spread the cheese mixture on the toasts, reserving about 1/3 cup. Crumble the bacon on top. Shake any excess liquid from the tomatoes; distribute the zucchini and tomatoes among the toasts. Dot with the reserved cheese mixture and season with pepper. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.
These looks good, nice and simple, classic flavors. And I'm a big fan of open faced sandwiches. Good post!
mmm looks delish!!!
Is that TEXAS TOAST?! I love Texas toast. These look so good. And yes, very healthy. Haha.
Your butterscotch bars look good too.
No Labour Day here in the UK, but I hope you had a great time. The toasties look great.
Yum! This looks and sounds great!
This looks fabulous…kind of a supernova BLT!
I love the food network magazine. It's my favorite foodie magazine. I've never considered toasting bread in bacon drippings – yum! Then topping it with all that yumminess – I can appreciate why you liked them so much : )
Those look like they'd be an amazing snack
yeah, these're nice and all, but i want the cinnamon rolls!
I'm telling you, I can't seem to get here (or anywhere else) as often as I'd like, but dang, I wish you could feed me!
I imagine I would have to make these all the time!They look SO good!
I love stuff like this! So simple yet so delicious!
those look wonderful and the photography is great too!
Delicious! I love bacon and cheese together.
YUM!! Those look delish!!!
I know my husband would like this recipe. I can see that it's a keeper. I bet it would be good with a big spinach salad. Yum!
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