Cheese toastie

Name: Cheese toastie
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 portions
Ingredients: 2 medium slices white bread; 50 g cheddar cheese; 2 Tsp butter

A toasted sandwich with melted cheese.

10 minto make
1portion
Easyto cook
Vegetariandiet

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A low footprint

0.44 kg CO₂e a portion, or 3.14 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

How we rate the footprint

A very low nutrition rating

489 kcal and 19.3 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

How we rate nutrition

Ingredients

For 1 portion

2 medium slices white bread
50 g cheddar cheese
2 Tsp butter

Method

Butter the outsides of the bread and fill with the grated cheese.
Toast in a pan or sandwich maker for 2–3 minutes on each side.

Nutrition

	A portion (140 g)	100 g
Energy	489 kcal	350 kcal
Protein	19.3 g	13.8 g
Carbohydrate	40.6 g	29.1 g
of which sugars	4.5 g	3.2 g
Fat	27.6 g	19.8 g
of which saturates	15.2 g	10.9 g
Fibre	1.8 g	1.3 g
Salt	1.9 g	1.4 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	0.44 kg	3.14 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	2.47 g	17.7 g
Land use for a year	0.5 m²	3.58 m²
Water use	155 l	1,109 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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