Tonight for dinner, the host – Brady 🙂 decided to make Stromboli on the grill! He was planning ahead this morning when he took out the semi-healthy white bread dough from the freezer. Throughout the day it grew and grew and by the time he got home, it was ready to use! These were not your average tomato-cheese Stromboli. They included many delicious and fresh ingredients! Here is what he did:

Brady’s Grilled Stromboli

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf of bread dough – we use frozen white (I have not found frozen wheat, only fresh from TJs). It is cheap and low in fat which is a plus since it is full of carbs and lacks many nutrients.
• tomato sauce
• bbq sauce
• fat free feta ( we just ran out of parm. but this ended up working)
• fresh veggies
• chopped chicken ( chopped in our little Cuisinart food processor that I am obsessed with!!)
• brie cheese
• BW3 Caribbean Jerk sauce
• bacon bits

Don’t worry – these were not all mixed together into one big, gross stromboli. We used these ingredients to make four different kinds. The assembly of each one was simple:

1. Roll out a piece of dough on a cookie sheet. Brady likes to use a cold can of pop or beer to roll out the dough. He thinks it works better than our rolling pin…I am not so sure, but rolling is always his job so we will let him go with it!
2. Cover about 3/4 of the flattened dough with your sauce of choice. Make sure to leave an edge of dough where there is no sauce for putting it together.
3. Add your toppings or filling – the good part.
4. Fold the edges together so that none of the goodies can sneak out.
5. Place the stromboli on medium heat grill until it turns golden brown

Stromboli #1:

– BBQ sauce

-Chicken

– Feta

Stromboli # 2:

-Chicken

– Brie

– Veggies

Stromboli # 3 *Brady style

– Caribbean Jerk Sauce

– Chicken

– Bacon

– Feta

Stromboli #4

– Fresh veggies

– Tomato Sauce

– Feta

– Chicken

Overall, all of them were delicious! We liked the meltiness of the brie! It really added to this dish. This was a test night, to see if we could/should make these for company. We agreed they are perfect for having people over for a causal dinner. To make them a little more pretty, I would make an egg wash (egg whites + spices + salt and pepper) to brush on the stromboli before cooking it. This will give it a little glaze.

Hostess Tip:

A fun way to serve this dinner would be to create a “make your own stromboli bar”. Your guests could each have a plate with a pre-portioned amount of rolled out dough. They could add their own sauce and toppings to make it original!

The outside:

The insides

Our sides were the leftover veggies: zuc, squash, mushrooms and spiral cut sweet potatoes cooked in a little olive oil. They were also great!

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