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Usually I write about all things homeschooling, teaching your child to read and just generally how to be awesome. But today, I am going to teach you how to be awesome at making the best air fryer grilled cheese! To be honest, I can’t even take credit for this recipe. No I didn’t steal it from another blogger. My husband is the star of this recipe, as he is the one who created it. But, hey, I am the one with the blog here, so I am going to delight your tastebuds today!

Why Use The Air Fryer to Make Grilled Cheese?

The real question should be “Why not?”. I will admit we were probably the last family to jump on the Air Fryer bandwagon, but once we did, I am telling you I do not wish to ever hit a bump in the road and all off that wagon! Thankfully the cheese from this amazing air fryer grilled cheese will keep us clinging on for a while!

The air fryer allows you to keep your home cool, unlike using the stove-top. Especially, if like me, you have a gas stove. Achieve perfect crispiness with the air fryer, in just ten minutes or less. Plus for me, there is less clean-up! Simply lay down some parchment paper on the bottom of the air fryer, and viola, no mess on the bottom of the pan to clean up later!

Which Air Fryer Should I Use?

We love our Crux brand Air Fryer! We got it at a discount store, unfortunately it seems to be unavailable on Amazon right now. However, here are some top recommendations for ya!

• COSORI 6 QT 9-in-1 Air Fryer
• CHEFMAN TURBOFRY 8 QT Air Fryer
• NINJA 8 QT 6-in-1 DUAL ZONE Air Fryer

The Star of This Air-Fryer Recipe

To be honest, there are several stars of the show here, but the avocado may outshine them all. The key here? Using them in the 15 minute time frame that these green beauties allow before becoming brown beauties. *Sigh* I read recently though if you keep your avocados in the fridge, they will stay at peak ripeness for weeks! I have yet to try this, but if you have had success let me know!

Runners Up

This recipe also uses mushrooms, (my husbands favorite, and it just so happens to be the secret ingredient!) Colby jack cheese, and turkey…Okay, we may be crossing over into Panini territory…Oops. I once tried bacon grease instead of butter to get maximum crispiness. You can’t go wrong either way!

How to Make Air Fryer Grilled Cheese

Ok, my mouth is watering and I am pretty sure I am out of pretty much everything to make this amazing bad boy…so before I head off to the store I will tell you how to make an air fryer grilled cheese/panini/beautiful baby star of lunch time.

(I have highlighted my favorite choices) You will need:

• White bread, Texas Toast thick sliced or another favorite
• Butter, bacon grease, or Mayo
• Colby Jack cheese slice, Pepper Jack, Swiss, or any other favoirte
• Turkey or any favorite lunchmeat (we use good ole’ Oscar Mayer!)
• Diced mushrooms (optional, but not in this house)
• Ripe Avocado
• Purple Onion (I like to dice mine up with my avocado)
• Air Fryer, obviously

Air Fryer Grilled Cheese

Your taste buds will be screaming for more after just one bite of this delicious air fryer grilled cheese

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 15 minute meal, air fryer, air fryer recipe, avocado, crowd pleaser, easy clean up, grilled cheese, lunch, no stove meal, panini, quick, quick lunches, sandwich, simple, summertime dishes

Servings: 1

Author: Autumn C.

Equipment

• 1 Air Fryer
• Parchment Paper I add parchment paper to the bottom of the fryer for easier and quicker clean up!

Ingredients

• 2 slices White Bread or Texas Toast
• 1 TBS Mayo
• 1 TBS Butter or Bacon Grease
• 1 slice Colby Jack Cheese
• 3 slices Oscar Mayer Turkey Breast
• 2+ diced Mushrooms
• 1 ripe Avocado
• 1 slice Purple Onion I like to dice it up with my avocado

Instructions

• Set Air Fryer to 350°
• Butter bread (I find I need to wait to butter the other piece of bread)
• Add Mayo, cheese, turkey and diced mushrooms to the buttered piece of bread
• Lay half the assembled sandwich, buttered side down, in the air fryer
• Butter second slice of bread and lay face up in the air fryer
• While sandwich is cooking "open faced" in the air fryer dice your avocados and optional onion
• Once the bread is desired crispiness and cheese is melted remove the sandwich from the air fryer.
• Add chopped avocados to the sandwich, add the top slice of bread and enjoy!

That’s it! All there is to it! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoy eating it when my hubby makes it for me…Now time to wake him up so he can make me one!

When you start homeschooling a lot of questions come up. “What counts as a homeschool day?”. “How can I count my homeschool days?”. I will do my best to straighten a few of these out for you here. Let’s start with how to know what counts as a homeschool day.

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It can feel frustrating when you ask various homeschoolers how they count their homeschooling days. Everyone may give you a different answer. Some would even argue (and rightly so) that children are learning every day. Variations within state laws, regulations, and opinions also are considered. My first piece of advice for anyone looking to homeschool is to look into your state laws. I broke it down here by state in this post. Some states are more strict than others. I live in a low regulation state so my laws are quite lax. That being said, I do believe that most states allow the parent to decide what counts as a homeschool day. But, again, I stress that you look into your state laws.

Find your states laws here as well.

How Do You Know What To Count As a Homeschool Day?

Generally in our homeschool I do not count every day as a homeschool day. However, I do count many extras as homeschool days. For example we are involved in a lot of volunteer activities throughout the week. This involves public speaking, talking to people we may not know, and learning how to converse with others. Do I consider this a great learning and educational experience? Absolutely! Do I count it as part of our required 180 days? Absolutely! When we attend any sort of religious ceremony or event whether it is a weekly occurrence or once a year, I also count these. I feel my sons are gathering a deep appreciation for the God they worship, and the ability to explain their beliefs from the Scriptures. In my opinion this is the highest form of learning they will ever gain.

In our homeschooling we do use a course curriculum. Right now the bookwork accounts for three out of our seven days. We are doing curriculum bookwork on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The rest of our time is volunteer work or included in our worship. Throw into the mixture that sometimes I will count “accumulative days”. These would be times when I didn’t count bookwork, but maybe my son learned to make a chocolate chip recipe, or my other son did piano on a day that we didn’t get anything else done, or they read more than normal…the list can go on, but I will combine all these learning experiences into one day on my 180 day chart. (I promise, I wasn’t always this relaxed, but it has been a learning process.) Find out more about my journey to a more relaxed homeschool here.

Are They Really Learning All They Need To Learn?

When thinking how to know what counts as a homeschool day you may worry about fitting it all in. This can be a bit daunting when you are considering all the things that are covered in public school. Do I need to teach my child every subject, every day? Again, the answers can vary. Some may try to do just a small bit of everything in one day, or cover it in a week. Schedules vary as well, and should be considered when thinking of what to teach and how much of it is necessary.

Curriculum can also be a huge help as well. Using a comprehensive, open and go curriculum can take a load off your plate and mind. For instance we use a language arts curriculum that includes spelling, reading, writing, art, geography, grammar and punctuation, all in one level. This has been so nice for me! We do not need any other books for these subjects, but if I wanted to add anything for additional practice I could…however, I haven’t felt the need to do so. Experiencing history and science is much more enjoyable than reading it from a textbook that gives dull facts. Read more about my distain for science experiments here.

The Extras

We enjoy taking a more relaxed approach to history by reading living books. Currently we are taking our time getting through the Little House series. These books give very detailed descriptions of what life was like many years ago and we enjoy discussing them as we go. However, this is by no means a daily or weekly effort. We deep dive into the scriptures through our worship and gain many valuable lessons this way. We study why the history in the Bible matters to us now, and how we can learn from it. To me, this is the best history lesson they will ever gain. Plus they are still young, there are many years left for them to learn as it becomes more interesting to them. Find out more here about how I have created my own history curriculum, and how you can too!

Get Out of The House!

Recently a few friends and I took our kids to a Colonial Village. They were having a special for homeschoolers that day, which meant it was far cheaper to get in than any other time! We had so much fun! The Village was full of Villagers going about their day. We were able to find out how they lived, worked and played, even getting some town gossip that we were able to stir the pot with as we went from home to home. This was a rich historical experience for us all. We have been doing it for the last two years, and dare I say we will continue this fun tradition!

“How Do You Know What Counts As A Homeschool Day?”

Don’t Sweat It

How do you know what counts as a homeschool day? You will find your answer varies from others as you gain experience as a homeschool parent. Ask yourself if your child is growing in their knowledge, skills, abilities and thinking in any way. Life skills are a huge thing that can and should be taught in homeschool. For instance my two boys, six and nine, know how to pay for their own snacks when we go to the gas station. My six year old knows how to pay for and pump gas, with my supervision of course. My nine year old finally baked a batch of perfect chocolate chip cookies the other day, after a few failed attempts…or “experiments” of his own. (Note to your new bakers out there, 5 TBS of sea salt does not go well in a batch of cookies…) ‘

The bottom line is you are the parent, you know your child. Follow any guidelines your state may lay out for you and over time you will come to understand what works best for you and your family! Before you know it, you will be answering others when they ask you “How do you know what counts as a homeschool day?”