It seems almost silly to write a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich. This was just too good, gooey, and cheesy not to share.
Grilled cheese and a hot bowl of tomato soup (if not homemade, then Pacific roasted red pepper and tomato soup) is one of the best comfort food lunches ever. Well, maybe a tie with macaroni and cheese.
OK, OK, I am a cheeseaholic. I must be part mouse. If something has cheese (not bleu cheese though), I will probably want to eat it.
Back to the recipe, I had a few slices of whole wheat bread which I had to use up quickly because they were going to go stale. Plus Passover was coming (so no bread allowed for a week).
I love grilled cheese and this is where buying cheese ends comes in handy. I had some cheddar, some monterey jack, and some Swiss cheese left in the container, plus I had just bought some fresh mushrooms and spinach.
Three Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwich
three cheese grilled cheese sandwich with spinach and mushrooms
Notes
This would also work well with ciabetta bread or a peasant bread.
Ingredients
- 2 slices whole wheat bread
- 8 or nine cheese cubes, cut up, or several slices of your favorite cheeses
- spinach leaves, washed and dried
- 2 or 3 button mushrooms, sliced
- canola or olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a small saucepan. Once that's hot, saute the mushrooms until they lose their liquid and turn slightly brown.
- Add the spinach and cook for a minute, until the spinach wilts. Remove the vegetables and set them aside.
- Put the cheese between the slices of bread and cook for a minute or two on low-medium heat. Watch it carefully so it doesn't burn. When the cheese starts to melt a bit, turn the sandwich over.
- Remove the top slice of bread, add the spinach and mushroom mixture, and then replace the bread. Add more oil if necessary. Let it cook for a minute or two until the rest of the cheese melts and the bottom of the sandwich is golden brown.
Three Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwich Substitutions and Variations
- use olive oil instead of canola oil, or a mixture of butter and oil
- swap the three cheeses for mozzarella and replace the spinach with eggplant (this would work even better with ciabetta instead of whole wheat)
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