Wednesday, August 23, 2006

WORLD: Grilled Cheese with Spinach and Tomato

I am pleased to introduce the new and improved Grilled Cheese Sandwich. I like to make it with goat cheese.

from Recipezaar

1 slice of cheese
2 slices of tomato
6 spinach leaves, torn in half
2 slices of bread
1 TBSP margarine or butter
1 dash of salt
1 dash of garlic powder

1. Spray the frying pan with cooking spray.
2. Turn the stove on to medium heat, add the tomatoes to the outside edges of the pan, and add the spinach to the center.
3. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder over the vegetables.
4. Toss the spinach frequently and turn the tomatoes over after a minute or so.
5. Cook the tomatoes until they are just a little soft. Don’t let them get too mushy.
6. Cook the spinach until it is slightly wilted.
7. Take both out when they are done and set them aside.
8. Wipe the pan out with a towel, and set it back on medium heat.
9. Butter one piece of bread as you would for a regular grilled cheese sandwich.
10. Put the bread in the pan, place the cheese on top of it, and then place the spinach and tomatoes on top of the cheese.
11. Allow it to heat.
12. Butter the other piece of bread, and fry the sandwich until it is nicely browned on both sides.
13. Remove and serve.

Variation:

I just tried this, not sure what to expect, and I loved it! I picked up a copy of Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, and took some ideas from her Grilled Cheese recipe. Once I cooked the spinach and tomato (chopped), I mixed them in a bowl with 1/4 cup shredded cheese, 1/4 cup butternut squash puree, and 1/4 tsp garlic salt. I slapped that on the bread and grilled it up. Yum.

3 comments:

Angela said...

this sandwich sounds totally yummy! i'm on my way over. maybe i'll make it at our house sometime...well...after the cockroach problem is solved. blue is bombing the house next weekend. there are SO MANY. more than ever. tiny ones are ALL OVER in the bathroom. i open the frige and they are crawling ON THE RIM OF THE DOOR. i cannot eat in my home because i have to wash EVERYTHING before i use it and even then, WHO KNOWS? i have got to relax. i'm sorry i brought this up.

someday, someday i hope to eat this super-fly (as in really cool, not really insecty) sandwich.

i love you, oh question-mark-riddled cheferoo!

kayla said...

i think we should eat this the next time the fingers are together. do the words "new and improved" mean that this will taste even better than the ones you made in January when you guys came to visit from Korea? Because THAT sandwich was DELICIOUS!!!!

The International Chef of Mystery said...

I definitely like it more than that traditional grilled cheese. I ate one last week and this week. So happy.