Spinach Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Earlier on in the week, when I made the spinach, or spanakopita pesto pasta I made sure to keep some of the pesto left over for something new. I had come across the idea of using a pesto in a grilled cheese sandwich and it was the perfect time to try one. I have been experimenting with grilled cheese sandwiches for a while now.
It all started when I first tried adding some jam to one then I moved on to chutneys and now it was time to try a pesto grilled cheese sandwich. Since the spinach pesto had some Greek flavours going on I decided to use a Greek cheese, graviera, in the sandwich. Get ALL 8 Closet Cooking eCookbooks in a bundle for 40% off! Spinach Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Servings: 1 A tasty spinach pesto smothered in ooey gooey melted cheese and wrapped in buttery golden brown grilled bread. ingredients directions. Just Cook It.
Pioneer Woman's Favorite Sandwich. Mmmmm…this is it, folks: The Sandwich That Brings Me the Most Happiness in Life. Granted, it’s no Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich, which has surprisingly turned out to be the most popular recipe on this website to date, but it’s still oh-so-good. Years ago, I fell in love with a sandwich siimlar to this at a lunch place in the big city near my hometown. It’s basically a glorified Grilled Cheese made with rye bread, sliced red onion, bright red tomato, whole green chilies and two kinds of cheese. The bread is slathered in butter before grilling to ensure maximum taste and maximum calories, which I’m like, totally all about. Like, totally. For years and years I tried unsuccessfully to duplicate it at home, but never could get it quite right. Only recently, when my Punk-Ass Sister, Betsy, was visiting, did I finally learn what I’d been missing all these years.
Special Sauce? Betsy listened for a moment, said, “Thank you” and hung up. And that’s when my life began again. It’s Butter Time. Sandwhiches. Photo by: Sarah ShatzProsciutto, Nectarine and Fontina Panini on Rosemary Focaccia-Before making it, we were pretty sure we'd like this sandwich, but we weren't positive we'd want more than a couple ... more Photo by: Sarah ShatzProsciutto, Nectarine and Fontina Panini on Rosemary Focaccia-Before making it, we were pretty sure we'd like this sandwich, but we weren't positive we'd want more than a couple of bites.
We were wrong. The sweet juicy nectarine, lightly caramelized, and salty prosciutto are a fantastic contrast, and the woodsy rosemary studding the buttery, crispy focaccia is a great complement to the fruit. Oozy fontina pulls it all together, and plenty of black pepper and arugula cut through the richness. Prosciutto, Nectarine and Fontina Panini on Rosemary Focaccia by RaquelG Serves 1. 1. 2. 3. Smoky Deviled Egg Salad on Golden Rye Crisps. As much as I love to cook, there are some nights when I just don't have the energy to put much effort into it. It's on these nights that I pull out my "single girl" dinners--no, not Lean Cuisine--single girl dinners are those easy, go-to meals that you can fix in just a few minutes with minimal ingredients, but which somehow manage to satisfy each and every one of your deepest cravings. It's comfort food, tailored exactly to your very own (and often very peculiar) taste and preferences. My single girl dinners tend to resemble an antipasti platter: hunks of cheese, roasted red peppers with bits of blackened skin still clinging, hard boiled eggs, olives, fat red grapes, and slices of salami or prosciutto eaten one-by-one, usually pulled straight from the plastic package.
Basically anything tasty that I happen to find in the fridge. I've realized that my single girl dinner habits came straight from my mom. Smoky Deviled Egg Salad on Golden Rye CrispsI love eggs and mayonnaise. Bagged Lunch Ideas: Egg Salad w/ Caramelized Shallots & Chives. Like a wacky sitcom neighbor who pops in unannounced, summer has been arriving in New York in tiny sporadic bursts these past few weeks. It's too soon, people cry, as they pull off the jackets and cardigans they cautiously grabbed before leaving the house that same morning. The train ride home each night is either a mass of huddled girls shivering in prematurely ambitious shorts or steaming commuters, fanning themselves with their coats bundled in a pile on their laps.
The excessively hot days--today it's already hit 90! --make me sleepy, and when I finally get in the door and drop my piles and bags and heels on the floor (yes, the floor), the last thing on my mind is standing in front of my stove for an hour. Instead, my cravings these days have turned toward the cool and salad-like. Last night, I just wanted egg salad. Eugene likes his egg salad on big slices of freshly baked olive bread from the farmer's market. Now tell me, how do YOU like your egg salad?
Bánh mì Vietnamese Sandwich. I was recently sent this wonderful cookbook, "The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches" by Susan Russo. When I was told to expect it in the mail, I was excited at the concept- a book dedicated to delicious sandwiches! I could use a book like this. Too often my sandwiches are plain and routine so looking through a book with beautiful pictures, courtesy of Matt Armendariz, and delicious recipes, helps motivate me to kick up my lunches once and for all! When I received the cookbook my first impression was a great one. With a bright and vibrant cover photo of a sandwich I'd never seen before, I was intrigued and curious to see what was inside.
Once I flipped through the pages I could tell this book covered a wide range of recipes. Susan includes recipes from traditional and classic to unique and adventurous sandwiches. After flipping through all of the recipes, I decided to try the Bánh mì Vietnamese Sandwich first. This sandwich was everything I had hoped for...fresh and flavorful! Serve and enjoy! Fancy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. I’m a lady… and this Valentine’s Day I’m going to treat myself like a lady. I’ll open doors for myself. I’ll pour myself the first glass of wine. I’ll let me eat the last soft french fry.
I’ll drape my coat over a puddle for me to walk across. I’ll slyly check myself out as I walk by. Huh? I’ll buy myself movie tickets and tell me I look pretty today. This Valentine’s Day is going to get pretty glamorous. This Valentine’s Day, I’d also like to tell these people that I love them… because I do. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and you. It’s a good day to love people. Don’t confuse olives and marbles in your mouth. I’m no rocket scientist. This is the world in which I’ll be shoveling this sandwich into my face.
Cat eats my olives. Oh! It’s a banana stuffed with dark chocolate and white chocolate and salted peanuts and shredded coconut. Also… don’t be alarmed that the baked banana peel will be black. Spinach Goat Cheese Ham Sandwich Print this Recipe! Makes: one sandwich 4 slices thin sliced ham. French Onion Soup Sandwiches. Sometimes I can’t tell whether or not I’m doing a good job. I realize this sentence might sound trite and indulgent, and downright silly… but I mean it. Sometimes I can’t tell. I’ve realized that part of the reason I can’t tell what’s going on in the ‘good job’ department is because… nothing ever stops anymore. Never. Emails never stop. Do you remember when things were actually done? I know what you’re thinking… it’s my responsibility to make things both done and good.
Now… I could have written ‘do well’, but I meant ‘do good’, as in… deeds. Let’s talk sandwiches! Green Goddess Tea Sandwich. Imagine a world where we need two whole onions for two sandwiches. That would be a scary scary world if it weren’t for caramelization. We’re going to combine raw, pungent onions with fats and heat to mellow them out. Thank you fats and heats. This is a simple sandwich with little bits of important ingredients. Because there are so few ingredients, they’re all important. The melty beginnings. See? Go fresh. Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese Sandwich. There are a lot of things I can’t figure out. Read: There are a lot of things I haven’t taken the time to figure out. I can’t figure out dry-cleaning. I think it has something to do with folding clothes perfectly then covering them in plastic. I can’t figure out why people enjoy karaoke so much when it’s so clearly just the singing version of public speaking… which makes is SO MUCH WORSE YOU GUYS!
I can’t figure out why saying ‘yes’ is easier than saying ‘no’. Actually I have figured that out. I can’t figure out why Taylor Swifts “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is sooooo dang singable. There are a lot of things I CAN figure out… namely: Shrimp and Grits and Potato Chip Sandwiches. And while I still may stumble on the grammatical difference between laying and lying… I know that at least… at the very least, I can make an AMAZING (seriously…) spicy grilled cheese sandwich. I feel like I don’t need to tell you how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. Peppers are peeled. Creamy. Prosciutto, Pear, and Goat Cheese Panini. We ate lunch at a local coffee and sandwich shop a few weeks back, and ordered one of their paninis.
It was filled with goat cheese (my favorite), and slices of fresh pear and prosciutto. Delicious. And we thought, hey, we have a panini maker we haven’t used in maybe 8 months, why not dig it out and try our hand at making these ourselves? So we did. And it was good. We had some gorgonzola cheese leftover in the fridge as well, so we ended up making one sandwich with goat cheese and another with gorgonzola.
Prosciutto, Pear, and Goat Cheese Panini Ingredients:4 slices country style bread, sliced 3 oz. prosciutto 1 ripe pear, thinly sliced 4 oz. goat cheese, room temperature (or Gorgonzola if you like) 2 tsp. olive oil Directions:Prepare panini maker or grill pan.To assemble sandwiches, spread a thin layer of goat cheese on bread slices. You may also like... The Number 48. A vegetarian feast. This whole week I’m posting five recipes from long ago that are my wife’s favorite recipe requests. These recipes got buried in the archives so I’m taking this week to bring them back to life!
The never-ending quest for the perfect grilled cheese continues in this post. Given that it is National Grilled Cheese month, it only makes sense for me to post a damn fine sandwich. There is a small market on the ground floor of my office building. Recently, I’ve been opting recently for the only vegetarian sandwich on the menu which also happens to be delicious. There are 48 sandwiches on the menu. Directions 1) Prepare all of your ingredients. 2) Add a few tablespoons of vegetable or olive oil to a griddle or pan and add your onions, shrooms and peppers. 3) Split them into to even piles and put your cheese on top of them. 4) Slice pita in half and add it to your griddle cut-side down to it can toast lightly. 6) Top with sprouts and slice and serve.
So let’s make them! Dreamy. Tony Tahhan » Blog Archive » a twist on an all American classic. I have no clue what it is about a couple slices of bread, some good quality cheese and a dab of fat that enables the humble grilled cheese to stand a chance in today’s culinary colosseum, but it does. As much as I consider myself a foodie and lover of all things gourmet, sometimes I don’t want fois gras topped with caviar and doused with fancy white truffle oil – no, thanks.
Give me a couple grilled cheeses, a big bowl of soup and a Law & Order marathon (SVU or CI, of course) and I’m a happy camper. The star of this post is the ubiquitous grilled cheese and all the ooey, gooey, mouth-burning goodness that it brings to this world. Judging from the loads of fall recipes overflowing our RSS feeds, and by the mere fact that it’s no longer sunny all the time, fall is here. I’d be remiss as a food blogger not to share with you one of my ultimate culinary gems: Middle Eastern grilled cheese sandwiches. mise en place Middle Eastern/Armenian String Cheese (جبنة مشلشلة) dried mint makes 1 sandwich. In-N-Out Cheeseburger Copycat. Today I have a tasty recipe from Life as a Lofthouse for In-N-Out Cheeseburgers. I wanted to keep my party for my kids simple so we grilled burgers and hot dogs. The burgers turned out juicy and delicious. Don’t skip the secret sauce, it is what makes this burger so great!
Ingredients: 1 pound Lean Ground Beef 1 Egg White 1 small Yellow Onion grated. (1/2 a cup) 1/2 tsp Lawry's Seasoning salt 1/2 tsp fresh Ground Pepper 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 6 slices American Cheese 6 Hamburger Buns (seedless) Secret Sauce: 1/3 cup Light Mayo 2 tablespoons Ketchup 2 teaspoons Dill Pickle Relish 1 tsp Mustard 1/4 tsp Paprika Directions: 1. 2. 3. GIRLS MEETS FOOD - STUFFED BURGERS & Viceland.com. Fast food burgers are all, without exception, vile turd patties designed for parents with munchausen syndrome.
Why anyone would eat these surgical offcuts when sober, I will never understand. My recipe may have zero nutritional value, but I know I’d rather die straining on the toilet while clutching a yummy homemade burger than a Happy Meal. When made from scratch and when made ridiculously, burgers easily squat resplendent in my rogue gallery of stupid food. So forget soft-core patties, just get straight into burger stuffing. I bet you thought I was gonna fill it with Skittles and foot cream. Well fuck you, smart guy. I’m using fruit and everything. These are named "Aloha," simply because it’s all the best bits of a Hawaiian pizza snug in a womb of seasoned beef. Ingredients 500g x mince beef 1 x clove of Garlic 1 x tsp Salt 1 x tsp Pepper 1 x pack of them orange Doritos 1 x egg 1 x can of pineapple slices Buttload of cheddar cheese Half a chopped chili Step 1.
Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Fried Green Tomato BLT. No but really, this sandwich is pretty awesome. We’re in a season transition right now. Kind of always a little awkward, right? I’m dreaming of pumpkin things and apple pies and acorn squash roasting, but I’m still sweating, wearing shorts and eating ice cream. And zucchini are still in abundance and tomatoes are just everywhere. Even the imperfect, not-really-ripe green tomatoes are perfect. I don’t think any of us can fry a green tomato and not be reminded of the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, which reminds me of my favorite scene, when Kathy Bates gets all cray-cray and smashes into the “younger, faster girls’ car.” We all fantasize about going off the deep end from time to time. ANYWAY, this sandwich…it starts with frying up some bacon.
I’m usually a baker of bacon; rather than a fryer. Here’s a picture of bacon frying: Not all that stunning, but it sort of is because we know what it tastes like and imagining what bacon tastes like is stunning. Good mayonnaise is important. 1. 2. 3. 4. Cannellini and Feta Sandwich. Peach and Tallegio Panini. Hummus and Cucumber Sandwich. Turkey, Mango Chutney, and Brie Panini Recipe. Prosciutto Mozzarella Pinwheels. Baked Egg Boat recipe - StumbleUpon.