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Ooey Gooey Grilled Cheese Sandwiches…
Who doesn’t love them!? Since the time we were little, most of us grew up on them. Simple to prepare and easy, plentiful ingredients make this meal a tradition in many homes. Well, we’ve all grown up since then and so have the ingredients! Ripe, crimson tomatoes (direct from my brother’s field) and fresh, creamy avocados add to the softened caramelized onions and spicy microgreens. The textures and flavors meld together in what will become one of your favorite comfort meals this fall.
Choosing bread for your grilled cheese:
I’m partial to sourdough for a grilled cheese sandwich, but you can use whichever bread you like best. A nice medium toast is ideal and best achieved with a high quality butter. The butter melts into the bread and adds a nutty aroma to the entire meal.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich + Tomato Soup: match made in heaven.
I served mine with a hearty Roasted Tomato Basil Soup and it was divine! The soup is rich and nourishing to say the least. This is a great meal to whip up when you’re stuck at home during a rainstorm, with the fire roaring and your favorite movie playing.
Wanna make one? Let’s make this Garden Grilled Cheese Sandwich step-by-step:
Stackable line-up: Tomato, avocado, grilled onions, and microgreens.
Spread on a healthy layer of butter to one side of two slices of bread.
Place buttered side down in a hot cast iron skillet and top with a layer of cheese.
Top with a robust portion of grilled onions.
Next comes the avocado.
Then the beautiful tomato.
Another layer of cheese.
Place the other piece of bread with the butter side up (for flipping later) and let brown for a minute or two. Carefully flip and allow sandwich to brown and the cheese to melt entirely. You can gently press the sandwich down with a spatula to help everything melt together nicely. Once you remove from the heat, you can gently open up the sandwich and stuff in the microgreens.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Garden Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread I used sourdough
- Butter
- 4 oz. cheese I used gruyere from California
- 1 Tomato
- 1/2 Avocado
- 1/2 yellow onion caramelized
- Handful microgreens of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat cast iron skillet over medium heat
- Butter one side of the two pieces of bread
- Place buttered piece of bread face down in skillet
- Top with cheese
- Add caramelized onion, avocado and tomato
- Top with more cheese
- Place other piece of bread with buttered side up on top and flip once browned
- Toast the other side for a few minutes until done
- Remove from heat and gently open up sandwich and stuff with microgreens
- Press sandwich together, slice and serve.
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More Grilled Cheese Sandwich recipes to try:
Crunchy Grilled Cheese with Sweet & Savory Caramelized Onions
Teri of No Crumb’s Left is quite the sandwich maker. She has lots of tips and tricks for perfecting your sandwich game.
And we know you’ll love the secret ingredient in her Sweet Savory Caramelized Onions! (Spoiler alert: it’s California Prunes!)
The fillings in this grilled cheese sandwich are some of the best! Click here for the recipe.
Pear & Fig Panini
Ok, ok we know, this is technically a panini and not a grilled cheese. However, this is a sandwich made of delicious bread, stuffed with California-grown pears and figs that are smothered in melted cheese.
See what I mean? It was a CA Grown conundrum so I included it.
Click here for this cheesy grilled panini recipe!
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Having a knowledge of what cheeses and types of extra fillings are the best for grilled cheese makes for a superior sandwich experience. Get our guide for epic melty, cheese-filled sandwich recipes that you must try at home!