It’s time for another Crazy Cooking Challenge hosted by Tina at Mom’s Crazy Cooking. This month’s theme: grilled cheese sandwiches! We love a good grilled cheese sandwich and I thought this challenge was particularly appropriate since I’ve been drooling over the many different options for the last couple of years at Panini Happy’s Grilled Cheese Pageants.
I actually found this recipe on the Bake Your Day blog via Pinterest. The colors in the photo caught my eye especially because it has avocados and tomatoes too—both things that my family loves!
Simple to prepare, I thought it would be a great way to use up seasonal produce this summer. I paired it with a homemade tomato basil soup (recipe to come!) and it was a hit with my whole family! Even the sometimes-picky-eater ate nearly all of his! We will definitely be making this sandwich often. And I love that we can put it into our vegetarian meal rotation since we’re always looking for new recipes to try so that we can have at least (most weeks) one meatless meal each week.
Here’s the recipe so you can try it too!
Ingredients
- 1 avocado, mashed
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 4 slices of bread of your choice (I used whole wheat because that’s what I had on hand)
- 4 ounces sharp cheddar cheese
- 8-10 grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- Butter for bread
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the avocado with the lemon juice and salt. Set aside.
- Heat a frying pan over medium-low heat. Butter both slices of bread on one side and put together (butter sides together). Then you can build your sandwich on top of the non-buttered side facing up.
- Lay a quarter of the cheese on the bottom piece of bread. Add a layer of the smashed avocado and top with several tomato halves. Finish with another quarter of the cheese.
- Lift up layered bread and place in frying pan that has been heated over medium-high heat. Place second piece of buttered bread on top (buttered side up).
- When the bottom piece of bread is slightly browned, flip over and continue to grill until both sides are golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove the sandwich from the pan.
- Repeat for the second sandwich.
- I think this would be good with many different kinds of cheese, like maybe a cheddar jack.
Layer everything on the buttered bread (faced in to each other so they are less mess!)
Just a few simple ingredients is all it takes for this delicious and quick "gourmet" grilled cheese sandwich!
In case you missed it before, you may be asking how does this Crazy Cooking Challenge work you ask? Well, once month (on the 7th specifically), a group of food bloggers get together to feature one food item for that month. We all make that item, in our own kitchens and in our own way, but add our own special touches. It’s a great way to discover new blogs and new recipes!
You can enjoy visiting the other Crazy Cooking Challenge participants through the links below. And the extra twist? If you like my recipe, please click the ‘like’ button by my entry to vote for me. The recipe with the most votes will be deemed the ULTIMATE RECIPE for this challenge. Enjoy!
I just recently tried avocado for the first time and really liked it – this sammy looks so good
Stopping by from CCC #7 – stumbled, pinned, Fb’d, tweeted, and voted for your grilled cheese!
I just love avocado and could not resist using it too. Jen
I LOVE avocado and it sounds wonderful on this sandwich! I’d love it for lunch tomorrow!
Delicious sandwich especially with the avocado. I luv it.
Came from CC#59.
Wow! This sandwich looks so good. It’s making me drool.
What a great combination for a Grilled Cheese, it looks delicious!
I love how you’ve arranged the igredients. Looks delicious!
Jen #40
This is a very good recipe but very messy. The combinations of all of the flavors were unbelievably good together. I normally must have meat in almost all of my meals but this recipe was filling and I didn’t even miss not having meat.
Also I used a regular tomato and sliced it instead of Cherry tomatoes.