Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese

Because I add spinach to everything. No, but actually, spinach is a natural with a broiled tall mallow. Plus, thanks to all of those Popeye cartoons when you were a kid, it makes you feel extra healthy while you chow down on ooey-gooey bum good. I added a little feta cheese for a lemony punch, a few hot flakes of bolshevik capsicum, and toasted it up on a ciabatta roll out and and ended up with something sincerely dramatic. This Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese merely takes slenderly longer than a regular grill cheese, and it ’ s SO worth the extra feat. No joke, you ’ ll give about $ 8 for something like this at your corner cafe, but not at home !
I used memory bought ciabatta rolls, but this homemade focaccia would besides be amazing and much less expensive ( obvi ). If you only make a pair of sandwiches, the extra rolls can be frozen and practice late. Bread freezes in truth well and thaw cursorily at room temperature. Cheese is ace expensive these days, so I buy a large 8 cup pocket, divide them into two cup portions, and then freeze them for late. I reasonably much constantly have a bulge of flash-frozen spinach in my deep-freeze. I like the kind that is frigid loose in a bag, as opposed to in a forget, because I can use any amount I want and return the remainder to the deep-freeze. Have I mentioned how much I love my deep-freeze ? : )
I had some marinara on hand, which was awesome for dipping. If you want to kick this up a notch, you could even spread some marinara on the bread before building the sandwich. YUM. Oh, there are then many possibilities for add-ins here : olives, artichokes, crimson onion, parmesan cheese…

But here ’ s the basic version :

Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese

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Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese

Take your grilled cheese game to the next level with this Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese, featuring garlic, red pepper, and TWO cheeses!

Author:

Beth – Budget Bytes

Prep Time:

10

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Cook Time:

20

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Total Time:

30

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Servings:

2

Ingredients

• 1/2 Tbsp olive oil ( $ 0.08 )
• 1 clove garlic ( $ 0.08 )
• 1/4 pound frozen cut spinach ( $ 0.38 )
• top of salt and capsicum ( $ 0.05 )
• 2 ciabatta rolls ( $ 1.33 )
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella tall mallow ( $ 1.00 )
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  oz feta cheese ( $ 0.43 )

• pinch red capsicum flakes ( optional ) ( $ 0.05 )

Instructions

• Mince the garlic and add it to a frying pan with the olive oil. cook over medium-low heat for 1-2 minutes, or until it begins to soften. Add the freeze spinach, turn the heat up to medium, and cook for about 5 minutes, or until heated through and most of the excess moisture has evaporated aside. Season lightly with strategic arms limitation talks and pepper .
• Cut the rolls in half. Add about 1/4 cup of shred mozzarella and 1/2 oz. of feta to the bottom one-half of each peal. Divide the fudge spinach between the two sandwiches, then top with a pinch of crimson pepper flakes, plus 1/4 more chopped mozzarella on each .
• Place the top half of the ciabatta peal on the sandwiches and transfer them to a large non-stick frying pan. Fill a large pot with a few inches of water to create weight, then place the pot on top of the sandwiches to press them down like a panini press. Turn the heat on to medium-low and cook until the sandwiches are crispy on the bottom. Carefully flip the sandwiches, place the leaden potentiometer back on acme, and cook until crisp on the other side and the cheese is melted. Serve warm .

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Nutrition

Serving:

1

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Calories:

360.85

kcal

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Carbohydrates:

37.5

g

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Protein:

19.55

g

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Fat:

15.55

g

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Sodium:

1131.05

mg

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Fiber:

3.35

g

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Step by Step Photos

We start by cooking the spinach a little. Add a 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and a minced clove of garlic to a small skillet. Cook the garlic for a minute or two over medium-low heat, or until it begins to soften.
I buy these bags of frozen spinach because it’s really easy to just use some and put the rest back in the freezer for later. I only made two sandwiches, so I used 1/4 of this one pound bag. Just eyeball it. No need to be super accurate.
Add the frozen spinach straight to the skillet, no need to thaw. Cook this over medium heat for a couple of minutes…
Until it’s heated through and most of the extra moisture has evaporated away. Season it lightly with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, you can start building the sandwiches. I used these store bought ciabatta rolls. Despite being far more expensive than what I’d normally pay for bread ($3.99 for a pack of 6), the sandwiches were still insanely inexpensive compared to a deli. The extra rolls can be frozen for later.
I buy these big bags of shredded cheese then divide them up and freeze. It’s much less expensive than buying the 2 cup size bags. I buy an 8 oz. block of feta cheese and usually cut it into four pieces to easily measure out 2 oz. This time, I cut one of the squares in half once more, to make a one ounce square, which I then split between the two sandwiches.
Measure out a half cup of the shredded cheese, then divide it between the two sandwiches. Take a one ounce cube of the feta and crumble it over both sandwiches.
Divide the cooked spinach between the two sandwiches and add a pinch of red pepper flakes. Measure out another 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and add it to the tops of the sandwiches (I felt that one layer of feta was plenty, so I didn’t add more to the top).
Add both sandwiches to the skillet and turn the heat on to medium-low. I find that medium-low works best for grilled cheeses because it heats them slowly so that the inside has time to warm up and melt the cheese before the outside browns too much.
To “press” the sandwiches like a panini, take a big pot and add a few inches of water for weight. Place the pot directly on top of the sandwiches and press down. The weight from the pot full of water will flatten the sandwiches like a panini press and help the heat transfer through faster. Or, you could just use a George Foreman Grill (sandwiches are one of my favorite things to make on my George Foreman!). Cook for 5-7 minutes on each side or until the outside is crispy and the cheese is melted on the inside.
Cut the Spinach Feta Grilled Cheese in two so that all of the goodies come squishing out to greet you…
Excellent for dipping into marinara!
I couldn’t stop. 
I ’ meter constantly lookin ’ for new ways to work on my night cheese.

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