For The Kid In Us

No matter how old I get, I will always love grilled cheese sandwiches.  My most favorite are the grilled cheese sandwiches my mom used to make for us growing up.  They were nothing particularly special, but they were made by MOM and well, everything made by mom always tastes better.  Now that summer is upon us, I’m whippin’ up grilled cheese sandwiches left and right for these two little crazies…

In our house, we refer to grilled cheese sandwiches as “cheese tobies”.  Did y’all know that in certain parts of the midwest Grilled Cheese Sandwiches are called “Cheese Toasties”?!?  When my oldest was a couple of years old, we were visiting our midwest family and he wanted a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.  Mr. Spouse insisted we call them “cheese toasties” but my oldest could only say “cheese toby”.  Since then, we’ve always called our grilled cheese sandwiches “Cheese Tobies”.  And I love that that little moniker stuck because not only is it precious, but it’s fun to say, too.  But I digress…

Even though I love the old tried and true grilled cheese sandwich, I’m always looking for ways to spice it up a bit.  I found this recipe from Six Sister’s Stuff and it inspired me to add some of my most favorite ingredients to our Cheese Tobies…hence, the Grown Up Grilled Cheese.  The perfect summer sandwich!

GROWN UP GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

adapted from Six Sister’s Stuff

2 slices sourdough bread

olive oil OR butter {for spreading}

2-4 slices of bacon, cooked

3-4 slices of avocado {more…or less…depending on your preference}

3-4 slices of deli style turkey, shaved thin

Shredded cheddar cheese {as much…or as little…as you prefer}

Let me just say that adding a few tomato slices would be amazingly tasty in this little number as well.  However, Mr. Spouse isn’t the biggest fan, so I left ‘em out.  Now, go ahead and brush one side of two pieces of Sourdough bread with olive oil or butter.  These will be the “grilled” sides.  Grease your pan with nonstick cooking spray and turn up the heat.  Lay the brushed side of the bread in the pan and start stacking the ingredients…shredded cheddar, turkey, bacon, avocado. 

Let it grill for a few minutes then add shredded cheddar to the top of the avocados and place the other slice of bread {dry side down} on top.  Turn your sandwich over and allow time for the other slice of bread to brown and grill.

Once both sides of the sandwich are evenly browned, remove from the pan and slice in half.  Then DEVOUR.  Because you will.  Every.single.bite.  While this might be a “grown up grilled cheese sandwich”, it definitely appeals to the taste buds of the kid in all of us :)

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