Grilled Cheese w/ Tomato, Bacon and Onion

I'm not a huge 'sandwich' person, and I almost never put lettuce on them. One possible exception might be if it was a cross section slice of a really tight, crispy Romaine.

I LOVE a good grilled cheese, with raw onion and tomato. This is a variation with a twist or two.

I'm not crazy about bread, so I only make them a few different ways. Either with good, healthy, sprouted grain bread, pita bread, sandwich rounds -or- what my family used to call 'crud bread.' Pure white garbage bread, with no redeeming nutritive value. If you're not concerned about nutrition, I will say, crud bread makes delicious PB&J's, day-after-Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches-slathered with mayonnaise, and perfect grilled cheese, made with butter and American cheese.

This time, I started with a multi-grain Sandwich Skinny, basically a round pita, sliced horizontally, all the way across. Mayo on the inside of both pieces, a big 1/4" slice of raw onion and beefsteak tomato, a sprinkle of crumbled bacon, sliced Dubliner cheese (which is sort of a Parmesan-Gruyere cheese)

Now this is where things take a turn. . .

Instead of spreading the outside with butter, try using MAYONNAISE! Heat a non-stick pan, place one mayo-ed side down. Cover and let it toast and heat through for a minute or two. Spread mayo on the top, flip it, cover it and turn off the heat. Leave it on the hot burner for another 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

Mmmmm. . .Crispy-Grilled-Perfection! 😊 . . Lin

Grilled Cheese and Vegetable Sandwich

1 Sandwich Skinny

1 slice American Cheese

finely chopped:

pickle, carrot, onion

1T butter

mayonnise

Fix the sandwich as shown in the first photo, spreading one half with mayonnaise and pressing the cut vegetables into it.  The other side with the cheese.  Put the halves together, butter the top and place the bottom into a heated non-stick pan with melted butter.  Flip when it's sizzling, cover, remove from heat and let the other side 'cook' this way for a couple minutes.  Slice and serve.

What's better than this sandwich made with chopped spicy dill pickles?

MORE pickles to eat with it!!  Sweet and Dill. . .Mmmm. . .Lin