Green Grilled Cheese

Am I being healthy for slipping some vegetables into a grilled cheese? Or am I ruining any health benefits of spinach by placing it between butter bread and lots of cheese.  Either way, this is a delicious grilled cheese.

Green Grilled Cheese
Adapted from I am a Food Blog
makes 2 sandwiches

• oil
• leek, cleaned, trimmed, and sliced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 to 3 handfuls of spinach
• 2-4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 4 slices of fancy bread, I used asiago bread
• 2-4 tablespoons pesto
• shredded Fontina and white cheddar
• 1 avocado, sliced

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add oil to cover the bottom of the skillet. Add leek slices and minced garlic.  Cook until soft, about 5 minutes, then add spinach. Cook until wilted, constantly tossing, about 2 minutes.  Remove from heat and set aside.

Butter one side of each slice of bread then lay slices on a cutting board, butter side down.  Spread pesto on each slice.  Top half the slices with 1/2 the cheese, then avocado, then spinach mixture, then the rest of the cheese and top with the piece of bread, pesto side down and butter side out.

Heat the skillet over medium heat and move the sandwiches to the pan. Fry until golden and crispy then flip until the other side is golden and crispy.