Spinach and Artichoke Grilled Cheese
and green salad with pears
This creamy, vegetable-loaded grilled cheese sandwich is a comfort food classic that always gets great reviews when we feature it in meal plans. It's like having a warm spinach and artichoke dip that you can hold in your hand! This meal was last featured in 2020.
Ingredients
- Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped
- Artichoke hearts, frozen or canned - 8 oz, chopped
- Cheese, provolone - 6 oz, shredded or finely chopped
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Baby spinach - 5 oz
- Mayonnaise - 3 Tbsp
- Bread, sandwich - 8 slices
- Butter - 2 Tbsp
- Lettuce, green leaf - 6 oz, chopped (sub any salad greens)
- Pears, any variety - 1, sliced
- Mustard, Dijon - 2 tsp
- Honey - 2 tsp
- Vinegar, balsamic - 2 tsp
- Oil, olive - 2 Tbsp
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Prep
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Garlic / Artichoke hearts / Cheese - Prep as directed. Store in separate containers. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
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Lettuce / Pears - Prep as directed.
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Make
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Heat a non-stick frying pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Add cooking oil, garlic, and artichoke hearts to heated oil. Saute until garlic is fragrant, ~1 minute. Add spinach and a pinch of salt. Saute until spinach is wilted and most of the liquid has cooked off, 3 to 4 minutes.
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Transfer spinach mixture to a mixing bowl and allow to cool slightly. Stir in mayonnaise and cheese. Season with some salt and pepper if needed.
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Wipe out pan and return it to heat.
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Assemble grilled cheese sandwiches by buttering one side of each piece of bread. Place half the slices of bread buttered-side down in hot pan. Top with spinach-artichoke filling and then add remaining bread, buttered-side up. Cook until bottom of bread is golden brown, ~3 minutes. Flip and cook on the other side until filling is completely melted, ~3 minutes more.
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While sandwiches cook, whisk together mustard, honey, vinegar, and olive oil. Toss with pears and lettuce.
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Slice sandwiches and enjoy with salad on the side.
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Reviews
Ratings
Most Helpful
He gave it 4.5 stars, I’d probably say 3. Not a huge fan of artichokes, but always a big fan of cheese. Salad wad plain, but everything came together quickly. Not great for having leftovers to take for lunch the next day which is our usual plan.
1 Helpful25 reviews
This was a hit with everyone. I used apples instead of pears in the salad because that is what I had.
0 HelpfulI failed at this one last year but wanted to give another try because I love spinach artichoke dip. Boy am I glad I did! So good! Added the pears to the grilled cheese itself which was amazing.
0 HelpfulRich and delicious! This is a great recipe to have kids help with… stirring the filling, whisking the dressing, tossing the salad
0 HelpfulIt's like artichoke dip in a grilled cheese! What's not to love? :) We used frozen spinach and just drained and squeezed a little before adding.
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