Grilled Cheese with Feta Recipe
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Jump to Recipe Watch VideoThis 10-minute Grilled Cheese with Feta recipe is simple, quick, and family friendly! A great lunch recipe with feta cheese for an extra pop of flavor. Ready in just a few minutes, this is a fun weeknight meal the whole family will love.
This feta grilled cheese recipe is a quick meal, and super versatile. You can add your favorite ingredients into the sandwich like sliced tomato, roasted red pepper, or a spread of pesto.
We have been loving feta cheese lately! Its such a great addition to salads, wraps, or pasta – and now grilled cheese! Since I work from home, I love coming up with quick and easy lunches that I can make on my lunch breaks – and this warm sandwich is a favorite. It’s ready in 10 minutes, has only a few simple ingredients, and totally delicious and satisfying.
Golden brown on the outside, and gooey in the center.
Feta cheese doesn’t exactly melt like mozzarella cheese or cheddar, so you won’t get any glorious cheese pulls with this sandwich. It does however bring a ton of extra flavor to your sandwich, and makes any grilled cheese feel like a grown up treat.
This Grilled Cheese with Feta Recipe Is:
- Crisp
- Toasty
- Savory
- Salty
- Loaded with Flavor
- Versatile: Add any vegetables into your sandwich.
- Vegetarian, can easily made gluten free by using a GF Certified bread.
What’s In This Vegetarian Feta Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe?
- Slices of Bread: any kind you would normally use for a sandwich. You can use white, wheat, rye, gluten free, whole grain, sourdough bread, or pumpernickel – any crusty bread of your choice.
- Feta cheese: I used a crumbled feta, but if you buy a block of feta soaked in water, make sure to pat it dry and slice thin before adding it to the sandwich.
- Large Tomatoes: I added fresh tomatoes, cut into thick tomato slices
- Butter or cooking spray for spraying the pan: you can also use extra virgin olive oil for a vegan version.
More Delicious Ingredients for Add-Ins
You could add in sliced red onion. but you can add any of your favorite vegetables: peppers, kalamata olives, or spinach would also be delicious.
Fresh spinach or even cooked spinach (drained and patted dry with a paper towel) would be a great addition to these cheese sandwiches.
Or add other types of melty cheese: parmesan cheese or cheddar
Add fresh oregano leaves or parsley, fresh basil, or any fresh herbs you love.
Or add in sun-dried tomatoes or roasted red peppers.
What To Serve with This Grilled Cheese
I love serving this with a simple salad: a fresh mixed greens and spinach mixture, with a little lemon juice and olive oil, and a pinch of salt and black pepper.
You could also serve this great grilled cheese with fresh fruit, a fresh pickle, or chips if desired.
How Do I Make Feta Grilled Cheese?
- Heat a large skillet or non-stick pan over medium heat.
- Assemble the sandwich: layer thick sliced tomatoes (or any other toppings) and add the feta cheese sandwich. Butter the one side of each slice of bread, and place the butter side of the bread down in the hot skillet.
- Toast on low heat for 3 or 4 minutes until bottoms of the grilled cheese begins to brown. Flip, and continue to cook for another 2 or 3 minutes. To get the inside of the sandwich hot, you can place a lid over the pan after flipping the sandwich. Once the bread has browned, remove pan from heat, carefully slice sandwich, and enjoy!
Dietary Modifications
- This recipe is naturally vegetarian – just make sure you use vegetarian ‘toppings’ in the sandwich.
- For a gluten free grilled cheese, use certified gluten free bread.
- To make vegan or dairy free, just substitute out the feta cheese for a vegan version, and the butter for olive oil to toast the bread.
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Grilled Cheese with Feta
Equipment
- non-stick skillet
Ingredients
- 4 slices bread use gluten free if desired
- 4 ounces feta cheese crumbled
- 1 to mato thickly sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Optional Other Additions: roasted red pepper spinach, pesto, kalamata olives, etc.
Instructions
- Heat a skillet or pan over low heat.
- Assemble the sandwich: layer thick sliced tomatoes (or any other toppings) and add the feta cheese sandwich. Butter the outside pieces of bread, and place in the skillet.
- Toast on low heat for 3 or 4 minutes until bottoms of the grilled cheese begins to brown. Flip, and continue to cook for another 2 or 3 minutes. To get the inside of the sandwich hot, you can place a lid over the pan after flipping the sandwich. Once the bread has browned, remove pan from heat, carefully slice sandwich, and enjoy!
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Notes
Dietary Modifications
- This recipe is naturally vegetarian – just make sure you use vegetarian ‘toppings’ in the sandwich.
- For a gluten free grilled cheese, use certified gluten free bread.
- To make vegan or dairy free, just substitute out the feta cheese for a vegan version, and the butter for olive oil to toast the bread.
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So good
A great lunch or supper. Yum