White Spinach Pizza Grilled Cheese

Not much of an exciting story behind this one, just one afternoon felt like making a sandwich for the three of us. Well, to make it less boring than 'just a sandwich' thought of playing a little with some stuff I had in the fridge. Didn't feel like a cold sandwich and what better than a grilled cheese with a twist to make a warm sandwich. With some crafty use of ricotta, mozzarella and spinach, I could give it a catchy name as well, a name with the word 'pizza' in it. The little one sure bought it and loved it too. Let me know what you think.

Ingredients:

Ricotta		1/4 cup
Mozzarella		3/4 cup, part skim, shredded
Frozen spinach		1/2 cup, thawed, chopped
Garlic powder		1 tsp
Green chilli		1 minced or to taste
Italian seasoning		1/4 tsp
Basil leaves		2 julienned
Black pepper, Salt		to taste
Olive oil		for cooking and spreading on the bread
4 slices of bread		any kind of your choice, I use whole wheat

Method:
1. Heat a non-stick skillet or grill pan over medium heat. Mix the first 8 ingredients in a medium bowl, set aside.
2. Brush the outside of each slice of bread with oil, spread the ricotta mix on the inside,  season with salt and pepper and finally top the other slice of bread.
3. Place sandwich in the pan, cover with lid and cook until sandwich is golden brown on bottom, about 2 minutes. Then lift sandwich out of skillet and drizzle with some olive oil into skillet and evenly on the sandwich. Carefully flip sandwich to the other side, cover with lid and continue to cook for 2 min until bottom side is golden brown and cheese is melted through. Serve immediately with some marinara. ENJOY!

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