My Ultimate Gooey Grilled Cheese (With & Without Tomato!)

bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: white bread

Whole grain bread is more nutritious.

cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Low-fat cheese reduces calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can enhance flavor.

Gather all ingredients and equipment: a non-stick pan with a glass lid, cutting board, knife, and thin spatula.

Set the heat on the stove to low.

Take 4 slices of thick fresh white bread and set them aside.

Spread soft room temperature butter evenly on one side of each slice of bread, ensuring full coverage from top to bottom.

Slice the beef steak tomato into medium-thick slices, ensuring they are not too thick or too thin.

Place one slice of bread, butter side down, into the preheated non-stick pan.

Layer 2 slices of American cheese on top of the bread in the pan.

Add a layer of tomato slices on top of the cheese, if desired.

Top with another slice of bread, butter side up.

Cover the pan with the glass lid to help melt the cheese and brown the bread evenly.

After a few minutes, check the sandwich; when the bottom is golden brown, carefully flip the sandwich using the thin spatula.

Once flipped, cover again and cook until the other side is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Remove the sandwich from the pan and let it rest for a minute before slicing.

Serve the grilled cheese sandwich hot, with or without tomato.

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