This post for Italian Grilled Cheese Panini Bites is sponsored by Mirum Shopper, but all opinions expressed are my own.
Today while we were out running errands, I told my husband I wanted to make something special for dinner and asked him to stop at Safeway before we went home. By fancy I meant something more than a box of pasta, but rather bite sized cheese Panini sandwiches.
I love my neighborhood Safeway, it's within walking distance of my house and have everything I need to make a yummy meal for my husband and I!
And right now? Safeway is giving away ten thousand dollars! There are two ways to enter, you can enter daily for the chance to be a weekly winner of a $50 grocery gift card OR upload a receipt of your valid purchase* for your chance at the grand prize of $10,000. Learn more about Safeway’s $10,000 giveaway and the full rules by clicking on the image below! Hurry, it ends 9/1/16!
My inspiration came from one of the recipes on the Safeway website, for their “Make More of Mealtime” campaign – I found this recipe for Italian Grilled Cheese Panini Bites and I had to try it. It's kind of hard to go wrong with a caprese panini!
Recipe from: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter – For Safeway. Used with permission.
Italian Grilled Cheese Panini Bites
Makes 24 mini-sandwiches | Prep Time 20 min |Cook Time 15 min
Ingredients
• 2 medium red, yellow and/or orange tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 12 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
• 24 fresh basil leaves*
• 1 whole grain French baguette, cut into ¼-inch slices
• ¼ cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
Directions
1. Evenly arrange tomatoes, cheese and basil on ½ of the bread slices, then top with remaining bread slices. Evenly spread top side of sandwiches with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread.
2. Grill** sandwiches, turning once, 4 minutes or until golden. Garnish, if desired, with additional basil.
*SUBSTITUTION: Use prepared pesto instead of basil leaves.
**Sandwiches can also be cooked in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat as above.Cost per recipe*: $13.10.
Cost per sandwich*: $0.52.
*Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.
Now, the recipe uses a grill pan or skillet, but I had to use my Panini press. My Panini press goes in waves of use. We’ll go a good 7 to 10 days of using it daily, and then nothing for a month or two. So sad.
Let’s just stay I should have stopped at three of those delicious cheesy Panini sandwiches and not eaten four. Because SO MUCH CHEESE. But they were so so good!
Don’t these little sandwiches look amazing? Make More Of MealTime and check out the other awesome recipes you can try!
Renee
Those look absolutely amazing ! They just put a Safeway in our town about a year ago and I love shopping there.
Kerri Jablonski
They were sooo good! I cannot wait to make them again. They were even a hit with my 6 year old.