Turkey, Havarti Spinach Panini

This scrumptious Turkey, Havarti Spinach Panini makes for an excellent restaurant-style sandwich without leaving your home!

I really love ordering grilled sandwiches at restaurants, but eating out these days is rare.  

With 3 children under the age of 5, we only eat out when:

a. the kids and I meet Dan for lunch during the week,

b. Dan and I are feeling adventurous and want to eat out on the weekends as a family or

c. it’s date night.  

As you may imagine, the first two options do not happen frequently and date night doesn’t happen as often as we’d like, thus, I sometimes try to make some of my favorite restaurant foods at home.  That’s when I decided to create this Turkey, Havarti and Spinach Panini.

I originally wanted to name this sandwich a grilled cheese, but apparently the definition of grilled cheese is a sandwich made with sliced bread and a panini is a grilled sandwich made from bread that is not from sliced bread.  I’m not sure these are the exact legal definitions of these sandwiches, but I’ll stick to them for now.

I actually made two paninis: one with deli ham (Dan’s favorite) and the other with deli turkey (my favorite).  And then I made the grilled cheese and ham sandwich below made with whole wheat bread for the kids. In case you’re wondering I do not normally make 3 different items for a meal.

Dan and I enjoyed our paninis with a new creation of mine, asparagus topped with blue cheese and various seasonings.  

I didn’t expect the blue cheese to melt as much as it did but let me tell you, no matter how it looks, it was amazingly delicious!

Tip: I pushed down on top of the sandwiches while grilling to flatten the ciabatta bread a bit since it’s a fairly thick bread.  

I also covered the sandwiches with a stock pot lid while they were on the skillet to help speed up the cooking time. 

Havarti, Turkey and Spinach Panini

Restaurant style panini without leaving your home!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

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• 2 herb cheese ciabatta bread sliced
• 4 slices Havarti cheese
• 4 slices deli turkey OR ham
• 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves
• light butter or spray butter

Instructions

 

• Heat skillet to medium-low heat.
• Coat the ciabatta bread with butter spray or butter spread.
• Add 1 slice of Havarti cheese, 2 slices of deli turkey (or ham), spinach leaves and 1 slice of Havarti cheese in between each bread slices.
• Cook until cheese is melted and bread is toasted, turn frequently.

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Looking for side dishes to go along with your favorite panini or grilled cheese sandwich?  Check out these ideas…

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