Mmm, sandwiches!

Well, now that I have a little more time on my hands, hopefully I can cook and write a little more!

My sister works at Panera and gets an amazing discount. Great news for carb fiends like me, so whenever I'm near her store and she's at work, I try to stop by and grab a little something.

Tuesday, I picked up a loaf of tomato basil bread. It's got cinnamon on the top crust, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. It's just so trendy lately to put cinnamon in everything, and... truth is, I'm not crazy about the cinnamon love. I think it works, but the grilled sandwich I made last night tasted a little too much like French toast at the top.

Still, they were delicious. I'm at work right now, absolutely starving and craving about six more sandwiches.

Ingredients

• 4 slices of tomato basil bread
• 1 small tomato, sliced
• mozzarella cheese, sliced
• 3-4 basil leaves, chopped
• black pepper
• 1/2 small onion, sliced

Directions

1. Oh, for [stuff]'s sake, you know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich.

Hot damn! Now THAT'S a sandwich!

Ah, the grilled cheese sandwich. It's a staple of American childhood.

If you grew up in the U.S., you probably ate a lot of grilled cheese sangwiches as a kid -- except it was a slice of Kraft American Cheese between two slices of white bread, and possibly with a can of Campbell's tomato soup.

BO-RING!

C'mon, now, class it up a little!

Ingredients

• 1/2 small white onion, sliced into rings
  
• 1 cup shredded extra-sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 Roma tomato, sliced lengthwise
• 4 slices of bacon, cooked
• 4 slices of sourdough bread
• butter for the bread

Directions

1. Butter the sides of the bread that you'll grill. You know how you keep the PB&J on the inside when you're making a PBJ sandwich? Yeah. Not like that at all. Do the exact opposite of that.
   
2. Sprinkle half the cheese on one slice of bread. Add half the tomato slices, bacon, and onions. Put the other slice of bread on top. Make another sandwich!
   
3. Put the sandwiches in a hot skillet and cook until the bottom browns and the cheese is melty, then cook the other side.
4. Slice 'em in half and eat. Hot damn, now that's a sandwich!