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Avocado Cheese Panini Recipe

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Sometimes simple is best.

Avocado Cheese Panini. This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.

Scratch that. Most times simple is best.

While I do rather enjoy a sassy pair of stilettos and the occasional red dress, my life is pretty basic, if you’re willing to overlook my neurosis, that is. I’m fairly laid back, provided the kitchen is clean and organized at all times. No biggie. I’m even okay with a dirty dish or two in the sink, although coffee grinds are a whole ‘nother story and best left for a different day.

Avocado Cheese Panini. This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.

I’m a down to earth kind of gal, at least I like to think so, and an exciting weekend might involve playing in the dirt one day, also known as yard work, and an afternoon cocktail the next. If I’m really lucky, they happen simultaneously because yard work and a cold cider are a match made in heaven. Just one though since I have tendency to cut through extension cords with the hedge trimmer, rendering them completely useless. I can’t even count the number of times it’s happened.

Confession: it was three and I was booze free for all of them. I get a little excited.

Avocado Cheese Panini. This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.

“This weekend is already set and planned,” she says with a contented sigh, and it looks to be wonderful.  

I intend to spend this evening on the couch, in my pajamas, with the Hubby on one side and Oscar on the other, catching up on Game of Thrones. Who am I kidding? Oscar will be in my lap. He tends to get a smidge territorial when the Hubby comes round. Good thing the Hubby doesn’t get at all competitive back (cough, cough).

Saturday, I’ve got some outdoor yoga on the agenda followed by food, because hungry. Then I’m going to make my way to a street art festival and if I’m lucky, I’ll squeeze in a nap, before grabbing dinner and drinks with friends. 

Sunday will be low key, which means a walk in the park and hopefully some blogging with a side of kitchen antics. I got a shitton of garlic scapes in my most recent CSA, so I fully intend to bust out the food processor and go crazy, which loosely translates to make ungodly amounts of pesto. It’s a good life.

Avocado Cheese Panini. This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.

Speaking of, I’ve determined pesto is the Midas touch for food. Seriously, add pesto to anything and it’s infinitely better. This sandwich for example. While the combination of mozzarella, sun-ripened tomatoes (gotta love those first few tomatoes of the season) and avocado is a winner already, the simple addition of pesto kicks it up another notch.

Be still my garlic loving heart.

Avocado Cheese Panini. This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.

This sandwich is literally a handful ingredients which means it comes together quickly and easily, especially after a long workday when you want good food, fast. The taste, well I’d say phenomenal is an understatement, although I am a bit biased. The simple fact is I made this for dinner on Tuesday, when it was late and I was tired. I had zero intentions of turning it into a recipe post. Then I took that first bite, and sweet baby jesus. By the time the sandwich was done, I knew I needed to share. I had a moral obligation to bring this goodness into your life, so much so I made it again on Wednesday and took pictures.

Honestly, things this easy to make have no business tasting this good. You’ll get no complaints from me though. In fact, pass me a sandwich please.

Avocado Cheese Panini
Serves 1
This mouthwatering sandwich combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. With only a handful of ingredients, it comes together quickly and easily, and tastes out of this world.
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Prep Time
6 min
Cook Time
5 min
Total Time
11 min
Prep Time
6 min
Cook Time
5 min
Total Time
11 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 slices good quality Sandwich Bread, I used Multigrain Bread
  2. 1/3 an Avocado, sliced.
  3. A couple slices of a Beefsteak Tomato
  4. A couple slices Mozzarella Cheese
  5. 1 - 2 Tbsps. of prepared Pesto
  6. Olive Oil for shortening agent of your choice
Instructions
  1. Turn on your Panini maker.*
  2. Spread pesto on one slice of bread. Top with mozzarella cheese slices, avocado slices, and tomato slices. Finish with the other slice of bread. Spread a touch of olive oil onto the bottom of Panini maker and also the top slice of bread.
  3. Place sandwich on Panini maker, with the unoiled slice of bread on the bottom. Close lid and let grill for five minutes, until the sandwich is golden brown on the outside and warm on the inside.
  4. Remove from Panini maker and let sit for two minutes, allowing the cheese to firm up slightly.
Notes
  1. If you don't have a Panini maker, you can make this on a skillet on the stove, no problem. Be sure to oil both outside slices of bread and flip the sandwich halfway through cooking. Cook on both sides until golden brown on the outside and warm on the inside.
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Avocado Cheese Panini - the sandwich which combines creamy avocado, sun-ripened tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and pesto.Since the Panini maker has officially been pulled out of storage, also known as the cabinet on the far side of the kitchen, I’ll be whipping up a sandwich storm this summer. Brace yourselves.

Do you own a Panini maker? What’s your favorite sandwich combination?   

Comments

  2. Brittany says

    I DO own a panini maker, and squashing the bread between those heated plates takes a meal from an 8 to 500 in a matter of seconds. So much crunchy goodness. This looks so good. So so good.
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  5. Sara says

    Awww yay! I had a really bad day today, and as I said on IG this is one of the only food pictures that really got me physically excited. Which sounds sexual, but it’s not. Ok maybe it is, I don’t know.
    Anyway, thank you for brightening my day with this beautiful beauty of a sammy.
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  6. Heather@hungryforbalance says

    Yes, to the pesto! On everything! I am so jealous of your abundance of garlic scapes and your upcoming abundance of pesto.
    This sandwich sounds amazing- it has been far too long since I have had a panini. With goat cheese, perhaps.
    Your pictures are always so gorgeous, btw!
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  8. Kirsten says

    Ever since my George Forman thing with the interchangeable plates died I have not had the equipment to make panini. However, in the George cookbook that came along with it, I read about the deliciousness that is fig jam, goat cheese and prosciutto. Have the spouse make one for himself. It’s wonderful. Now I need avocado, and tomato, and hell why not some bacon?, so I can make this.
    Yum.
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  9. Danielle says

    I’m on the pesto train too choochoo!!! Seriously though I’m all over this. I make a batch of pesto and chimichurri every Sunday for the week. Yes it’s all you need to take something to the sparkle shiny happy level.
    Your weekend sounds absolutely blissful!
    We are gallivanting with my crazy cousin in DC and what happens in DC stays in DC…. Oh yes
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  14. Khushboo says

    Believe it or not, I actually do own a panini maker but the credit goes to my grandmother for buying it. It might be over 20 years old and clunky as hell (no joke) but it works like a charm! Drooling at the look of this panini – flavour party in my mouth….er YES PLEASE!

    As for my favourite sandwich combo, lately that’s been eggs, sautéed mushrooms & tomato slices and of course loads of avocado!
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    • Meghan says

      You are welcome to come here any weekend you want. I will feed you loads of veggies and delicious sandwiches with a side of day drinking. I’ll even set up the hammock in the backyard for you. 🙂 Also, we’d check out CrossFit Cleveland!
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  17. Suzy says

    See, this is my kind of cooking. I could handle this, I think. And yes, sun ripened tomatoes are BOMB. I love it when I pick them and the skin is warm from the sun. The smell is divine.
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    • Meghan says

      Yes, there’s nothing quite like summer tomatoes. I love how you can be working in the kitchen and smell their juicy goodness sitting on the kitchen counter a couple feet away. That’s when I eat all the Caprese, which will also be making it’s way onto a Panini.

      Easy, simplistic and fantastic food. That’s my kind of cooking too. We’re going to have a great summer together.
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  18. Ed Forrester says

    I like fruits in sandwiches. My wife always makes us strawberries and nutella panini, so I might surprise her with your recipe. She likes healthy eats, unlike me… Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Jennifer L. says

    First picture had me drooling. Looks YUM. This meat-eating gal would easily go for this sandwich. 🙂
    I use my indoor George Foreman – it makes stellar paninis.

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  22. Amanda @ .running with spoons. says

    I don’t own a panini maker, but you’ve pretty much just convinced me that I need to go out and buy one. Which is no small feat, considering I’m super picky about the little appliances I clutter up my kitchen with. But this looks good enough to deserve some cupboard space. No promises about the counter, though 😛
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    • Meghan says

      Understand completely. My Panini press spends most days in the cupboard although I think he’ll be out for a little while now. I’d swap him for the toaster but that’s the Hubby’s favorite appliance so no dice.
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