Healthy Greek Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe

Nov 30 2023
One of the best ways to eat your veggies? Sneak ’em into a grilled cheese! We all know how much spinach shrinks when you cook it, and we fit a whole cup of raw greens in this sandwich without even breaking a sweat. Plus, the great Greek flavor from the olives and feta makes this recipe a total winner.



Hungry Girl's Healthy Greek Grilled Cheese Recipe

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Entire recipe: 307 calories, 10g total fat (4g sat. fat), 664mg sodium, 39.5g carbs, 8g fiber, 11g sugars, 15.5g protein

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Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped spinach leaves

3 tbsp. light/low-fat ricotta cheese

2 tbsp. crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese

2 tbsp. bagged or rinsed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

1 tbsp. sliced black or Kalamata olives

1/8 tsp. garlic powder

2 slices whole grain bread with 60–80 calories per slice

2 tsp. light butter

Directions:

In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave spinach for 45 seconds, or until wilted. Pat dry. Add all remaining ingredients except bread and butter. Mix until uniform.

Spread mixture onto one bread slice. Top with remaining bread slice. Spread the top of the sandwich with 1 tsp. butter.

Bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat. Add sandwich, buttered side down.

Spread the top with remaining 1 tsp. butter. Cook until bread is golden brown and cheese is hot, about 2 minutes per side, flipping carefully.

MAKES 1 SERVING

Chew on this:

It’s the last day of November, National Peanut Butter Lovers Month! Condolences to Mikey (if you know, you know—right, podcast fans?), and we suggest making these secretly healthy Peanut Butter Blondies, using powdered peanut butter.

Send your friends this healthy Greek grilled cheese sandwich recipe—it’s either that or take them on a Mediterranean vacation!

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