Grilled Cheese Sandwich

 Ingredients: 3-seed sourdough bread, Pepper Jack cheese, yellow onion

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I'm a day late in celebrating the month-long grilled cheese month (April), but here's my May Day grilled cheese to make up for it. Using a stove-top grill pan to toast bread is the best thing ever - you'll never have regular toast again. It adds a richer, earthier flavor to the bread that you could never get from those bright orange coils in a toaster.  

I sautéed about 1/8 of a yellow onion quickly in olive oil just to add a bit of texture to the sandwich. You could add anything you want, really; the yellow onions get really sweet and caramelized after sautéeing them and balance nicely with the saltiness of the cheese.  And nothing fancy with the cheese either; just simple Pepper Jack slices from Trader Joe's.

The key is to get a grill press to add some weight on top of the sandwich as the cheese melts and all the flavors come together. I didn't need to add any salt and pepper either! Serve with a simple spinach salad with a squeeze of lemon and olive oil and you got yourself a simple Sunday night dinner.