Weather: I honestly don't know...sorry guys! When I initially planned on preparing this meal at 5:30, it was 68 degrees; but then this happened. All I do know was that it was 8:55 when I began cooking and it was dark and comfortable.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
After our little adventures and we got home, I began preparing dinner. Earlier he had requested Grilled ham and swiss cheese sandwiches. For the past 2 days I have been craving wedged lettuce salad. So, we both enjoyed a great meal together!
Here's how it goes in these 15 minutes:
Butter one side of two slices of bread for each sandwich. I place on slice of bread in the pan butter side down; but one slice of cheese down, one slice of ham, and another slice of cheese, and the other slice of bread butter side up. I do the two slices of cheese because I have found this keeps the sandwich melted together very well. After all the sandwiches are in the pan, turn on the heat to medium.
Now, I move to the lettuce. Take a full head of lettuce and cut it in half from the core to the top. Take this half and lay it down (flat cut side down). Cut this in half as well. You know have two wedges of a head of lettuce. For me, I use one wedge per person. Take a wedge and place it on a plate (the uncut portion touching the plate). You should have the point from the two cuts sticking up with both cut edges exposed. I like to sprinkle a little bit of cheese over this then drizzle dressing over the entire wedge. I use a zigzag pattern across it. Then I sprinkle a little more cheese over that and, if I have it, I will also sprinkle some crushed bacon or sunflower seeds or other topping to give it some texture.
Now, go back to the pan and flip those sandwiches over. They should be nice and golden brown on the cooked side. This is where I clean up the remaining mess: put away the rest of the head of lettuce, dressing, cheese, and everything else I used.
By this time, the other side of the sandwiches should be golden brown and ready to go on the plate and sliced in half (I prefer the triangle slice, but whichever one you like is fine by me).
So, a quick simple meal, how does it score:
Appropriate for the temperature: 5. Considering it had significantly cooled down...
Filling: 4, it's amazing how much that wedge of lettuce fills you!
Healthy: 4.5...something about the fried butter sandwich makes me think it's not the healthiest
Ease: 3.5; you do need to be able to multitask if you do it my way; however you could do one thing at a time and it wouldn't be a problem; but add on top of that the perfect flipping time.
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