Grill

Is there anyone who doesn't like grilled cheese? When my daughter was a baby, my good friend Andrea (who has a daughter the same age) made grilled cheese sandwiches for the two of us when we had our weekly visit at her house. There was something so warm and comforting about eating buttery grilled cheese while watching our babies attempt to crawl, or build houses out of blocks. Andrea moved away when our girls were about 10 years old, but hanging out with her and eating are some of the fondest memories of our day to day friendship. <br /> <br />While throwing vegetables into grilled cheese sandwiches has been a habit of mine for a long time, my grilled cheese life was transformed by Christina Tosi's genius grilled cheese that uses mayo on the outside of the bread instead of butter. I'll frequently use leftover vegetables from the night before, but I particularly like the combination of butter sautéed mushrooms and super sharp aged Gruyere. (If you haven't made the leap to aged Gruyere, do; it's transformative.) <br /> <br />So this recipe is a tribute to my long friendship with Andrea--with gratitude to Christina Tosi, who made my grilled these life so much better.

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