Grilled Cheese for a Bad Day with Scallion Mayonnaise

Jun 16, 2022 · in Family Style

Imagine, you are in the middle of a work day. It's 2 PM and your anxiety is through the roof as the day toggles between the dings of Slack notifications and your constant need to pee (which in turn makes you think of your mortality because who pees this much in their early 30's, you must be aging and therefore DYING). You say, fuck it, life is too short to drown in existential dread, I must find a soft surface and eat a damn good grilled cheese!

And so the laptop lid closes early, and your pursuit to treat yourself with grilled cheese begins, coworkers be damned. Despite your mild lactose intolerance, you find some nice sharp cheddar and gruyere in the cheese aisle, because eating fancy cheese while having to constantly rip a fart is life's way of letting you know not to take itself too seriously. The cheese is slowly melted on top of thick slices of your favorite loaf of bread, oozing alongside tart slices of apples and a scallion mayonnaise. You dip the sandwich into its best friend creamy tomato and ginger soup. The couch becomes filled with crumbs, shuffling its way down the buttcrack of your sofa to join the one ankle sock and Apple remote you still haven't found, but you don't care because you're watching Top Chef while eating your second grilled cheese. There's something so satisfying about indulging in food while watching other people cook even more delicious food, the perfect remedy to a bad day.

–Frankie
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At a glance

Yield

4 Grilled Cheese

Time

20 minutes

Ingredients

Bread

1 loaf of good bread (sourdough or walnut bread are yum)

Butter

Filling

4 ounces sharp cheddar

4 ounces gruyere

1 large apple, thinly sliced

Spread

4 scallions, diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon honey



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Bread

1 loaf of good bread (sourdough or walnut bread are yum)

Butter

Filling

4 ounces sharp cheddar

4 ounces gruyere

1 large apple, thinly sliced

Spread

4 scallions, diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon honey