Spinach - Cheese Sandwich

Event: Blogging Marathon #42
Theme: Easy Tiffins 

This spinach - cheese sandwich is a light yet filling snack for evenings or a quick breakfast / lunch box option.

Ingredients: (3 servings)
6 brown bread slices
1 to 2 tbsp butter
1 cup or about 5 oz frozen spinach or a little more quantity if using fresh spinach
A handful of corn (I used frozen one.)
A pinch of salt (optional since the cheese slices contain salt.)
Crushed black pepper to taste
6 cheese slices

Method:
* Thaw the frozen spinach in the microwave. Heat butter in a pan and add spinach and corn. Saute until the spinach is cooked and add pepper and salt if using. Fry for few seconds and turn off the stove.
* Place 3 bread slices on a baking sheet. Place one cheese slice on each of them. Spoon the cooked spinach mixture equally among the three bread slices such that the mixture is equally spread on the cheese slices. Cover each of them again with a cheese slice and a slice of bread. 
Finally the arrangement should be in this order - A bread slice, cheese, spinach mixture, cheese and another bread slice. Or you can use both cheese slices on the bottom bread slice itself. 
* Turn on the oven at 180 deg C / 350 deg F. There is no need to wait until the oven preheats. Place the baking sheet in the oven. There is no need to preheat the oven. Bake until the cheese melts and turn off the oven.
* Serve warm.

Note:
* I used cheddar cheese slices. However you can add white cheese as well and add directly to the spinach mixture while cooking. Just spoon the mixture between two bread slices and toast.
* I used the convection oven but a toaster oven / toaster can be used or the bread can be directly toasted on a griddle.

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Corn - Capsicum Toasties

I have started to take interest in a couple of television cook shows recently and had started to record the episodes. I leisurely go through them to see if anything catches my attention. I wanted to try a couple of corn recipes that I saw on khana khazana and chose this "corn" theme for that specific reason. This simple and filling sandwich was one of them and can be a great breakfast / snack item.

Ingredients:
8 brown bread slices
1 cup boiled sweet corn kernels
1 capsicum finely chopped
2 green chilies finely chopped
1.5 cups finely grated cheese
8 black peppercorns, crushed

Method:
* Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius / 350 deg F. While the oven is preheating, put the slices directly on the oven rack to toast them. Or you can choose to toast them in a toaster or on stove top.
* Combine all the other remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
* Remove the toasted slices from the oven and spread the mixture equally over the slices.
* Put them back in the preheated oven. Again place them directly on the rack and remove them when cheese starts to melt.

 This is going to be a part of BM #35 under the theme of "Cooking with Corn". Check what other marathoners are cooking here.

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