{"id":47,"date":"2017-02-10T19:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T19:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/?p=47"},"modified":"2017-02-21T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:00:59","slug":"caprese-panini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/2017\/02\/10\/caprese-panini\/","title":{"rendered":"Caprese Panini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, just like any average Friday afternoon I was spending my time on Pinterest when I really should be studying for a Chemistry exam. \u00a0I know, I know..I really shouldn&#8217;t be doing that. \u00a0But, IF I hadn&#8217;t been doing so, I would not have stumbled across this AMAZING recipe. \u00a0The best part was that I had all of the ingredients for it. Score.<\/p>\n<p>After a stressful week, I rewarded myself with a Caprese panini. \u00a0Trust me it tastes a lot like Caprese, but it&#8217;s in sandwich form so it&#8217;s ten times better. \u00a0If you&#8217;ve never had Caprese then you absolutely have to try this recipe and if you truly have no idea what I am talking about..<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Caprese: A simple Italian dish consisting of slices of mozzarella, tomatoes and basil while seasoned with salt and olive oil&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At a serving perspective, this dish runs pretty cheap. \u00a0But, I do understand that not every person has a jar of pesto laying around. \u00a0If you where to go to Walmart or another grocery store to get all of these ingredients, you&#8217;re looking at about 7 dollars in expenses. \u00a0Still pretty acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Overall Price: $5<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>-2 slices of any kind of bread (thicker slices preferably)<\/p>\n<p>-1 tomato (.50 cents)<\/p>\n<p>-1 table spoon of pesto sauce (.20 cents)<\/p>\n<p>-2 slices of mozzarella cheese ($1.00 dollar)<\/p>\n<p>-2 table spoons of balsamic vinegar (.50 cents)<\/p>\n<p>-butter<\/p>\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Cut tomato into medium sized slices and put in bowl of balsamic vinegar to sit for a few minutes \u00a0(the picture wasn&#8217;t really appealing..)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. Butter both sides of bread thoroughly and layer the sandwich with pesto, a slice of mozzarella, the soaked tomato slices and another slice of mozzarella<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8122-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8122\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8122-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8122-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8122.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Heat skillet pan to a medium heat and cook each side of the sandwich for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/1486753445-copy-39-dragged.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-56\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/files\/2017\/02\/1486753445-copy-39-dragged-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"1486753445 copy-39 (dragged)\" width=\"328\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Overall Thoughts: \u00a0I could eat this panini for any meal of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, just like any average Friday afternoon I was spending my time on Pinterest when I really should be studying for a Chemistry exam. \u00a0I know, I know..I really shouldn&#8217;t be doing that. \u00a0But, IF I hadn&#8217;t been doing so, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/2017\/02\/10\/caprese-panini\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293673],"tags":[2543,327756],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lunchdinner","tag-lunch","tag-panini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}