Turkey Rueben Panini
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Serves:
Time Required: 15 (21 min. total)

Sandwiches are great but they can lose their charm after you have had hundreds of them.  This recipe brings back some of the excitement and is also a quick dinner when paired with some soup. The turkey can easily be replaced with some good old fashioned corned beef.

Ingredients:

8 slice(s) rye bread
4 tbsp thousand island dressing
8 slice(s) Swiss cheese
1 cup(s) sauerkraut
8 oz(s) turkey lunch meat
2 cup(s) chopped spinach -- finely shredded
1 tomato(es) -- sliced thin

Directions

Prep Work: Rinse and dry enough spinach leaves to cover 4 sanwiches.

1. Lay out bread on a cutting board and spread each piece with dressing.

2. Top four of the bread slices with one slice of cheese, spinach leaves, 1/4 c. sauerkraut, tomato slices, 1/4 of the meat, and another slice of cheese. 

3. Top each off with the remaining bread, putting the dressing side face down.

4. Drizzle 2 tsps. olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place one sandwich in pan and turn it to spread oil. 

5. Place another heavy skillet on top of sandwich while it cooks for 2 minutes.

6. Take off top pan, pick up sandwich with spatula, add one more tsp. olive oil, and return sandwich and top pan; cook 2 minutes more.  Place in covered dish to keep warm while making others.

Serving Suggestion:  Cut and cook Honey Sweetened Carrots while sandwiches are cooking.  And/ Or buy some tomato soup in a 32 oz. fluid box.  Put it in a pan to warm on low before you start to make the sandwiches.  For something raw and for a mega dose of vitamin C, try fresh red bell peppers seeded and cut into slices, or try the GREAT Raw Broccoli.