Zucchini Gillini Panini {Annah}

Easy and delicious! If you are looking for a filling yummy vegetarian sandwich make this now. It would go great with soup for an easy good dinner. I guess this is a take on a Jason's Deli sandwich.Tyler put chicken on his and thought it was very good. The cooked veggies were great 3 days later for lunch sandwiches.

Ingredients:

• Italian loaf bread
• Roasted garlic hummus
• Spinach
• sliced tomatoes
• sliced red onion
• zucchini, sliced the long way about 1/4 inch thick {or less}
• Colby Jack cheese
•  olive oil

Directions:

If you are lucky enough to have a panini press, fire that thing up right now!

Take two slices of bread, similar in size, and brush one side with olive oil. Flip over and spread a liberal amount of the hummus on the other sides and set aside.

Take a grill pan {or a skillet will work too!} and drizzle with olive oil. Place over medium heat and lay your zucchini slices down. Salt and pepper to taste. Add the onion slices around them, and cook both until slightly browned and softened, about 5-7 minutes. {Make sure your zucchini doesn't get soggy. The cooking time will depend how thin you actually sliced it. Just remember: thicker slices = more time, thinner slices = less time,} Remove from pan and set aside.

Over medium high heat, place the olive oil side of one of the pieces of bread down on the same grill pan {or your panini press}. Layer the other ingredients, using a couple torn slices of cheese here and there to help the sandwich hold together. Top with the remaining bread slice, hummus side down. 

{Skip this step if you are using a panini press.} Using the bottom of a heat proof bowl, press down on your sandwich for about 5 minutes or until you get those great grill marks on the cooked side. Using a spatula, carefully flip the sandwich and again using the bowl, press down on the sandwich for another 5 minutes or so. Remove from heat, flip the bowl over top of the sandwich, and let sit for 5 minutes. The bowl will trap the heat and continue to cook the sandwich, melting that cheese all over those veggies. 

Original recipe from: Dwell on Joy