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Grilled Cheese Burger Sandwiches

 

What do you do with leftover meatloaf? Want to roll it over into something completely new? Well we have the recipe for you! This moist, flavor-packed, and hearty meal will leave you speechless and wondering why you had never thought of this yourself! Is it grilled cheese? Is it a cheeseburger? Nope! It's even better! https://happihomemade.com/recipe/grilled-cheese-burger-sandwiches/

I am so excited to be sharing this recipe with you all!

This is Sarah’s creation and when she told me about it over the phone my mouth was watering.

When I saw the actual photos, I was drooling. Ha! Needless to say, I knew this recipe needed to be shared with the world!

I have decided that the Grilled Cheese Burger Sandwich is the most ingenious way to use up leftover meatloaf.

What do you do with leftover meatloaf? Want to roll it over into something completely new? Well we have the recipe for you! This moist, flavor-packed, and hearty meal will leave you speechless and wondering why you had never thought of this yourself! Is it grilled cheese? Is it a cheeseburger? Nope! It's even better! https://happihomemade.com/recipe/grilled-cheese-burger-sandwiches/

I know it seems a little strange to add a slice of meatloaf to your grilled cheese sandwich, but you trust me right? 

Would I ever steer you in the wrong food direction? Of course not. You will love this recipe, I’m sure of it!

Grilled cheese burger sandwich using sliced bread, melted cheese, leftover meatloaf, and butter.

If you don’t already have a trusted meatloaf recipe, give this one this meatloaf recipe on HappiHomemade a try. It’s filled with whole foods such as zucchini, ground flax seed, and oatmeal

Isn’t it fun to make leftovers into a completely new meal for your family?

Especially, when it is a meal that no one is expecting! Of course, you could make the claim that this is just a glorified cheeseburger, but please don’t.

Ingredients Needed:

Sliced Bread

Butter

Cheese

Leftover meatloaf

We think we are incredibly clever and this leftover Grilled Cheese Burger Sandwich is so moist, flavor-packed, and delicious that once you try it you probably won’t be able to enjoy a boring old cheeseburger again!

A little girl asking for her leftover grilled cheese burger sandwich.

Another great trait of this grilled sandwich is it is completely kid-friendly! You can make it even more fun for them to eat by asking them how they would like it cut- hot dog, hamburger, triangles, or fingers.

It is amazing to me how much of a difference this makes when I am offering my kiddos a new meal. I think they are more invested in the end product the more decisions they are able to make while preparing it!

Grilled Cheese Burger Sandwiches

Sammi Ricke
What do you do with leftover meatloaf? Want to roll it over into something completely new? Well we have the recipe for you! This moist, flavor-packed, and hearty meal will leave you speechless and wondering why you had never thought of this yourself!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Leftovers, Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 700 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 8 slices bread
  • 8 Tablespoons butter (see notes)
  • 8 slices cheddar cheese
  • 4 slices leftover meatloaf (warmed)

Instructions
 

  • Heat the griddle pan on the stove top over low-medium heat.
  • Butter one side of each bread slice. Put buttered side down on the pan. Add a slice of cheese, meatloaf, another slice of cheese and another buttered slice of bread (buttered side up) to finish the sandwich.
    8 slices bread, 8 Tablespoons butter, 8 slices cheddar cheese, 4 slices leftover meatloaf
  • Place the sandwiches on the warm griddle and cover the pan with aluminum foil (this helps the sandwiches to warmed sufficiently). Cook until the bread is browned and the cheese is melted. Flip the sandwiches and cook until the remaining side is browned and cheese is melted.
  • These sandwiches are best enjoyed immediately.

Notes

Ingredient Tips – Any bread (even gluten free) or sliced cheese works in this recipe. 
Cooking Tips – Cooking low and slow is the key to melting the cheese. Loosely covering with aluminum foil, pressing the edges down and around the sandwiches, also helps the cheese melt. 
Calories are an approximate depending on the brands of ingredients used.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sandwichCalories: 700kcal
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17 Comments

  1. I am coming over delicious grilled cheese burger sandwiches, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting. yumed.

  2. Well Sammi I love meatloaf, but have never had it as leftovers, But I think I will try this, it looks yummy.

    1. Jen! Hi! Why is it that we feel like we can’t LOVE meatloaf? It certainly gets a bad rap. But why? It’s delicious!! And this sandwich…YUM-O! Thanks for stopping by 🙂

  3. Now THIS. This is a GREAT idea! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again this Friday! Feel free to bring a friend 🙂

    1. This was one of those happy mistakes. We had leftover meatloaf and my kids were making a fuss over eating it for yet another meal. Bam….enter the leftover meatloaf grilled cheese-burger sandwich….they loved it!