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!

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

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

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!
Prep Time5 minutes
9 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Leftovers, Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: grilled cheese, leftovers, meatloaf, sandwich
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 700kcal
Cost: $5.00

Equipment

  • knife
  • spatula
  • skillet

Ingredients

  • sliced bread
  • butter
  • cheese, sliced
  • leftover meatloaf, sliced and brought to room temperature

Instructions

  • Round up your ingredients. Heat your pan on the stove top to low-medium heat. *Optional: Preheat your oven to 400F.
  • Butter one side of your bread slices. Put buttered side down on your pan. Add a slice of cheese, meatloaf, another slice of cheese and another buttered slice of bread to finish the sandwich.
  • Cook until the bread is browned and cheese is slightly melted. *Optional: You can finish off the sandwiches in a preheated oven for about 5 minutes to assure the sandwich has been heated through. Depending on the thickness of your sandwich this may not be needed.

Notes

If you are gluten-free as Sarah is, she suggests you eat this as an open-faced sandwich. Use one piece of bread and after the bread has browned on the stove top put it in the oven and broil on highΒ to melt the cheese on top.

16 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. What an inspired idea! This is such a delicious way to use up leftover meatloaf. Sharing! Thank you for bringing this yummy recipe to the Hearth and Soul Hop.

  3. What an amazing idea! My kiddos would LOVE these sandwiches! Pinning!

  4. Ella Wilcox

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

  5. I know a grilled cheese lover who is going to praise you for sharing this!!
    Thanks for sharing at Talented Tuesday! Hope to see you again this week πŸ™‚

  6. So….I’ll let my dirty little secret out of the bag. I LOVE meatloaf and I love meatloaf on bread, but in a sandwich???? I’m on it! Sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing with us!

    ~Jen

    • 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 πŸ™‚

  7. 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 πŸ™‚

  8. You had me from the Kerrygold butter!! This sounds absolutely AMAZING! (Yes, I am salivating!) Off to pin it! Thanks for sharing!

    • 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!

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