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Now you may think we’ve gone nuts here at livvit, writing about grilled cheese sandwhiches. They’re not really associated with a great experience or an ambitious lifestyle, but wait until you create one of these wonder puppies.

Now to make a world class grilled cheese you need to do the following:

1. Get the right equipment. A good old skillet will do, but a panini press is better.

2. Assemble the ingredients.

Cheese - First thing first, throw out the cheese slices in the plastic. Any food that expires the next decade has to be made out of chemicals and they taste boring. Head to your local grocery store with a good deli and get them to slice up some cheese. Havarti, provolone, old cheddar, swiss and coly-jack are good ones to start with.

Bread - White bread is a classic, but can get squished pretty good by a panini press. Try a thicker multi-grain for a change.

Extra’s - Most people think they spice a grilled cheese up when they throw in a slice of ham or, if they’re really daring, some bacon. Boring (although bacon is delicious). Get some peppers, onions, mushrooms chicken and spinich. It’s a good start to changing your classic grilled cheese.

3. Put it all together. I recommend using butter and starting by cooking the grilled cheese in the press. While this is going on sautee your mushrooms, onions and peppers. Once the bread is browned take it off the grill and separate the sandwhich. Take all of the sauteed veggies, add some cooked chicken and finish with spinich. Squeeze it back together and voila, a new age grilled cheese.To turn it into a full experience try inviting some friends over, grab some drinks and start making custom sammy’s.