Spinach and Creme Fraiche Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Being into food and eating and being a (poor) student isn&amp;#8217;t always an easy combination. Even though we&amp;#8217;ve decided with my boyfriend that food is the last thing we&amp;#8217;re saving from (thanks also to the god-forbidden city we live in, where there&amp;#8217;s not much to do or spend your money in), it&amp;#8217;s still sometimes annoying not to be able to buy everything you&amp;#8217;d want. For instance, we rarely cook fancy stuff like filet mignon or more pricey seafood, just because at the moment it wouldn&amp;#8217;t be very smart. Instead we try to eat well and enjoy fullest the most simple dishes and ingredients. This far it&amp;#8217;s worked great! But I promise that when I graduate (haha, and learn to cook better) you will find here some more sophisticated stuff too.
Anyway, because of somewhat tight budget we&amp;#8217;re living with at the moment, we have decided to plan our weekly menu in advance and go to the supermarket only once a week. Along time we noticed it doesn&amp;#8217;t make any sense to visit the market every day, hungry, thinking what might be nice to eat that day. And then buy a lot of things to choose from. And the next day you, again, don&amp;#8217;t have anything to eat. So doing a precise list and going grocery shopping once a week is a smart thing, financially. Otherwise I could shop food every day, as I enjoy it a lot!
This strategy, however, causes moments when we really find our refrigerator empty and there&amp;#8217;s barely anything to fill your stomach with. A couple of days ago this happened, so the only possibility to fix a quick lunch was to have a sandwich. As you see, because of the lack of all the ingredients is was rather simple, but great in taste! The inspiration came from&nbsp;A Couple Cooks.

Spinach and Creme Fraiche Grilled Cheese
4 slices bread (the fresher the better of course)
150g baby spinach
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons creme fraiche
1 tablespoon olive oil
250ml cheese, shredded (I used mozzarella with some gruy&egrave;re)
salt and black pepper
butter
Coarsely chop the garlic. Wash and dry the spinach. If you use baby spinach, there&amp;#8217;s no need to chop it smaller.
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet. Sautee garlic for a couple of minutes on a medium heat. Add the spinach with a pinch of salt and sautee for 1 minute more, until just slightly softened. Stir in creme fraiche and some more salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. Heat up a grill pan on medium heat.&nbsp;Place 2 pieces of bread on the griddle, buttered side down. On each piece, sprinkle &frac14; of the&nbsp;shredded cheese, half of the&nbsp;spinach filling, the rest of the cheese and the other piece of bread. 
When the bottom bread is browned, flip the sandwich and cook until the bread is toasted and the cheese has melted.