Caprese Panini

This is one of Carlos' FAVORITE dishes and luckily one of the easiest and somewhat healthy! It is especially good in late summer when the garden os overflowing with tomatoes and basil. You can only eat just so many caprese salads and pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil. We have probably had Caprese Panini 3 times in the last 2 weeks. When our schedules are busy and we don't want take-out (which we never do anyways!), I just whip up a caprese panini. There are almost always tomatoes in the bowl on the counter, pesto in the refrigerator (store bought is ok and a great item to have in the fridge, more of that in another posting), ovoline, and whole wheat pane from Trader Joe's. Add some baked potato chips and/or an arugula salad and PRESTO, dinner is ready in minutes! Of course I could not do it without my Pampered Chef grill pan and grill press! You do not need one of those gadgety panini presses! In fact you could make panini with a regularsaute pan and a smaller pan weighted down with a big can of tomatoes! It just needs to be squished! Those fancy grill marks are great, but not necessary! MMMMMMM I just mnade myself crave a caprese panini!