| We Love To Eat! Fortunately, I enjoy cooking. Wanting | | | | bread with mayo and prepared horseradish then layer |
| to cook healthy, quick simple meals for only two | | | | with crumbled blue cheese, onion, provolone cheese, |
| people, and not wanting another electrical kitchen | | | | and roast beef. For ham layer bread with swiss |
| appliance, an All Clad Panini Press stove top grill was | | | | cheese and ham and grill. |
| the best choice for us. It has dimensions of 17x11 | | | | With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the |
| inches which makes it an ideal size for two 4x5 inch | | | | corner a Toasted Sandwich Maker would be great for |
| toasted sandwiches. A toasted sandwich maker is | | | | left over turkey sandwiches. A good healthy turkey |
| non-stick and easy to clean, however, after preheating | | | | toasted sandwich is ciabatta bread layered with |
| it helps to baste press and pan with olive oil or spray | | | | turkey, marinated artichoke hearts drained, chopped |
| them with a non-stick spray. They all have instructions | | | | and patted dry, sun-dried tomato halves drained and |
| but preheating the pan and press on medium (or a little | | | | chopped, basil leaves, reduced fat provolone cheese |
| lower) heat has worked the best for most recipes. It is | | | | and topped with bread. Place in Panini maker and |
| also essential to heat both pan and press on separate | | | | brown. |
| burners. Be very careful when picking up the press. | | | | A Panini maker makes a great stove top grill. The grill |
| Parts of a Panini maker will get quite hot. | | | | press holds a lot of heat and sears the meat on top to |
| Some ideas for a simple toasted sandwich is to use a | | | | keep the meat from drying out. You can easily make |
| hearty bread layered with turkey, cheese, tomato, and | | | | in-door grilled hamburgers with this handy little device. It |
| onion. | | | | will produce nicely browned patties on top and bottom |
| Toast in Panini maker until bread is browned. Or use | | | | without turning the patties. If you want the smoky |
| sliced turkey, artichoke hearts, black olives, roasted red | | | | flavor mix in 2-3 teaspoons of liquid smoke to |
| bell pepper and provolone cheese on hearty bread. It is | | | | hamburger before making into patties. For a different |
| important to use a hearty robust bread as regular | | | | flavor mix a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and |
| sandwich slice bread tends to flatten out and almost | | | | chopped onion into hamburger before making the |
| disappear. | | | | patties. |
| Toasted sandwiches are great for leftover roast beef | | | | The best thing about toasted sandwiches is |
| or ham. Layer a hearty sun-dried tomato ciabatta with | | | | experimenting and using any of your favorite sandwich |
| left over roast beef, roasted red bell peppers, onions, | | | | toppings. This is especially nice if you both have |
| tomato, slice of cheddar cheese, top with another slice | | | | different tastes. |
| of bread and toast in Panini maker until brown. Or try a | | | | Remember, a recipe is merely a guide. |
| double cheese beef panini. Spread a slice of ciabatta | | | | |