From the category archives:

Get Dinner on the Table

Garlic Chicken Panini

September 28, 2010

Here it is – my final post in the Get Dinner on the Table series. Hopefully you’ve gleaned some helpful new ideas, tips and recipes to make weeknight meals a little easier. Let me add one last dinner idea to the mix: Garlic Chicken Panini. Garlic Chicken is more like a nickname for this sandwich. [...]

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Win “Simply Suppers” Cookbook + Author Q&A & Cuban Panini

September 23, 2010

I’ve got another dinner-themed cookbook to share with you today – Simply Suppers. This time it’s all about comfort food and familiar classics. In the book, Memphis-based author Jennifer Chandler shares her tried and true recipes for homemade family meals. Since I’ve been focused on weeknight meals this month, I gravitated to the “30 in [...]

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Meat Loaf Patty Melt Panini

September 21, 2010

Let’s see…so far we’ve discussed the secrets to getting dinner on the table and flavor-boosting ingredients that make meals taste great with less work. Continuing with this month’s Get Dinner on the Table series, I think it’s a good time to talk about leftovers. Have you noticed that leftovers tend to make great panini? Often [...]

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Fig, Prosciutto & Goat Cheese Panini + Cookbook Giveaway!

September 15, 2010

For me, the biggest challenge of getting dinner on the table on weeknights is deciding what to make. I have been having an absolute field day (field week?) with a new cookbook for busy families I was invited to review – High Flavor Low Labor, by J.M. Hirsch, the food editor for The Associated Press. [...]

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Secrets to Getting Dinner on the Table

September 8, 2010

Whether you’re cooking for one or for a crowd, getting dinner on the table every night is often a real challenge. How do people manage it? I’m about to divulge their secrets. As part of this month’s “Get Dinner on the Table” series, I asked Panini Happy readers and other food blogging friends to share [...]

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Get Dinner on the Table + Children’s Book Giveaway!

August 31, 2010

With the exception of our family vacations and the occasional parental date night, my mother prepared a home-cooked dinner every night of the week. And we all sat down together to eat it. How did she do it?? To this day, I have no idea how she made it happen with three daughters needing to [...]

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