Other Panini Grill Recipes

Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Chimichurri and Fingerling Potatoes

March 1, 2013

Add this Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Chimichurri and Fingerling Potatoes recipe to your personal repertoire of highly satisfying and relatively quick meals you can prepare on the panini press (remember the list we started a few weeks ago?). I’m not a huge steak-eater, but I’ve pretty much fallen in love with the flat iron [...]

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Spinach-Feta Quinoa Cakes…plus 5 Quick Dinners on the Panini Press

February 5, 2013

It starts around 4:45 PM in my house. First it’s, “Can I have crackers?” About ten minutes later, “I need yellow cheese.” And then soon after, a breaking point is reached. “WHEN ARE WE HAVING DINNER?!!” Spinach-Feta Quinoa Cakes with Lemon-Dill Yogurt Sauce is one of many healthy dinners I’m able to pull together in [...]

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Big Game Week: Grilled Crab Cakes with Old Bay Aioli

January 31, 2013

Big Game Week on Panini Happy continues with Grilled Crab Cakes and with Old Bay Aioli! Having the Baltimore Ravens play in the Super Bowl this year finally gave me the perfect reason to grill crab cakes on the panini press. Maryland is known for both its crab and for it’s classic seafood seasoning, Old [...]

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Panini Press Brownies

January 17, 2013

Panini Happy turns 5 this week! If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the panini press through blogging about it over the past 5 years it’s that it is far from a “just a sandwich maker”. We love panini here, don’t get me wrong. But I’ll admit I get especially excited when I discover another [...]

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Grilled Shrimp Tostadas

January 3, 2013

Happy New Year!! And a big WELCOME to all of our new Panini Happy community members who received a panini press as a holiday gift – here’s to lots more fun grilling in 2013. Are you in the mood for something a little on the lighter side? Yeah, me too. I’m pretty sure you’ll love [...]

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Quick Tip: Grilled Brie with Honey and Toasted Pecans

November 29, 2012

‘Tis the season for potlucks and other get-togethers so here’s another Quick Tip: an incredibly easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer you can toss together in 10 minutes flat – Grilled Brie with Honey and Toasted Pecans. Simply grill a 1/2 pound wheel of Brie right on the panini press until it’s melted and oozy, then serve it [...]

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Quick Tip: Panini-Grill Your Bacon!

October 2, 2012

I’ve got a quick tip to share with you guys today – grill your bacon on the panini maker! I’ve been cooking bacon like this all summer long, it even beats the oven method, if you ask me (and I’ve been swearing by that approach for years). It couldn’t be simpler: just heat the grill, [...]

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Panini-Grilled Chicken Teriyaki

September 17, 2012

As I looked over my list of recipes to photograph last weekend for my panini press cookbook that’s coming out next year, the Chicken Teriyaki recipe jumped up in my priority order. I was still craving Japanese food after an amazing date night dinner Mike and I had at Katsuya in San Diego’s Gaslamp District. The [...]

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Grilled Cheese Panzanella Salad…and More Cooking on TV!

July 15, 2012

Summer is usually a time when I relax a bit but things couldn’t be busier around here! In between wrapping up my cookbook manuscript, shuttling my two little kids around to their camps and swim lessons and judging two dessert competitions at the San Diego County Fair (ok, that wasn’t so difficult) I also managed [...]

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Grilled Tortilla Chips with Grilled Tomatillo Guacamole

January 24, 2012

It was a happy accident that I ended up making tortilla chips on the panini maker. I was actually grilling tostadas when I noticed how crisp the tortillas got from just a little oil on both sides and 90 seconds on the grill. I essentially had one big circular chip. So I cut a tortilla [...]

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