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It’s GIVEAWAY time!! Run, tell all your panini-loving friends!!
From the time I started this blog, I have wanted to give away a panini grill. You all know how I love my Breville and have grilled everything from chicken to peaches to brownies in record time on it. Having made almost 50 different panini on this grill, I can attest that it’s incredibly easy to use and it produces excellent results. It was one of Oprah’s Favorite Things in 2007 and one of mine in 2008! Well now, thanks to the wonderful folks at Breville USA, I’m pleased and excited to give away the Breville Panini Grill ($99.95 value) to THREE lucky readers!
TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post, describing the best sandwich you have ever had (grilled or otherwise). What was in it? What did you love about it? Where did you have it? Be sure to enter your e-mail address in the comment form so that I can contact you if you’re one of the winners. The giveaway closes on Monday, September 1 at 12 PM PDT. The random.org integer generator will select three winners! One entry per person – apologies to my international readers, we can only ship the grills within the U.S.
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Pesto grilled chicken, buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes roasted in olive oil and honey, basil
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Hands down favorites are the triple decker grilled cheese with herbs and 4 different cheeses, or the chicken pesto panini mmmmmm
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What a generous giveaway! I just found your site recently and love all your panini recipes. I’d have to say the best sandwich I had was a vegetarian panini from a little shop that has since gone out of business. It had artichokes, thinly sliced tomatoes, basil, mozzarella and a sun-dried tomato sauce that I’ve never been able to duplicate!
Lately though I’ve been addicted to a simple turkey with Havarti panini on rustic bread with just a hint of garlic sauce on it.
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I’m not sure if this is the best sandwich EVER, but it’s the best sandwich I’ve had in a long time. I recently went to TasteBuds in Costa Mesa and had a Steak Frites Sandwich. The ribeye steak was marinated in red sea salt and fresh citrus juice. It was served on a fresh baguette with crispy french fries. It was amazing! I bet it would have been good as a panini too!
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I don’t know if I can name one favorite sandwich, but I love sandwiches made with leftovers from other meals.
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Monte Cristo is my favorite. My oldest daughter introduced me to them in a little (now closed) sandwich shop in Olympia, WA. I was hooked from the first bite. The part that made them even better was the fresh Blackberry Preserves they made daily and served with their sandwiches.
Keep up the great work on your Blog. Everything is just Yum!!
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While I know I do not qualify to win because I am your sister, PK
I wanted to share my favorite sandwhich with you anyways. When I lived in Atlanta, my favorite ice cream store made the best sandwich Fried Green Tomato Sandwich: fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese (a homemade kind), onion relish and bacon on whole wheat bread. I do not remember if the bread was just toasted or if they made it into a panini, either way, it was REALLY good. Between the sandwhich and the homemade ice cream, I was in heaven!!
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My favorite so far is corned beef, saurkraut,and swiss cheese with honey mustard…YUMMY!!!!!
LOVE your site…keep up the good posts!!!
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As a mother of 7 and a grandmother of 17, I have made many grilled sandwiches. However, I have never had a true panini. I am renovating an 1840 one room school house in rural Indiana and this would be a multi-purpose appliance for me. I’d love to win.
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The best sandwish I’ve eated was at the little cafe in Buenos Aires airport. Very simple with ham and cheese and grill to perfections. By the way thans for your comment at my blog. I just love your site!
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I LOVE grilled reubens! I keep trying to make a good one at home but my bread always turns out soggy. I think this appliance would help!!
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I am another one of those who say how can I possibly decide?! Depends on day, mood, time of year. The easiest comfort food sandwich for me is probably peanut butter, honey and banana on really good wholegrain bread– yummy and healthy. And I do love quesadillas with interesting fillings (fig/apple/walnut; crab/black bean/avocado).
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Hmmm, it’s hard to pick a favorite! I love a panini with just mozz. cheese, tomato and fresh basil on it, also some great deli turkey sometimes. Anything with melty cheese is GREAT! But I’d almost have to say peanut butter/banana/honey combo just might have to be my absolute favorite! Love your blog.
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My favorite panini sandwich would be the one I had with turkey, avocadoes, tomatoes, and swiss cheese.
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Roast beef, russian and cole slaw on a Portugese roll. Yummm.
second Doner kebab sandwich from Turkish place down the street.
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My favorite comes from an Italian deli at the Public Market in Milwaukee. Grilled chicken, roasted red peppers, fresh mozzerella and red wine vinegarette. It’s soooo yummy.
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I have yet to find my favorite sandwich. That is why I have come to your blog. I am in search of….
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What a great giveaway! My favorite sandwich is the one that kept me going through college when I was too busy (or lazy) to cook. Just a simple turkey and cheese sub from this great place near my apartment called Substation. They served it with pepperocini and carrots. Simple and delicious!
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I love all sorts of sandwiches, I don’t think I could list just one – caprese, eggplant parm, grilled chicken with bacon & blue cheese, egg & bacon…the list could go on, but I don’t want to take up the comments section.
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Tomato, basil, fresh mozzerella and olive oil…mmm yummy!
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The inspiration for my favorite sandwich/panini came from the “Panini” cookbook by Carlo Middione and Ed Anderson. It is simply a panini with prosciutto and cantaloupe. It was so good. Since then, I’ve added some goat cheese and red onion to the sandwich and served it with an arugula salad. I love sandwiches/paninis!
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Think I’m a panini freak too – though my time in Europe drove me to Spanish meats – Iberican Ham, Spicy Chorizo, Manchego Cheese…My most favorite was a little stand at the Borough Market in London. I believe their name was Brindisa – Lines would take over half an hour to enjoy a chorizo link sandwich on a soft roll. YUM!!!
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I love a layered flavor sandwich, but at heart I’m a simple girl with simple tastes. I think the best sandwich I’ve ever had was Grilled Cheese Plus – made with thick sourdough slices, gruyere, proscuitto, and tomato slices, grilled to perfection!
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You did say that it didn’t have to be a panini, so my favorite sandwich is a Primanti Bros sandwich. Your choice of meat, provolone, fries, coleslaw, tomato all on the best italian bread ever. Yes, I did say it ALL went into the sandwich, there are no sides
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I made my first panini about two weeks ago, and I have to say that I loved it as much or more as any I’ve had out. I used onion-flavored ciabatta rolls for the bread, and since my DH has simple tastes, I just added mesquite smoked turkey and havarti cheese. I lightly buttered the bread, then grilled them in my grill pan and placed a foil-wrapped brick on top (sadly, we don’t have a panini grill). My DH said it was the best “grilled cheese” sandwich he’d ever had!
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I’m glad you commented on my blog because I can’t believe I’ve been living without yours! I’m panini-crazy and I can’t WAIT to look through all of your fabulous recipes!
My favorite is the most simple. Fresh mozzarella, basil, and tomato!
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I must admit my fav is not a panini… it comes from a Hebrew deli in Montreal (Schwartz’ Deli)… it is the best smoked meat sandwich in the world. And I’m not talking pastrami here. It’s true smoked meat on rye bread with yellow mustard – dill pickle and a Cott’s cherry cola on the side. Heavenly! I had my first one at about 5 yrs old and was hooked.
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Grilled ham and cheese…I would love to try making it on a panini grill. (I love sandwiches!)
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Make mine brie and ripe tomato slces on crusty bread.
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Living in Southern California, years ago I had abandoned the bread of the sandwich in favor of the glorious tortilla. That being said, my favorite sandwich is one I found recently at the Memphis Cafe in Newport Beach – the meatloaf sandwich. Last night’s meatloaf in between two thick slices of homemade bread with onion strings and some french’s yellow mustard. mmmmm
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I am old school and love some of the traditional sandwich’s Panini style, my favorite is a “Panini Reuben”. I also do a mean BLT.
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One of my recently discovered favorites is a nutella sandwich, with pound cake as the “bread.” If you want to be a bit more traditional, though, a crab cake sandwich will always capture my heart. Yummmmmm!!
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My favorite panini is made with melted mozzarella cheese, artichoke hearts, sundried tomoatoes and turkey, then you throw in some yummy fresh romaine and purple onions. You have to start with really yummy bread, that’s the anchor for everything in life
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I just got into making paninis and have been quite creative with both my make-shift press and panini itself. My latest favorite consists of a olive tapenade- made with kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes, basil, evoo and balsamic-deli sliced chicken and sliced fresh mozzarella on a hoagie. There is such an array of good flavors and is enjoyed best while looking out on a gorgeous so-cal beach day! mmm mmm mmm
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So many sandwiches, so hard to choose.
I’d have to say my favorite sandwich came from a little restaurant in the Appalachian Mountains called “The Log Cabin Restaurant.” Perched in the foothills, they served the best egg salad sandwich ever…perhaps because it came on thick slices of homemade bread.
I never thought I’d say an egg salad was my favorite, but it was. Not only was the simplicity of this sandwich divine, but so was the atmosphere of this down-home restaurant. Thinking about it just now makes me long to go back there, and that was nearly 13 years ago!
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Hands down, my favorite sandwich is the Chicken Artichoke Panini from Paradise Bakery. Now I just need the panini press to make my own at home. Great givaway, Ihope I am lucky!!!
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My fav sandwich is the classic Turkey on wheat -all the fixin’s -warm or cold. The Ole’ Piper a local pub in Minnesota has a great Turkey Hoagie …..
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Wow! What a generous company to let you giveaway a grill! How fun. I’ve been looking at panini grills lately at Costco. It’s one of those things that I know I’m eventually just going to get but I keep putting it off!!
Let’s see… favorite sandwich ever…well in general I happen to love a good Monte Cristo sandwich. But I did have a breakfast sandwich at a restaurant in Vegas recently that was just outside of amazing… it was French Toast Panini with Italian Ham, Gruyere and Baked Egg pressed between two slices of Brioche French Toast. It was delicious dipped in a little maple syrup. I’d love to try and re-create it sometime!
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I have lots of favorites. My favorite Panini (so far) is peppered or smoked turkey, havarti cheese, tomatoes and avocado. It must be on fresh bread brushed with REAL butter before grilling. After reading everyone’s favorites, now I’m REALLY hungry! I am going to go make myself a Panini right now … oh, no! I don’t have a Panini Grill!
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Nice panini grill!
Best sandwich I ever had was at a little restaurant I frequented in Bogota, Colombia. It was a small sub with roasted chicken, caramelized onions, and guacamole. So simple, and yet so good. Now I have to make one…
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Wow, Kathy! What a lot of comments. I am sure I will never win. But here goes.
While I have to say my favorite sandwich is eating a Croque Monsieur in a cafe in Paris or an Italian Panini strolling the streets of Florence, there was one night…. I had a very boring, very annoying prom. I had conceded to go with my old boyfriend and didn’t have any other date lined up. He and his friends were unorganized and didn’t have dinner reservations. They were running so late that we didn’t have time to eat. We missed the prom dinner and afterward were so tired and over it all that we still didn’t eat. I was mad and irritated. When I got home, I slid into cozy pajamas, made a salami and cheese sandwich on sourdough and watched an old movie. It was the best part of that night. That was over 20 years ago and I still remember it being the best salami sandwich ever!
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The best sandwich I ever had was a Tuscan Chicken Sandwich on focaccia bread with pesto Mayonnaise.
It was the first time I had actually had focaccia bread or pesto and it was love at first taste. Sadly, I’ve gone back to try and get it again, but since that one time they’ve never had it again. The flavors of the sandwich melded together really well. I think it was one of the best I had.
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this summer, i took a trip to montana to visit a family friend. we spent a day in glacier national park where we enjoyed a picnic of sandwiches we had picked up at a local shop earlier. i ordered the grilled veggie sandwich, and it was… the most wonderfully delicious sandwich i’ve ever tasted. it had artichokes, olives, spinach, mushrooms, and red peppers on a simple focaccia bread with some sort of chipotle mayo. i ended up stopping by that shop two more times before the vacation was over!
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The best sandwich ever would have to be homemade roasted red peppers, turkey breast, havarti, and arugula with hummus spread. Yummy! I am excited – I Love to cook and experiment a panini maker would be fun to have!
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I am excited I found your blog! My favorite sandwhich is a simple kind of panini – sun dried tomato spread, mozzarella, basil, and grilled chicken. I get it at Cosi and also make them at home and add spinach and grilled onions.
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Add mine as another vote for fresh mozzerella, tomato & pesto! Also yummy to add some chicken & red peppers. River Rising here in MT does a good one!
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I vote for the grilled swiss cheese sandwich at Bob Cat Bite in Santa Fe, NM. It’s the best ever and perfectly grilled!!
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My favorite sandwich is a panini made at a small coffeehouse in Altoona, Iowa. It is made of turkey, cream cheese, and cranberry chutney. Delicious!
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My favorite panini is tandoori chicken, green mint chutney and manchego cheese on sourdough.
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The greatest sandwich of all time is one I discovered at the North Market in Columbus, Ohio at a restaurant called “Best of the Wurst” (they specialize in sausage, hot dogs, and panini). This panini is on sourdough bread and it’s comprised of turkey, roasted red peppers, and a sweet, creamy Norwegian cheese. This sandwich is amazing!
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