Grilled Pears with Honey-Whipped Greek Yogurt and Toasted Almonds

November 28, 2011
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I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week! After a big feasting holiday lighter desserts like these Grilled Pears with Honey-Whipped Greek Yogurt and Toasted Almonds really start to appeal to me. It seriously smells as if someone is stirring up some homemade caramel nearby when fresh pear halves begin to sear on [...]

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Turkey Monte Cristo Panini

November 23, 2011
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Happy Thanksgiving! The big day is finally here and I’ve got one more leftover turkey panini recipe to share with you before I get going on my own feast preparations. Yesterday I shared Turkey Reuben Panini – today it’s another Thanksgiving twist on a classic sandwich, Turkey Monte Cristo Panini. I should really make Monte [...]

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Thanksgiving Turkey Reuben

November 23, 2011
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Each Thanksgiving I like to come up with new leftover turkey panini recipes to share with you guys. Some of my past favorites have been Turkey Jalapeño Melt Panini (based on one of my husband’s favorite sandwiches from a local deli) and Turkey Cuban Panini (inspired by a Bobby Flay recipe). This year I’ve given two [...]

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SALE ALERT: Breville Panini Press $20 Off + Free Shipping at Williams-Sonoma

November 21, 2011
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If you’ve been thinking about buying a panini maker for yourself or someone else – it’s always a popular holiday gift -definitely check out the $20 off plus free shipping deal that Williams-Sonoma is currently running on the Breville Panini Press (they rarely mark it down – $99.95 this week, regularly $119.95). As I’m sure [...]

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A Panini Press Thanksgiving…Grilled Pumpkin Pie

November 15, 2011
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{I’m making an entire Thanksgiving feast on the panini maker! Here’s Part 4 of the series: Grilled Pumpkin Pie.} You knew I’d figure out some way to conclude my Panini Press Thanksgiving with a traditional dessert. For me, it’s not Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. I experimented with grilling an actual mini pie on the panini [...]

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A Panini Press Thanksgiving…Grilled Acorn Squash with Cranberry-Ginger Maple Syrup

November 14, 2011

{I’m making an entire Thanksgiving feast on the panini maker! Here’s Part 3 of the series: Grilled Acorn Squash with Cranberry-Ginger Maple Syrup.} When I first started brainstorming ideas for Thanksgiving dishes I could prepare on a panini press, this one was actually the first to pop to mind. It’s the simplest of all the dishes I’m [...]

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A Panini Press Thanksgiving…Grilled Smashed Potatoes

November 10, 2011
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{I’m making an entire Thanksgiving feast on the panini maker! Here’s Part 2 of the series: Grilled Smashed Potatoes.} It was about four years ago at a Tom Douglas restaurant called Lola, located in the lobby of a Seattle hotel. We’d just checked in for the start of our babymoon. On the server’s recommendation my [...]

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A Panini Press Thanksgiving…Brined Turkey Thigh

November 7, 2011
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{I’m making an entire Thanksgiving feast on the panini maker! Here’s Part 1 of the series: Brined Turkey Thigh.} Could I prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal on the panini press? I gave it some thought and determined, well, yes – of course! If you can roast it, you can grill it in most cases. Moreover, for those [...]

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Pumpkin Butter, Sopressata and Goat Cheese Panini

October 31, 2011

The first time I made these panini I included sliced honeycrisp apples instead of the sopressata. Pumpkin butter with sweet crisp apples and creamy goat cheese – that sounds like it would be pretty autumn-like and tasty, right? And it was. But it was also a little…predictable. Maybe it’s because I still have sopressata on [...]

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Last Day to Vote in the National Sandwich Day Challenge!

October 28, 2011

Just a heads up that today is the final day to vote in the National Sandwich Day Challenge, sponsored by Arnold and Oroweat Bread. Thank you SO much to all of you who have been voting for my sandwich – Cheddar Bacon Panini with Caramelized Apple Onion Chutney - all month long. I really do appreciate it! You can [...]

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