MY COOKBOOK IS FINALLY OUT!!!
Two years, four months and 20 days after my first email exchange with my publisher, The Ultimate Panini Press Cookbook is officially for sale at Amazon and Barnes & Noble!!! (And we’ve got a BIG panini press giveaway to celebrate, at the end of this post!) [THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED]
So many different emotions are running through my head right now – giddy, elated, stressed, anxious, relieved, hopeful… Most of all, though, I’m thankful for having had the opportunity to write (and photograph!) this book, I’m grateful to my incredible husband, Mike, who has proudly supported me throughout this long roller coaster ride (check out the awesome matching cookbook iPhone covers he made for my birthday last weekend!) and I’m beyond excited to finally be able to share this 2-lb labor of love with all of you!
THREE IMPORTANT THINGS:
- I’ll sign your book(s) for you! Just fill out this Bookplate Request form – it’s perfect for gifts!
- Help me spread the word! If you enjoy the book (and I hope you do), please let your friends and family know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media. If you’re so inclined to write an Amazon review, that’s enormously helpful too. Thank you so much for your support!
- We’ve got an amazing giveaway today…
** WIN A BREVILLE PANINI PRESS – 5 WINNERS!! ** [THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED]
Five lucky readers will each receive a Breville Panini Press ($119.95 retail value), courtesy of Breville USA. As you probably know by now, this is the press I first started Panini Happy with and this model continues to be the one I use most.
- To enter: Leave a comment on this post, sharing the most unusual dish/food you’ve ever attempted to grill (on a panini press, outdoor BBQ, firepit…anything).
- OPTIONAL Bonus Entry: Get on the Panini Happy email list to stay up to date on the latest panini press recipes, tips, giveaways and more. Be sure to leave a separate comment to let me know you’ve subscribed. (Existing subscribers, just leave a separate comment to let me know you’re already on the list)
The giveaway will close on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 12:00 PM PDT. I will use random.org to select five winners and announce the winners in this post. I will contact the winners via e-mail – if I don’t receive a response within 5 days I will draw another name. My apologies to my international readers, the prize can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.
** UPDATE 9/18/13: Congratulations to our winners – #62 Sara, #235 Tomi S., #14 Ritika, #238 2wellsmade5 and #27 Jamie!
Many thanks to Breville USA for providing the prize for this giveaway.
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Yes! Congratulations Kathy! Your book release must be so exciting, so happy for you. We all love paninis right? =D
Many, many congratulations on your book! Amazon tells me that my copies are shipping now, and I’m so excited for you (and for myself, haha).
I’m not that creative of a griller, which is why your book fills a need, and the strangest thing I’ve put on one is a donut.
Grilling donuts sounds pretty unusual to me, lol. I really hope you like the book, Joanna – thanks so much! 🙂
The most unusual thing I have grilled (on a Weber charcoal grill) is a 17″ paella.
Nice!! I just got a paella pan for my birthday and I can’t wait to try it out. 🙂
Oh, and I am an existing subscriber to the email list.
Grilled pizza is the most unusual for me. It’s pretty common now. Was a novelty several years ago
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Not sure how “unusual” this is but I attempted to make quesadillas on the outdoor BBQ. Probably not the best idea I’ve ever had. I lost most of the filling when I turned them over.
I have a quesadilla recipe in the book! What I love most is that you don’t have to flip them when you make them on the panini press. I’m not a great flipper. 🙂
I’m a current email subscriber to Panini Happy 🙂
Congrats on your book!! So many new recipes! The craziest thing I cooked on my press is a spatchcock Cornish hen!
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Quesadilla ! Just messy!
I think the most unusual thing i have ever grilled would be pound cake. It does taste yum 🙂 I love your panini recipes.
Thank you, Ritika! 🙂
May not be that unusual but I tired to make a pizza over an open fire while camping….didn’t turn out. Burnt on bottom, raw on top.
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The most unusual thing we ever made were pizzas. My little girl threw on a huge amount of cheese when I turned around and the cheese oozed out from e very side of the machine. What a mess, but a delicious mess. Congrats on the cookbook!
i like to grill pineapple!
My cousin and I did pizza on the grill once. It only half worked but the smokey flavor was a nice element.
Thanks for the giveaway, I would love to win!
My family favorite is the fruit dump on the grill. I save a little extra cinnamon roll dough… cook it a bit on both sides… add a mixture of cream cheese and whipped cream… then top it off with whatever fresh fruit we can find. My husband like to drizzle his with chocolate.
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My husband attempted to grill cheese on our stovetop grill pan. Not the sandwich – the actual cheese. He’s not the brightest star when it comes to being in the kitchen. The irony of the situation is that he is an excellent grill master on our charcoal grill.
I’m also on your email list 🙂
We’re not overly adventurous here in the midwest – we stick mostly to meats, seafood, and veggies when we grill. But I’ll stick all kinds of fillings in Paninis – you can make almost any meal into a sandwich!
I have grilled bananas, which are yummy. Also grilled bok choy, but I guess that’s not too exciting – it is delicious though.
I worked a class at culinary school where we grilled rattlesnake – SO CRAZY…flavorful. But very very chewy!
Eeeeee!! I have to ask…rattle on or off? 🙂
I wanted crepes but had no way to get them so I put brown sugar, butter and apples in a flour tortilla and put on the panini press. I also subscribed.
Maybe the scallops I just did on skewers, yum, I have also cooked bread, foccaia (?), and pizza on gas grill with a stone so they didn’t burn.
Congratulations! You deserve it you recipes are awesome! Your blog got me panini crazy!! Because of you I have put EVERTHING on my panini press! I even tried avocado which I would not recommend, (it wasn’t quite ripe) and mac and cheese, which was ok. Can’t wait to get your book.
Congratulations! Most unusual? Well, we’re not that out there, but we grilled vegetables and then did a grilled veggie and goat cheese panini. Delicious!
I’m on the list. Congratulations! So exciting!!
I made a turkey, cheese, pesto-mayo “panini” on my George Foreman grill. Turned out pretty decent.
I subscribed to your email!
Most tricky for me is pizza.
Grilled bok choy. Love pizza on the grill.
I’m on the list. Great book!
The old fashioned cheese sandwich with lazy housewife pickles and catsup….This takes me back to my youth, from 69 years to 10 years…
YEA!
Not sure if this is unusual, but it’s a definite fail: pizza on the grill. It just fell through the grates… grr…
Chicken and veggie kabobs. Turned out great!
I all ready subscribe by email. Congrats on your book!
I tried roasting a marshmallow,covered in Nutella, covered in a biscuit, on a stick over the fire. It tasted pretty darn good!
you must be so proud and thrilled–congrats! i’ve never grilled anything, believe it or not, but my friend tried to make waffles on her george foreman grill. disaster.
Great Book, I cant wait to buy it!
I’m brand new to panni cooking, I grilled a steak, wonderful! My grill came without a cookbook. It is small and was cheap, just because I’m old and have limited space. But now, I’m making room for this new panni grill. I’ve been cooking for 60 years. That little girl never imagined cooking would change so much, but I still get a rewarding feeling when I create something my family loves. It nourishes all of us in many ways!
I just signed up for your blog and I’m excited about it.
Yay for the new book!! All your hard work totally paid off! 🙂
I have tried to grill dumplings many years ago
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I let my husband do the grilling 😉 I can’t think of a thing we’ve grilled that’s unusual, but we do love using our outdoor grill. I keep thinking I need a panini press so I can use it in the kitchen!
Many years ago, I attempted pizza on the grill. Let’s just say it didn’t turn out as wonderful as I had wanted it to! 😉
We have tried Pizza and Quesdillias on the grill. Neither one worked very well. Since it is just my husband and I at home now, we do fix alot of snadwiches. We have talked about getting a Panini Press to make things easier, however it has not been affordable yet.
I don’t have a panini maker yet, but once tried to grill bananas on my grill and thy turned to mush and fell thru the grates.
I grill bananas on the panini press! If you leave them in their peel everything stays collected inside. Then you just open them up, put on a scoop of vanilla ice cream, some chopped nuts – grilled banana split! (That’s a recipe from the book, btw :-))
Thanks! A panini press is already on my Christmas list, and I am adding your book to it too!!
I don’t know how unusual this is, but I remember grilling banana butter sandwiches when I was a kid – they were delicious!!
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Peanut butter, jelly and carmelized bananas, OMG took a 1/2 hour to clean up the mess!
I made pineapple upside down cake over a grill while camping once. The heat was a little uneven, but the fruit helps keep the cake from getting dry. Congrats on the book!
Pizza on bbq
Congratulations! Your smile says it all – wonderful!
My most unusual grilling adventure was probably not all that adventurous by your standards and happened fairly recently – Romaine lettuce. For some reason the sight of some very respectable Romaine heads at 3 for a dollar inspired (if that could be the word) me to do this. Let’s just say that it’s a difficult technique to perfect.
http://www.savourytable.com/2013/08/grilled-romaine-salad-with-pan-roasted.html
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I grill just about everything on the panini press – haven’t used my frying pan in ages! The latest thing I grilled was mandu (korean dumplings). They’re so good when they have that crispy crunchy crust on the bottom, and putting them in the panini press gives you twice as much crust!
I would have to say im not to out there with the grilling but pizza’s for a quick dinner on the grill works great.
Looking forward to the E-mails as well!!! All the Sandwiches look great would love to have one of these grills to try them all.
I don’t think I grill/Panini anything unusual. But, I do love turkey reubens and Cuban sandwiches – yum!!
This summer I have really been trying to cook all that I can on our gas grill. Some personal goals of grilling this summer that I accomplished was a whole chicken, homemade pizzas, and cake. Currently I am borrowing a friends panini press and we are loving Cubans.
On the list now too. Can’t wait to read the emails and recipes!
Well, I just stick to the classic grilled foods, but I could think of a lot of things to try on the panini press! Congrats on your new book!
You have some great recipes in your cookbook…I can’t wait to check it out! I do not own a Panini press but I grill at least once a week , nothing unusual just veggies and fish/steak/chicken.
Peanut butter and fluff paninis are amazing! Messy, but worth it 🙂 You can also get creative with Nutella.
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Congratulations on the book-can’t wait to buy it. LOVE your site. Strangest thing I tried to grill was bananas. Total fail!
I’ve tried grilling a pizza. Turned out pretty good!
I don’t have a panini maker, but we made grilled watermelon out on the grill with prosciutto & bleu cheese a few weeks ago at my daughters 3rd birthday watermelon party. It was yummy.
I also just added myself to your mailing list!
I subscribe to Panini Happy via email to this box: annazed10 [at] yahoo [dot] com
I just found you via pioneer woman..yay!! can’t wait to read through everything!!!
Most unusual thing I tried was a quesdilla with spinach,goat cheese and roasted red peppers…it was yummy!
Mmmm…that sounds so delicious!
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Grilled cheese sandwiches are great in a Panini Press if the cheese doesn’t melt too much and end up on the press. Would love an electric where top and bottom are consistent temps.
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Not unusual, but I will grill fresh pineapple that has a light brush of honey. I chop this up and add to my homemade salsa. I want a panini grill!
Mmmm…I love grilled pineapple! I did a little appetizer once along with a little cube of pepper jack cheese on a toothpick – I love sweet and spicy combos. 🙂
I can’t think of anything out of the ordinary I’ve tried to grill. My worst fail was when I tried to do gigantic stuffed Portobello mushrooms on the grill. The filling was too watery and everything stuck.
I’ve got a good marinated portobello recipe in the book – I use them in a vegetarian cheesesteak!
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Looking at the rest of the comments it may not be so unusual but I have tried to grill pizza before.
So exciting! I am thrilled to have your new recipes in a handy book! Congrats, Kathy! And thank you for making this book – we love it!
Thank you, Chelsea!!!
I honestly can’t think of anything weird we’ve ever tried to grill! I guess we play it safe too often! The weirdest thing would have to be apples, I suppose! 🙂
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the only one that comes to mind is pizza!
Congratulations ! …. Weirdest thing eh…. hmm pizza 🙂 it was weird for my kids they thought i had finally lost my mind , ” really mom?… pizza on the grill?!!! ” picture a very disturbed look followed by my oldest saying ” i’ll get the take out menu’s ” LOL i thought it turned out good tho !
Subscribed ! 🙂 via eiannazzi@comcast.net …. congrats again & thank you ! you Rawk !!! 🙂
The most unusual thing I ever grilled was marinated tofu (marinated w oil, ginger, garlic, liquid smoke, cumin and soy sauce). throw them in the smoker a little bit, then on the grill for some marks, and toss them in a quinoa salad
That sounds pretty awesome, Michelle! Especially the part about the smoker – I need to experiment more with that. 🙂
Oh this book looks devine! For me it would be grilling pizza. Weird but oh so delicious!
Two words:
Bison. Balls.
Offal is far from awful, although I never grill anything like that on my press.
Also, I’m a longtime subscriber to the email list. Any chance you’d work in some offal to a future recipe? 🙂
I’m open to offal! 🙂
One of my favorites not to unusual is a grilled peanut butter (sometimes I use crunchy ) nutella sandwich. Its like a giant peanut butter cup
dumplings or gyoza…. slowly and medium heat to get a nice crust…..mmmmm
I like making creative toasted sandwiches. My favorite combo is tasty cheddar, egg, & avocado.
I have tried to grill quesadillas before!
I am already subscribed via email 😉
Pineapple and Poundcake on the grill! Yum!
congratulations on your book! What a wonderful accomplishment. 🙂 Can’t wait to get a copy. The most unique thing I’ve put on the grill is Brussels Sprouts! It’s so good that I now always throw them on the grill whenever I make Brussels Sprouts. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
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We love to grill peaches!
The craziest looking thing was a whole chicken sitting on a beer can inside the grill. Tasted great, tho!
I always like grilling foods. One that I tried recently was a variation of a monte cristo sandwich. Used our homemade french bread with roasted turkey and ham with grueyere and instead of currant jelly a peach pineapple jelly. Instead of dealing with the eggy mess, I dipped the french bread earlier and cooked it like french toast. Then once cooled, I put the sandwich together and grilled it. We don’t own a panini press, so we improvise by either using our outdoor grill, or cast iron griddle weighed down.
Wow, what a GREAT day!!! I can’t wait to get your new cookbook. Congratulations!
I subscribed to your Get on the Panini Happy email list 🙂 I look forward to receiving your emails and updates.
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Congrats! Love how bright the pictures are! Ive breaded pickle slices and grilled them on the press to make a “healthier ” version Of fried pickles. They were pretty good.
Congratulations on the new book! My most unusual item to grill was stuffed won tons. I wasn’t quick enough on the turn around and they stuck to the grill.
I tried to grill a beer-can chicken once. It caught my gas grill on fire!
Congratulations! My husband is the grill master. He wants to try grilling our next Thanksgiving turkey!
Can you just imagine how amazing your neighborhood will smell?! I do a brined turkey thigh on the panini press (it’s in the book :-)).
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We grilled squash and I am on your e mail list. Love your recipes!
Congrats on the book!! Haven’t been able to grill anything this season. 4 feral kittens & their mom made a bed under our grill on the shelf below the grill. I put soft towels on it so they now have a comfy little bed..lol
I’m not all that adventurous…pizza is as crazy as I’ve ever gotten. I need your book!
Congratulations! Most unusual thing I’ve grilled on a Panini Press was bacon and eggs for breakfast. Added lettuce and tomato the first time but not the second. Too juice.
Congrats on your book! The most adventurous thing I have attempted to grill would be pizza.
Congratulations! I love your recipes. My favorite thing to grill on the press is turkey burgers. They cook through so quickly that they don’t dry out.
My son asked me to grill Cheerios for him once. Didn’t go we’ll.
Lol!
Grilled pizza on a grill! Not as easy as it sounds!!! 🙂
CONGRATS! I’m going to use the husband’s most unusual grilled item (because I don’t dare fire it up on my own, but one day I’ll learn). He made “banana splits” and they were pretty dang good! (No ice cream, but grilled banana boats with chocolate and marshmallows.)
Congratulations on your book!!! I love your blog! One thing we like to put in the press are burritos. Makes them a little crunchy on the outside.
The craziest thing I’ve grilled is pizza (I know, so boring!) and pineapple (yum!). I love panini’s and having a panini press would be OH SO COOL!!
Thanks for the opportunity. I shared it on G+, too!
This summer I tried to grill up some garlic scapes. Didn’t go so well though, I turned them into charcoal. Lol!
Congrats on your book! I love the panini maker I have and use it to grill bread mostly but play around a lot with fillings. Not very adventurous yet and I hope to get more ideas from your book.
Kathy! I so enjoy following you on Pinterest! Congrats on your book!!
Our latest “squisher” (what we like to call our poor old press) recipe is simple – refrigerator cinnamon rolls in the squisher or waffle iron – perfectly crispy on the outside, gooey on the inside. We eat them all too often, usually as breakfast. 🙂
Thanks for your inspiration!
Not super creative with my panini press….which is why I def need your book!! I did make a sammie filled with nutella/strawberry/banana goodness, which turned out pretty spectacular! haha
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just subscribed as well!!
I grilled a watermelon slice… not the best tasting ..
PBJ and crisp bacon between two frozen waffles!
I attempted to grill smashed bananas. Turned out pretty well, especially with ice cream on top!
Subscribed and also shared the arrival of your cook book ….
Now, I need that great Panini Maker!!!
I haven’t tried grilling too many unusual items. I did try to do a quesadilla on the gas burner on my stove. I did have a cast iron trivet on the burner. Was ok…not the neatest thing to do though…LOL!
It’s not too crazy, but I tried grilling pizza… and ended up lighting my oven mitt on fire. It wasn’t an enjoyable experience. I’m excited to try out some of your panini recipes!
We made breakfast burritos for over 20 people on a grill while camping for my son’s 1st birthday. 🙂
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not terribly unusual, but I’ve done marinated tofu on my little george forman grill before. that and fajitas. guess I’m kinda boring.
Nothing really unusual, just the basics.
I am not very adventurous with the grill…just meat
I just do chicken, steak, and vegetables.
I haven’t really grilled any unusual dish unless you count trout.
I am an email subscriber, congrats on your book 🙂
Huge congrats on the new book!! I follow you on Pinterest and adore your recipes. Not sure I’ve done anything really crazy on the grill yet, but my favorites are the breakfast paninis…especially with fruit and cream cheese! 🙂
Thank you so much, Jami!!
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Not that usually i guess , yummy
grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
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After hurricane Wilma we were left without power so I had to use up stuff in the refrigerator. I wound up grilling Kale. I bet kale chips in a panini press would work ……
Congrats! I haven’t tried anything too strange… I’ve tried enclosing a stew inside a wrapped tortilla to imitate a hot pocket, but ended up with a mess instead! It was still delicious nonetheless 🙂
I always thought grilling fruit was weird until someone gave me grilled peaches.. I CRAVE THEM ALL THE TIME NOW!
Made pizza on a weber with a stone, was good.
We’re not very adventurous here but we grill lots of veggies. My husband is great with the grill and I can’t think of any failures. I recently borrowed my son’s panini press to try it out. So far we’ve only done quesadillas but have plans to try all kinds of things. Congratulations on your cookbook — can’t wait to get my hands on it!
I already subscribe!
I thought that grilling halloumi cheese was pretty strange, but apparently it’s not.
Congrats on your new book! I made grilled radicchio once. I loved it, hubby hated it.
We like grilled sweet corn! othing too unusual. I want to find a way to make sandwiches with veggies that my teenage son would eat.
The most unusual things I have grilled are fruit and/or veggies. I’m not very creative in that area, so I definitely need your book!
I do subscribe to the Panini Happy Email List. Thank you.
We made a blueberry cobbler on the grill recently. My husband hates to use the oven in the summer, so we try to do most things on the grill if we can. 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I am sure your book will be a great hit. I’ve already send out a twitter shout out some time ago.
Panini press is awesome and can’t wait to get my hands on your cookbook.
Thank you so much, Ash!!
I grilled a spatchcocked chicken (learned it from Angela!) – probably much faster on a panini press/grill than a bbq, tho. Also grilled pizza and all types of fruit, but that’s pretty run-of-the-mill now. ‘Love your blog and look forward to your book!
I do get the panini happy emails 😉
Nothing unusual, just the basics. Steak, pork,chicken, seafood, etc.
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Love a Panini! The most unusual thing I’ve put on a grill is pizza. Getting to be more mainstream now though.
The most unusual thing I grilled was chocolate chip cookies on an outdoor grill when we didn’t have an oven on vacation. My husband and I were so proud:)
I once tried gilling Fish Planks on a charcoal grill-you guessed it -they all fell thru- I have wanted a Panini press for ever & ever ,Amen!!!!!
Just signed up for emails. And can not wait to get your book! Found out that your book came out by Ree Drummond. We just LOVE Panini’s. Congrats…
My favorite Panini is a smoked turkey, roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil Panini. Also I just subscribed to your email.
My favorite panini is to add everything vegetarian including guacamole as a topper with spinach, eggplant, red peppers, olives, and tomatoes! Yummy!
Book sounds great!
My hubs & I’ve cooked & grilled a long time – mostly w/ success, but I’m yet to succeed at cooking any cake beyond a pineapple-upside down cake on the grill. Any good dessert ideas in your new panni book. (Which looks yummy btw.)
-CDP
Peanut butter and jelly – it wasn’t bad.
I subscribed.
Thanks to many of your recipes, we can offer some unusual paninis at our family cafe! Thanks!
just subscribed! my son tried pressing popcorn kernals!:(
Congrats on the new book! I think the most unusual things I’ve grilled are bananas.
The most unusual thing that I ever grilled in my life were apples. I eventually used the grilled apples in a dish that I enjoyed.
Congrats on the book! I grilled sliced carrot cake that was a bit underdone in the center and topped with icecream. It was good!
Pineapple, peaches and bananas on the grill – love all of them on top of ice cream for dessert. I’ve been doing it for 25 years, don’t think it was too common until recently. My friends all thought it was weird at the time, but they all grill fruit now!
My most unusual would be pound cake.
Woohoo – congratulations Kathy!! So awesome. Can’t wait to get the book! Probably the most exotic thing I’ve ever tried to grill was some weird banana s’more thing when I was at summer camp, haha! Turned out delicious 🙂
I have never had any sort of grill or panini press. I think the closest I came to that was a grilled cheese with an iron in college
Probably a donut. They are wonderful warmed up and get just a itch crispy. Roll in cinnamon and sugar. Awesome!
I subscribed to your email list. Hope I win the panini maker so I can make some panini.
I BBQ split bananas with brown sugar and butter. Amazing!
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While I was down in Ecuador, I helped grill grubs/worms with the locals. Certainly the ‘weirdest’ thing I have ever grilled!
Congratulations on your Book Kathy! Looks Marvelous — anyone who can come up with a Lemon Basil Grilled Cheese has me salivating already!! Thanks for the opportunity to win something wonderful, best wishes for a hugely successful book. 🙂
PS – Can’t wait to get your e-mails to be tempted s’more. Now, can you come up with a way to use up a bunch of cucumbers, how’s that for a challenge!
weirdest thing (oops, I missed that) – Lobster over a campfire as a college student.
Thank you, Ann! I do have a recipe for Smoked Trout, Boursin and Cucumber Panini in the book! 🙂
Congratulations on your hard earned, well deserved success and cookbook! Hmm, strangest thing I’ve tried grilling?…I’m drawing a blank on something I’ve actually tried, but I was just thinking the other day of trying to fry some bacon on a panini press. Have you ever done that? Does it work?
Thanks so much, Katrina! And yes! I love to grill bacon on the panini press, it works great. 🙂
I’m signed up for email updates!
We grilled a homemade veggie hotdog a couple summer’s ago. It honestly was awful!
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I tried to grill some white bean “meat(less)” balls. They were actually really good!
ALso, I just subscribed.
Congratulations on your book!
Peanut butter with bannana and cinnamon.
While my husband was stationed in Panama, I tried grilling octopus! My neighbor just loved the stuff but my sons and I thought it was like chewing on a rubber band!! Needless to say we didn’t make that again, lol. You come so highly recommended by my cooking guru, Ree Drummond, that I will be ordering your book today! She is never wrong about anybody! Congrats on all your hard work and labors for your new cookbook!
Thank you so much, Karen – I hope you enjoy the book! 🙂
I love, love, love your blog and have been on the waiting list for your book. I just made a brie, apple, bacon, fig jam and peanut butter panini and it was awesome!
Thank you so much Annie!! That sandwich sounds epic. 🙂
I have been on your email list for a very long time!
Just the usual things on the grill, hamburgers, steak, shrimp, etc.
I did pound cake slices on the panini and served them with strawberries. Simple but tasty. Looks like went to much trouble but quick.
Congratulations on your book release – so exciting! Pizza is probably the most unusual thing I’ve done on the grill.
We have tried to grill pizza on the outdoor grill – it’s good but you have to be so diligent on the charcoal grill – might be easier on gas grills. If you don’ t flip the dough and the right time and hurry and top it once you’ve flipped it – you end up burning it :0! It sure teaches you to have extra dough and toppings around.
Congrats on your book!! I haven’t ventured into the realm of anything very unusual, my kids thought the grilled pineapple was too weird to eat – I didn’t mind, more for me! 🙂
Pancakes.
Can’t say I’ve tried anything more unusual than fruit (pineapples, peaches). Husband is TOO picky!
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Grilling Pizza on the grill over charcoal. All toppings must be ready cause you have to work fast once you flip the dough. I make my dough in a bread machine.
I subscribed. Not too adventurous so the most unusual thing I’ve tried is grilled peaches. Not too impressed with smoky peach taste.
Like some of the others, I will say that pizza was the adventure. Better in the oven.
I just subscribed and am looking forward to receiving your recipes and tips.
Much success!
Congratulation on the new book!
The most unusual thing I’ve tried on the grill is vegetables- zucchini, yellow summer squash and corn. So not too exotic. It would be great to try more things.
The most unusual thing I’ve ever tried to put on a panini press was a sandwich with banana bread, cream cheese, figs and a bit of honey. It wasn’t a total disaster, but the banana bread had a hard time holding shape with all the pressing.
A PICKLE! And you know what, it was GOOD!
Congratulations with your book! I don’t think I have every done anything unusual on the grill….. how boring! Perhaps I should change that tonight. 🙂
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My favorite panini is a grilled ham and cheese on dill bread. I know boring, but it taste so good.
I attemped to do a fancy grilled cheese and ham, burnt it!!! So, I tried again and it came out well, not burnt!!!! Yay for me!
Big congratulations on the new book!! We have grilled pizzas over the fire not to crazy however most stupid attempted to grill bacon over the fire….not the best idea!! 🙂
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I have made a Gouda and apple panini…. I guess not a wild and crazy one, but sure is yummy!
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Thank you so much – Jane is an awesome friend!
Either grilled cornbread or grilled romaine. Both turned out delish, but my favorite will always be panini — made with my own recipe for whole wheat sourdough bread!
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I just looked at your website after a suggestion of the Pioneer Woman website. I didn’t realize that you could do so much with a panini press. I’m excited to give your ideas a try. Thanks.
Thanks a lot, Oleta!
I don’t have a Panini press, which is why I’d love to win one! I have a “set it and forget it” grill – and the most exotic thing I’ve grilled on an indoor rotisserie has been fruit: pineapple, apples and mangoes (at different times).
To let you know I’ve subscribed to the Panini Happy List; I used shenmagic as an email, which is where all my blog subscriptions are sent and a different email for notification so I don’t miss my winning email–if I win!
Came here from This Week for Dinner. Your new book looks great! I have never tried making a panini, but I’d love to learn! I haven’t grilled anything really unusual either – just chicken and burgers. I need to get more adventurous!
Congratulations! We’re not too exotic here, but I’d say we grill 5-7 times per week–veggies and meat!
Grilled peaches! Your new book will arrive tomorrow, I cant wait!
Terrific! Thanks so much for buying it!! 🙂
Well, I haven’t tried anything unusual on the grill–I’m kinda’ boring. But as a kid I remember my dad cooking a birthday cake on the grill. I swear, he could do ANYTHING! My dad is AWESOME!
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My son will be thrilled. He is a HUGE Panini fan!
Fantastic! I hope he enjoys seeing what’s grilling over here. 🙂
I’ve fixed omelettes on a grill and they were very good
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I sent my older daughter off to college two years ago with a panini press and I’m now finishing the college packing for my younger daughter, and just realized, darn, I don’t have a panini grill for her.
Most unusual thing my daughters have grilled: bananas and Nutella on raisin bread from Bread and Cie.
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One year for Christmas my dad bought me a gas grill. I had a porch right outside my kitchen door. Man, I grilled everything–breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I have grilled scrambled eggs (in an iron skillet).
Go0d morning, and congratulations on your cookbook! I am excited to check it out and make some new panini – maybe even chicken teriyaki :). I have not been very adventurous with my grill pan, only the panini sandwiches and the occasional chicken breast. Goal = be more creative!
Grilling Pizza. A challenge but delicious.
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Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations of your book, so happy for you. Ever since I have been pregnant my panini and press and I have become best friends!!!!!!
Many congrats to YOU, Tasha – hope you’re feeling well!
Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!! I will never attempt a brownie Smore again.
I’m so happy to have found you! I tried to grill bacon on tin foil the other day, it wasn’t the greatest idea. Maybe almost burnt the house down. A plus, it incinerated the bacon and foil. Weird.
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Grilled fruit. Don’t have a panini press but would love one. I resort to using 2 cast iron grill pans on the stove when I want a panini.
The most unusual thing I’ve grilled is strawberry short cake!
Not very creative but grilled pizza!
1. I am subscribing to your website. Thanks for the chance to enter the Breville Panini Contest.
2. My oddest panini was a Baked Alaska Panini (with ice cream, etc.). A noble try!
Thanks for your good work
As far as grilling, the most unusual was pizza, before it was so popular! 🙂
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Thanks so much – welcome, Trish!
It wasn’t that it was something unusual, it was that it was the first time – an experience better left to history.
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I’m so stuck on how good fresh sourdough tastes in the panini press, I haven’t branched out to anything unusual yet. But I will!
Just subscribed to your email list too. So happy I read about your blog in the Contra Costa Times.
Thanks so much, Katy – I’m glad you found me too!
Fabulous recipes! The most daunting cookout I attempted was an Argentinian parrillada. That was too complicated! Fortunately, there was an expert griller that helped me.
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I’m afraid I’m not a very adventurous panini maker (although you’ve been inspiring me to branch out). I was kind of proud of myself when I came up with using my panini grill to warm tortillas for fajitas one night. I don’t leave them in long or they get crispy, but just a couple seconds takes the cold edge off without changing the texture (microwaving them always makes them seem a little mushy/too soft for me).
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Oh gosh I don’t think I have grilled anything unusual before 🙁 Does it count if I have thought about grilling pizza???
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Congrats on the book – can’t wait to get mine! We went through a kitchen remodel this summer, so had to grill practically every night for a couple of months. We mastered grilling a lot of unusual things, but the most unusual would have to be pasta. There were a few misses, but finally nailed it!
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I almost forgot to come back and leave a message that I subscribed. You have a fun blog 🙂 Always looking for ways to keep life interesting!
Thank you, Liz!
Well, I have to admit that I am a bit boring, but the most unusual thing I ever made was probably a nutella and berry panini, which is one of my favorites!
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This is unusual but I tried grilling a steak and chicken breast at the same time. Of course it didn’t quite work out because I like my stead on the rare side and my chicken on the cooked side. So of course my steak was ready way before my chicken.
Grilled salmon with a brush of maple syrup. So yummy… but tricky to keep the fish from going thru the grates on the BBQ.
Saw your book on The Pioneer Woman & immediately ordered it. I have just spent the last hour pouring over it. Wow! You are an amazing cook – how did you ever think of making a cake on a panini press? Can’t wait to start making your recipes – congratulations!
Thanks so much, Dawn!! I’m really glad to hear you like the book. Happy grilling! 🙂
Oh Kathy I’m so excited for you!!! Many congrats, this book looks fantastic!!
So the most unusual thing I have grilled is beer can chicken 🙂 I don’t cook whole chicken often so it was an experience for me! 🙂
I am a total newbie here. Had my first pinni last week. That’s all it took to get me hooked. I can not share a recepie however I signed up for e-mails and would like to enter for the press . Looking f orward to making them! thanks!
I’ve never tried anything other than sandwiches. After reading Pioneer Woman’s blog I can’t wait to try other things!