Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and if you’re like me, you probably still have some leftovers taking up valuable space in the fridge. Well, this next panini recipe is not only a tasty sandwich, but it’ll also help use up some of those Thanksgiving leftovers before they go bad. I call this turkey sandwich recipe the Thanksgiving Panini.
I like to spend my Sunday nights making my lunch for the week. I’ll either press a bunch of different panini sandwiches and freeze them or I’ll cook up a few main ingredients and then make the sandwiches fresh during the week. One of the ingredients that I like to have available all the time is grilled eggplant.
Recently I posted an Eggplant, Roasted Peppers, Mozzarella Panini Recipe that I really enjoy. But here’s another panini that you can make with grilled eggplant if you don’t have roasted peppers on hand.
The best part about creating new panini recipes is the experimentation. It’s a lot of fun to mix together ingredients in different combinations and let the heat of the panini grill blend them together for a unique and interesting new taste. The Ham, Cheddar and Apple panini is one of those weird mixes that might not sound too appealing but it’s actually quite good.
Two of my favorite things to put on a sandwich are goat cheese and roasted peppers. So when you put them both on one panini together, great things happen. A roasted pepper and goat cheese panini is another easy panini recipe with a taste that is greater than the sum of it’s ingredients.
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If you’ve been reading this blog for a while now you’ve probably figured out that most of the panini sandwiches that I make are for my lunch and they’re made with leftovers. In the mornings before going to my 9-5 there isn’t a lot of time for cooking. So I’m a big fan of easy panini. Here’s how I make a very easy eggplant parmesan recipe.
Now I’m not going to go into too many details on how I make the eggplant parmesan but here a few tips to remember.
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It may be hard to believe, but I’m not a full time panini maker. I have a day job but that gives me the perfect opportunity to make a sandwich everyday and brown bag it. Eating a Monte Cristo or a Patty Melt everyday for lunch would be nice but most of the time I barely have time to fire up the panini press. My mornings are pretty rushed so I like to make a few sandwiches on the weekend and put them in the freezer. It works out great for those mornings that I’m running late. I just grab a panini out of the freezer and off I go.
Salami Provolone Panini
A panini that holds it’s flavor even after it’s been frozen is salami and provolone. It’s simple, delicious and carries well. Sometimes on the weekend I’ll cut a large baguette or a loaf of Italian bread and make a few of these salami and provolone panini for the freezer.
If you’ve had your eye on a few panini recipes for a while now and the only thing that’s stopping you from trying them is the fact that you don’t have a panini maker, then you’re in luck. You don’t even need a panini maker to make a great panini sandwich.
Panini Grill Press
If you’ve ever worked in a diner like I have, you’re probably familiar with a grill press. It’s a big chunk of metal that sits on the grill day staying nice and hot. And the short order cook working the grill will place it on top of burgers, bacon and other fried food to speed up the cooking. The hot grill press cooks the food from both sides and that helps the cook get his orders out in a timely fashion.
Did you know that one of the best ways for you to reduce your carbon footprint and help fight climate change is by going vegetarian. Apparantely the meat industry adds almost as much carbon dioxide as the automobile industry. They say that even skipping meat one or two days a week would be a big help. And skipping meat a few times a week is actually pretty easy when you know a lot of easy eggplant recipes.
Now everyone is probably familiar with eggplant parmesian sandwiches. If you have already fried up the eggplant and you have some tomato sauce already made, it’s very easy to make a eggplant parmesian panini. But breading and frying eggplant is a big chore. Definitely not something you want to do when you’re getting ready to go to the office and trying to make a homemade lunch. If you’re the kind of person that can plan ahead and fry up a nice batch of eggplant on the weekend, then you’re all set. I’m not one of those people though.
Garden Fresh Tomatoes & Eggplant
For me, summertime means fresh tomatoes. I have a big vegetable garden and all the time and hard work that I put into it are paid off one hundred percent when I take a bite of the first garden fresh tomato of the season. And the best way to enjoy garden fresh tomatoes is on a tomato, basil and mozzarella sandwich.
Tomato Basil Mozzarella Sandwich
