Jennifer's Wafflewich Panini

What do you get when you cross a waffle with a panini? A wafflewich panini! (or waffini...or paniffle...?)

Special thanks to Jennifer Pan for sending us this ingenious recipe. According to Jennifer, "you can do a lot more with waffle paninis" - we're thinking roast beef and swiss; grilled chicken and roasted red peppers; chicken fingers, lettuce, and honey mustard sauce...the wafflewich panini possibilities are endless.

Jennifer's Wafflewich Panini
1 waffle
1 slice ham
1 slice turkey
1-2 slices cheese
lettuce

Make a waffle, cut in half. The two halves are now your "bread." If you're really hungry you can just make 2 separate waffles.

Pile one of your waffle halves with everything you'd like in your panini. I usually go for ham, turkey, cheese and lettuce. Drizzle the other waffle half with maple syrup. (If you don't want syrup in your panini you can skip this step, it's still good.)

Put the 2 waffle halves together so that the syrup side is on the inside of the sandwich. Panini press it.

Turkey Olive Muenster Sandwich

It's hard to decide who's really the star of this flavor combo--the fruity olives bursting with juice, the creamy Muenster with its rich Muenster-y taste, or the chewy tangy dried cranberries (which I sadly didn't get a shot of in this picture. I hope they don't mind).

Turkey Olive Muenster Sandwich

2 slices whole wheat bread

small squirt of mayo (1 tsp)

slightly bigger squirt of mustard (1 Tbsp)

1 slice Muenster cheese

2-3 leaves of crisp Romaine lettuce

3-4 olives, sliced

2-3 slices tomato

2 slices turkey

5-6 dried cranberries

1. Spread mustard and mayo on one slice (okay if they blend).

2. Layer rest of ingredients: turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, cranberries, Muenster, and other slice of bread. Do this loosely.

3. Savor.

(Something that I wasn't aware of until recently is that olives are really moisture-laden. If your sandwich ever feels saw-dusty or dry, try dispersing some olives in the filling and I guarantee you will no longer have a hard time swallowing.)

Broccoli Cheese Turkey Crostini

Turn a slice of rustic bread into a "pizza crostini" by spreading on some pasta sauce sprinkled with shredded cheese, melted on a panini grill (be careful that the top lid doesn't touch the cheese). Then top with anything you want! Turkey, tomato, broccoli, and black pepper are excellent. You can also do an over-easy egg on top to make it sublime.

Broccoli Cheese Turkey Crostini

1 slice Seven Stars bread

1 Tbsp pasta sauce

1 Tbsp shredded cheese

1 Tbsp broccoli, turkey, tomato medley

black pepper

1 over-easy egg

1. Spread pasta sauce on the bread.

2. Sprinkle on the cheese and place the bread on a panini press.

3. Lower the top lid so it is 1 cm away from the top, and melt the cheese (this takes 5 minutes - be patient!)

4. Top with the broccoli, turkey, and tomato.

5. Sprinkle on black pepper.

6. Top with an over-easy egg, break the yolk, and devour.

Smiley Swiss Cranberry Turkey Sandwich

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Smiley Swiss Cranberry Turkey Sandwich

2 slices wheat bread

1-2 slices tomato

1 Tbsp diced onion

1-2 leaves lettuce

1 Tbsp cranberry spread (in sandwich line)

1-2 slices turkey

1 slice smiley swiss cheese

1. Spread cranberry sauce on one slice of bread.

2. Assemble, take a bite, chew, swallow, smile. Repeat.

Turkey Sandwich with Roasted Chicken and Bell Peppers

The chicken provides a lot of flavor, and you only need a little bit. You can substitute any flavorful roast meat in place of the chicken, but if you want to recreate this exact sandwich (which was either very yummy or I was really hungry) you should use chicken that has a savory, smoky, soy sauce flavor. Also, the bruschetta bar has a lot of tasty spreads - like the olive tapenade for this sandwich.

Turkey Sandwich with Roasted Chicken and Bell Peppers

2 slices whole wheat bread

2 tsp mayo

1/4 tsp mustard

2 slices swiss cheese

3 slices turkey

3 lettuce leaves

1 Tbsp olive tapenade

3 roasted red pepper slices

1 roasted chicken wing, shredded into chunks

2 tomato slices

1. Spread one slice of bread with mayo and mustard.

2. Layer on remaining ingredients.

Turkey Spinach Quesadilla

Crispy ridges on the tortilla from the panini press add unique texture to this quesadilla that oozes melty cheese around pockets of fresh spinach and savory turkey. Brushing the tortilla with melted butter or oil before putting it in the panini press gives it an extra crunch and nice "grill" marks.

Turkey Spinach Quesadilla

1 whole wheat tortilla

1/2 cup shredded white cheddar cheese

1/4 cup shredded turkey

1/2 cup raw baby spinach leaves

2 Tbsp melted butter or olive oil

sour cream, salsa, guacamole (optional)

1. Brush both sides of the tortilla with melted butter or oil. (Or just brush the outside)

2. Fill half of the tortilla with all the remaining ingredients, dispersing them evenly throughout. Fold over the other half to form a half moon.

3. Spray the panini press with nonstick spray and place folded tortilla with fillings on the press.

4. Press for 2-4 minutes, checking every minute until cheese is melted and tortilla is crispy or golden brown.

5. Serve with sour cream, salsa, or guacamole if desired.