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.

Sam's Chicken Finger Friday Chicken and Waffles

Happy Chicken Finger Friday, everyone! We received this recipe from Sam Heft-Luthy. Yes, it's V-dub not Ratty Gourmet, and you should give it a try! In Sam's own words, it's a "simple yet elegant twist on a Southern staple." We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

Sam's Chicken Finger Friday Chicken and Waffles

4-5 V-Dub chicken fingers

1 V-Dub waffle
1-2 Tbsp Tobasco sauce
liberal drizzle of pancake syrup

This is pretty self-explanatory, but put the chicken strips on the waffle, then drizzle the tobasco and syrup over them. Add a cup of coffee and a copy of the New York Times for a Sunday brunch experience on a Friday afternoon.

Savory Waffle Sandwiches

While these were good, during the time it takes to split the waffle open and make the sandwich, the waffle crust goes from satisfyingly crispy to disappointingly soggy. Still, the flavors were pretty good, and it's worth a try if you are a waffle fan. The good news is we have a secret genius idea for maintaining the crispy crust of a waffle sandwich...stay tuned!

Savory Waffle Sandwiches

1/2 spoonful of waffle batter

1 lettuce

1/4 cup tuna salad

1 slice swiss cheese

1/4 cup garbanzo bean salad (pre-made at the V-dub...plain garbanzo beans with some dressing and roasted red peppers work too)

1. Pour waffle batter into half of the waffle iron.

2. Make waffle.

3. Cut in half, and split each half into two without burning off fingers.

4. Fill with fillings.

Crispy Waffle with Whipped Cream

This was made somewhat on accident. The waffle batter happened to be runny, and it had the effect of producing a layered, nook-and-cranny filled, funnel-cake-like, crispy golden waffle that was just delicious with fluffy whipped cream.

Crispy Waffle with Whipped Cream

half ladle of waffle batter (make sure it is runny)

2-3 second squirt of whipped cream

1. Generously spray non-stick spray on top and bottom of waffle iron.

2. Pour runny waffle batter into waffle iron, press top down and turn over immediately and cook for 2 min 15 seconds.

3. Serve with a generous squirt of whipped cream and enjoy by a sunny window.

Feta and Sunflower Seed Waffle by Karolina Woroniecka

This delicious waffle was inspired by Karolina Woroniecka. Here's her recipe:

Feta and Sunflower Seed Waffle

1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

1 1/2 tablespoon feta cheese

1/2 scoop waffle batter

tomato quarters and cucumbers drizzled with balsamic vinegar (optional)

1. Mix up the first three, put it in the waffle machine.

2. When finished, serve with vegetable salad. If fresh herbs are available, it would be great to mix them in!