Sampling of the Sliders! The Twisted American, The Parmesean & The Chili Mexican

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

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american, burgers, cliders, gourmet burgers, gourmet sliders, meatball slider, mexican hamburger

I must confess I love burgers. I love gourmet mini burgers the most with their different flavors. When someone gave me about 30 different kinds of Pepperidge Farms breads to try this past weekend, I decided to put those slider buns to use! (Did I mention Pepperidge Farms make caramel apple bread now??) Everyone here wants their burger different so I decided to give them just that. I made three different burgers, winging it every step of the way just to see which one would be declared the tasty winner. I must say I had a hard time, as did the others in my family. The funny thing is we all picked a different winner. So whichever one you venture out to try, at least you are picking a winner!

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Grilled Chicken Gyros on Flat-Out Low carb Low Calorie W/ Oikos Cucumber Dill Dip

01 Tuesday Oct 2013

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chicken gyro, chicken sandwich, flat-out, flatout, greek sandwich, greek sauce, greek yogurt sauce, grilled chicken, grilled gyro. low calorie sandwich, gyro, lemon dill, low card gyro, tzatziki sauce

To say that I am in love with the new Oikos Greek yogurt dip would be an understatement. I love this as a dressing, as dip for chips, on gyros or fish and now my new favorite; chicken gyros. That is essentially what this is and it’s oh so simple to make. I cut down on the carbs and calories with this by grilling the chicken and by using Flat-Outs in place of the traditional pita bread. They only have 100 calories, they are low fat and are a good source of fiber. They are nice and light and I liked how it let all the flavors shine through. All of these components together made for a wonderful light gyro that was bursting with all those traditional gyro flavors.

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Panini Party Night!

17 Saturday Aug 2013

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grilled sandwiches, hot sandwiches, itialian panini, panini, turley panini

Paninis are cooked in specific grilling machines called either panini presses or simply panini machines. Domestic panini machines are usually made of teflon-coated metal or glass-ceramic, whereas professional units are made out of glass-ceramic or cast-iron. Well… I don’t have a panini machine, mister wikipedia! So, what now? I will tell you what now. We make our own machine. Well, sort of. I don’t need a fancy machine to press a sandwich. I just need some wonderful bread, nice cuts of meat, cheese, oh and something heavy. It just so happens that the other day, a woman from work came in and was selling her homemade white bread. How could I resist? I bought 2 loaves and the immediate idea that popped into my mind was “Paninins!”. This bread tasted more like white Tuscan it was so soft inside but chewy on the outside. Yes, I tried it right there in my office. That is the bread we love.

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Cuban Hotdog vs. Breakfast Hotdog Challenge

26 Friday Jul 2013

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bacon hotdog, Cuban hotdog, fried egg hot dog, gourmet hotdogs

So I had a few people write and ask, “Aren’t you doing Hot Dog Day?” Well, of course I am, but you see I gave these ideas up to my daughter. I wanted her to come up with an idea of her favorite hotdog and then I would implement it. She chose a “Cuban” and a “Breakfast Dog”. Yum! I was off collecting the main ingredients and then I ran across the most amazing thing. I was in Walmart, and there they were with a shining light on them. Pretzel buns! I had to use these and they were a huge hit! So let’s make these hot dogs already and see which one looks best to you!! For us, it was a tie right down the middle.

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Dry Rub Pulled Pork w/ Beer Braise Sauce

05 Friday Jul 2013

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B-B-que, Bar-b-que pork, barbeque pokr, beer prok, carolina bar-b-que, dry rub, dry rubbed pork, pulled pork, sauce

Ever since i made this, I could not stop talking about it. Now let me tell you, I make this all the time as it’s a go to especially when I am going away and need to leave a lot of something for the crew to eat. But I wanted to try something new so I saw Anne Burrell’s recipe on Food Network and revamped it just a little for my taste. Well my taste buds said YUM!! The dry rub and beer made it’s own sauce that was to die for. I didn’t make my own sauce, I didn’t grab my go to bottle in the fridge. This was awesome on it’s own. I love anything I can throw on the grill and forget about. You can also do this in the oven, so no worries, you non-grill-owning people.