Garlic Roasted Vegetable Subs

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Main Dish, Quick Meals, Sandwichs and tagged with hoagie, recipe, roast vgetables, sandwich, vegetarian March 23, 2015

Garlic Roasted Vegetable Sub

Oven-roasting is an easy way to prepare vegetables and bring out the best of their natural flavor. Any combination of vegetables will work in this hearty vegetarian sub sandwich. I particularly like the combination I put together to create an Italian vibe. I filled them with a medley of garlic-roasted eggplant, bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and tomatoes, then topped them with cheese and placed them in the oven for a light toasting. This is an easy and delicious meal.

The quantity of vegetables given in this recipe was more than I needed for just two of us, so I plan to use the extra ready-roasted vegetables in another meal with pasta, sausage, and tomato sauce. They would also be good on a pizza, I’m thinking!

Once roasted, they can be used in several ways.

GARLIC ROASTED VEGETABLE SUBS

Yield: enough for 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:

1 medium eggplant, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
3 Tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 medium green or yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces
4 Roma tomatoes, cut into 3 or 4 thick slices
2 thick slices sweet onion, separated into rings
8 ounces white button mushrooms, halved crosswise
2 cloves garlic, very finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 soft sub/hoagie rolls (about 6 inches)
4 to 6 slices cheese ( mozzarella, muenster or provolone)

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400*F. and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment.

2. Place eggplant cubes in a large bowl, drizzle with 1 1/2 Tbsp. olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Spread the cubes on one of the prepared baking sheets and set aside.

3. Add the peppers, tomato slices, onion rings, and mushrooms to the bowl. Sprinkle with the chopped garlic, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with the remaining olive oil. Toss to combine and transfer to the other prepared baking sheet.

4. Roast the vegetables until tender and lightly caramelized, 20 to 30 minutes. Rotate the baking sheets and toss the vegetables about halfway through the cooking time for best results.

5. Split the rolls lengthwise and divide the vegetables between them.

Split rolls, add veggies.

Top with slices of cheese.

I used sliced mozzarella.

Place in the oven for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the rolls are lightly toasted. Serve with chips or fries.

A delicious meal!

SOURCE: My Gourmet Connection

Roasted Tomato and Pesto Grilled Cheese

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Sandwichs and tagged with grilled cheese, lunch, pesto, recipe, roasted tomatoes, sandwich, vegan, vegetarian January 30, 2015

Tomato-Pesto Grilled Cheese.

This is day two of being snowed-in. Sidewalk is shoveled, but driveway not plowed! Go figure that one. Snowplow guy seems to be busy elsewhere. Well, there’s still plenty of food in the house, so no rush about going anywhere.

Under these house-bound conditions, almost as soon as breakfast is over, I start thinking about lunch. Wouldn’t you? I’m imagining some kind of a grilled cheese sandwich. Most folks love the combo of tomato soup and grilled cheese, so let me see if I can cram the two of them together in a knock-your-socks-off sandwich. Get ready for an ooey-gooey delight.

First we’re going to go to our refrigerators to gather up all the delicious things we’ll need. If those things should happen to be roasted, pesto-ed, or melty, that’s ideal.

Today I’m lucky, I have some good things. This is not always the case. Sometimes all I have in the fridge is skim milk and some bendy celery with brown tops. That’s why there’s frozen pizza, right? Skim milk and bendy celery are not allowed in this sandwich. Absolutely not, not when I see some precious Romano, cheddar and pesto in there, not to mention some beautiful red tomatoes.

This is what it looks like to pack every delicious item in your refrigerator between toasted onion rolls.

(These are not the best photos I’ve ever taken, but I was too impatient to eat this sandwich.)

I’m the kind of person who likes to always have pesto on hand. Quite some time ago I posted my recipe for homemade pesto(s), and I really recommend you make some for your refrigerator. Made from herbs or spinach or kale (ignore that bendy celery), you’ll thank yourself when you go looking in your refrigerator for some “good things”. BTW, make lots–it freezes well, too.

On this sandwich we layer shredded cheddar, smeared pesto, roasted tomato puree, salty Romano cheese and mayo!

Roasting the tomatoes intensifies their flavor and sweetness. The pesto adds a happy green, garlic-y kick. Two kinds of cheese because we’re the kind of people who deserve two kinds of cheese on our sandwich. Spread the top and bottom of the sandwich with mayo and grill on each side until the center is warm and melty.

The center gets melty and warm.

Now the pay-off. Take that sandwich to your favorite comfy place and settle yourself into coziness. Sit down on the floor if you have to, just relax and enjoy it. Now eat slowly and savor every delicious bite. Relax. Read your e-mails, or check out Pinterest. Only move when the desire for some chips or a beverage motivates you beyond laziness. Bendy celery, get outta here!

ROAST TOMATO PESTO GRILLED CHEESE

Yield: Makes 2 sandwiches

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
4 plum tomatoes, halved and seeded
2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
1/2 tsp. dried basil
dash of salt and pepper
4 tsp. canola mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. pesto
2 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese, (about 1/2 cup)
2 oz. Romano cheese, thinly sliced
4 slices of whole grain bread or rolls of choice

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400*F. Combine 1 tsp. oil, tomatoes, and garlic on a baking sheet.

Cut in half and seed tomatoes.

Bake at 400*F. for 20 minutes. Remove skins and discard. Squeeze garlic to extract the pulp, discard skins.

Roast with garlic. Remove skins.

2. Combine tomatoes, garlic pulp, basil, salt and pepper in a mini food processor pulse 10 times.

Place in mini processor and chop finely.

3. Spread mayonnaise on two slices of bread or top half of rolls. Spread pesto on remaining 2 slices bread or bottoms of rolls.

Spread mayo and pesto on bread slices.

4. Spread about 1 1/2 tablespoon tomato mixture on sandwich bottoms. Cover with half the grated cheese on each bottom, top that with thinly sliced Romano cheese.

5. Cover with sandwich tops. Lightly coat outsides of sandwiches with cooking spray.

6. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon oil, swirl to coat. Place sandwiches in pan; cook about 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Flip sandwiches, and continue to cook until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Cut in half and serve immediately.

7. If you have a panini pan, sandwiches may be cooked in that instead of a skillet.

SOURCE: Carolyn’s Originals

Open-Faced Salmon & Avocado BLT’s

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Sandwichs and tagged with avocado, bacon, focaccia bread, lettuce, Quick meals, recipe, Salmon, sandwich, tomatoes August 27, 2014

Open-faced salmon and avocado BLT’s.

Our weekly menus this summer have been plentiful in these two things: hearty sandwiches and salads. Somehow they seem like the right thing to have on a warm day when cooking is out of the question, so I’m always on the lookout for new combinations, especially for sandwiches. I want them to be dinner-worthy which means they need to include the major components of a meal, be filling and nutritious. This combination of tender salmon fillet with fresh tomatoes and lettuce plus crispy bacon on a focaccia roll is perfect.

I made this one evening a few weeks ago, on a night when I was starving, so I don’t know if I was having an exceptionally good cooking night or if I was just incredibly hungry, but it was just soooo good.

OPEN-FACED SALMON & AVOCADO BLT’S

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 slices diagonally cut ciabatta bread or 2 large ciabatta rolls, cut in half
Get all the vegetables ready.
4 center-cut bacon slices
4 (4-ounce) salmon fillets, skinned, about 3/4-inch thick
1/4 cup canola mayonnaise
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon minced chives, or green onions, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
4 lettuce leaves
4 (1/2-inch-thick) tomato slices, halved
1/2 peeled ripe avocado, cut into 8 wedges
4 lemon wedges for serving

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler to high.

2. Arrange bread or rolls on a baking sheet; broil 1 minute or until lightly toasted.

3. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan. Add salmon fillets to drippings in pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.

Cook bacon till crisp, then cook salmon in the drippings.

4. Combine canola mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon water, 2 teaspoons minced chives, and Dijon mustard in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk.

5. Spread mayonnaise mixture evenly over bread slices; top each with 1 lettuce leaf, 1 bacon slice, 2 halved tomato slices, 2 avocado slices and 1 fish fillet.

Building the sandwich layer by layer.

Sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 teaspoon chives. Serve with lemon wedges.

SOURCE: Eating Well

Blue Cheese Burgers

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Carolyn's Originals, Main Dish, Quick Meals, Sandwichs and tagged with blue cheese, Burgers, lean ground beef, quick meal, recipe, sandwich August 1, 2014

Blue Cheese Burgers.

We have a wonderful burger restaurant in our town that we go to on occasion. They grind their own beef mixture from grass-fed cattle, and it’s juicy and so flavorful. Using this great beef they come up with some very interesting burgers with unique toppings. One of my favorites is their blue cheese burger. This is not your standard burger with blue cheese on top. Instead it’s crumbled and added to the meat mixture. When the burger is cooked, the cheese melts, adds its flavor to the other seasonings and makes this burger so moist and juicy that it runs down your fingers and into your hands.

Can’t wait for the first bite.

Licking your fingers is allowed because you don’t want to waste one drop of that deliciousness. Well, I have been wanting to replicate this burger at home for some time now, and last weekend I did just that. It may not be an exact copy, but close enough that I was more than satisfied with the result. We cooked them on the grill, but they would be just as good cooked in a hot skillet on the stove-top. I would recommend serving them on the best buns you can find. A good burger deserves a sturdy roll to capture all that goodness. This burger will definitely be “in your face”. 🙂

Even if you don’t like blue cheese one little bit, you will most likely enjoy these burgers, because there is no strong flavor of blue cheese, but the overall flavor is just perfect. If you would like a more pronounced flavor of blue cheese, increase the amount that you put into the meat mixture.

An added benefit to adding the cheese to the beef is that you can use a leaner cut of ground beef and still get a moist and very flavorful burger. These burgers can be served with your favorite toppings. I served them with sliced tomatoes and lettuce, and a little mayo on the bun that had been toasted. These have zoomed to the top of my list of favorite burgers. In fact I have already made another batch to freeze. It’s so easy to pull out the number you need for a meal, and they’re pan ready. Just defrost, cook, and eat!! Exactly what summertime calls for!

BLUE CHEESE BURGERS

Yield; makes 12 burgers

Ingredients:

Mixing up the beef mixture.

3 pounds lean ground beef
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled, or more to taste
1/2 cup minced fresh chives or green onions
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce, or more to your taste
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon spicy mustard ( such as Gulden’s)
12 French rolls or buns

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix ground beef, blue cheese, chives, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt, and mustard. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

2. Gently shape burger mixture into 12 ( 1/2-inch-thick) patties.

You will want to keep a few of these in your freezer.

3. Preheat an outdoor grill to high heat. Oil the grill grate. Grill patties 3 minutes/side for medium well; and 5 minutes/side for well done. Serve on rolls, with toppings of choice.

Serve with fresh corn for a great summer meal.

SOURCE: Carolyn’s Originals

Kale and Melted Cheese Panini

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Sandwichs and tagged with cheese, healthy, kale, panini, recipe, sandwich, tomato, vegetarian June 6, 2014

Kale and Melted Cheese Panini

Farmer’s Markets are starting to open or move outdoors now that the weather has warmed up. I’m tired of making do with supermarket produce, even if some of it is locally grown. I love going to the open market and seeing first-hand the stalls and rows of fresh vegetables. So on most Thursdays I’ll be part of the crowd strolling in the sunlight from stall to stall, with my bags and basket in hand. I’ve gotten to know a few of the vendors, so we chat and they keep me informed as to what’s in season right now, right here. Local to me means having been grown in a 25 mile radius of where I live.

Dinner inspiration waits at every turn. A bunch of dark green kale and a juicy early tomato go into my bag. These will be layered with melty cheese in a savory, cheesy panini. (today’s post) I have plans for using the rest of the kale in a meatless meal that will soon be appearing on these pages also. Rhubarb goes into my bag next, ooooh, so many things to make with rhubarb. What shall be first? Asparagus, standing in tall bunches, just waiting for me. Again, I have so many ideas of what to do with them. Oh, I’m happy. I’m doing the happy dance!! 1-2-3-cha,cha, cha.

For this vegetarian panini sandwich, layers of sautéed kale, garden-fresh tomatoes and a fine melting cheese get toasted to ultra-deliciousness. Gruyère or fontina have complex flavors and melt beautifully, but any cheese you have on hand will do. I particularly like muenster cheese as it too melts nicely, and has a mild nutty flavor that blends with the other flavors of this sandwich. For anyone who absolutely must have some meat in their sandwich, well, a little bacon never hurt anything, and it makes a great addition. As you can see by the photos, I did just that!

KALE AND MELTED CHEESE PANINI

Yield: makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
8 cups chopped kale
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 slices country bread (1/4 inch thick), preferably whole wheat
cooking spray
1 cup shredded Gruyère or fontina cheese ( or any other cheese of choice)
1 medium tomato, cut into 8 thin slices
2 slices precooked bacon/sandwich (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown, 5 – 7 minutes. Add vinegar and cook until almost evaporated, about 1 minute. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Onion and garlic sautéed with balsamic vinegar.

Add kale, water and salt (the pan will be full). Stir, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the kale is wilted and the water has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

Add the kale and cook until it is wilted.

2. To prepare the panini: Preheat panini maker to high. Coat one side of each slice of bread with cooking spray. With sprayed side down, spread the kale mixture on 4 slices of bread ( about 1/2 cup per sandwich). Top each with 1/4 cup cheese and 2 slices tomato.

All layered up, ready for the bun top.

Top with the remaining bread, sprayed-side up. Press in the panini maker until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes.

This is unbelievably good!

SOURCE: Eating Well Magazine

Tuna Melts with Horseradish Mayonnaise

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Carolyn's Originals, Sandwichs and tagged with food, havarti cheese, horseradish, lunch, open tuna melt, recipe, sandwich, tuna salad April 9, 2014

Tuna Melt with Horseradish Mayonnaise

Let me introduce you to one of my very favorite sandwiches. It’s high time you met. You see, I’ve been making and enjoying this sandwich for quite some time now, but for some reason I never took photos of it. Bad lighting, too hungry (usually), cheese too melty, not attractive. Oh, and I never wrote down the ingredients before. I just make it on the fly.

This week I became determined to share it with you. Even though it seems like a pretty ordinary, everyone-must-know-how-to-make-this, kind of sandwich, I figured that if we love it made this way, you just might like it too. This particular combo of tuna fish, crunchy celery and scallions, and a tangy mayo-mustard-horseradish dressing on rye toast is mouthwateringly good. It makes a great lunch, and can become a full meal when paired with a hot bowl of soup. If you’ve never added some of these flavors to tuna fish salad, try it. You may be surprised at how good it is.

TUNA MELTS WITH HORSERADISH MAYONNAISE

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons mayonnaise, divided
2 5-ounce cans solid white tuna, drained
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
2 scallions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley, or 1 Tbsp. dried
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
kosher salt and black pepper
1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
4 large slices rye bread, lightly toasted
8 thin slices havarti cheese
8 slices of tomato
dill pickles, for serving, (optional)

Directions:

1. Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 475*F.

2. Combine 4 Tbsp. mayonnaise, the tuna, celery, scallions, parsley, and vinegar in a large bowl and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Combine the remaining 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise with the mustard and horseradish in a small bowl; spread on the bread slices and arrange on a baking sheet. Mound the tuna mixture on top and pat it into an even layer. Top each with 1 cheese slice, tearing it as needed to cover the tuna mixture.

4. Season the tomato slices with salt; Place 2 slices on top of each sandwich, then top each with another slice of cheese. Bake until the cheese melts, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with dill pickles.

SOURCE: Carolyn’s Originals

French Dip Sandwiches

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Quick Meals, Sandwichs and tagged with food, French Dip, leftovers, pot roast, quick meal, recipe, roast beef, sandwich November 15, 2013

Once you’ve eaten your fill of the pot roast what do you do with the leftovers? Reheating the meat in its juices can be boring, but if you use the leftovers and transform them into this tasty French dip sandwich, you may wish you had more for a second time around.

French Dip Sandwiches

I made these sandwiches just recently and with the addition of some chips or salad they become a complete meal. Just layer thinly sliced roast beef or pot roast with grilled onions and cheese into buttered sub rolls, broil, and you’ve got a satisfying quick meal. The most important element here is the jus, which is used to moisten the beef and is served with the sandwich for dipping.

FRENCH DIP SANDWICHES

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 tsp. olive oil
1 large onion, halved and sliced then
4 (6-inch) sub rolls
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
4 cups thinly sliced leftover pot roast or roast beef
1 cup jus, heated in a small saucepan
4 slices provolone cheese, cut in half (Swiss cheese works here, too)

Directions:

1. Position oven rack 6 inches below heating element and preheat the broiler. Heat oil in small non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until browned, about 7 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, slice rolls in half lengthwise and spread interior of both sides with butter. Place on baking sheet, butter sides up, and broil until golden, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove top half of each roll.

Layer thinly sliced beef on toasted sub rolls.

3. Using tongs, dip beef slices into hot jus and place about 4 slices beef on bottom half of each roll.

Spoon onions over beef…….

Spoon grilled onions over beef.

arrange provolone on top…..

Top with sliced provolone.

Broil until cheese has melted. Set top half of each roll in place and serve with extra jus for dipping.

So sorry folks, but just at this point when I wanted to take a photo of this gorgeous sandwich to tempt you, my camera became ornery, and wouldn’t take the picture. Dang!! Guess you will need to use your imagination here. 😦

SOURCE: Cook’s Country

Ham and Apple Butter Panini

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Quick Meals, Sandwichs and tagged with apple butter, Apples, cheese, food, ham, panini, recipe, sandwich October 18, 2013

Ham and apple butter panini.

The foliage this year in New England is awesome, probably due to the few chilly mornings we had a couple of weeks ago. Even though it is still developing in our area, north of us it has almost reached its peak. So this year we took our annual foliage ride to New Hampshire. It was a beautiful sunny day and we totally enjoyed our day-cation. One of the highlights of the day was our lunch at a small cafe, situated with a river running behind it. There was a patio out back where we sat to enjoy not only our lunch, but also the foliage along the river.

We both ordered a bowl of soup and this Ham and Apple Butter Panini. It was awesome, and after we returned home the thought of it kept running through my mind. I wished I could have another one, so I made it happen. The combination may sound a little unusual, but let me assure you, it’s all good. Somehow it just works. The sweet apple butter, the salty ham, crisp apple slices and melted cheese. Irresistible.

Cheese, apples, ham and apple butter. Superb!

If you go to an apple orchard and come away looking for ideas to use up your apples, this sandwich is a great place to start.

HAM AND APPLE BUTTER PANINI

Yield: 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:

8 slices sturdy bread, such as sourdough, or a rustic white like Scala.
3 – 4 Tbsp. butter, softened
sliced cheddar cheese, white or yellow,
2 – 3 thinly sliced apples, such as Macoun, Macintosh, or whatever is available in your area.
thinly sliced deli ham, about 6 – 8 oz.
1/2 cup apple butter (available at the supermarket where jams are sold, or you can make your own.)

Directions:

To assemble the sandwiches, separate the slices of bread into pairs. Generously butter one side of each slice of bread, and then place them butter side down on a work surface. (This will be the outside of the sandwich.)

On one side of each pair, layer cheese, apple slices, and ham.

On the remaining slice of each pair, spread a generous layer of apple butter. Sandwich the two slices of each pair together with the buttered sides facing outward.

Butter the outside of bread on both sides and grill it.

Warm a cast iron skillet or panini grill over medium heat. Cook the sandwiches, turning once, until both sides are golden and the cheese is melted. Slice in half and serve immediately.

Sweet, salty, cheesy, melty. What’s not to love?

Crab Cake Sliders

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Sandwichs and tagged with bacon, Crab cake, food, Old Bay seasoning, recipe, sandwich, seafood October 2, 2013

Crab Cakes with BLT topping. Oh, Yum!

I was feeling a little “Crabby” today, which is to say that I was in the mood for some crab cakes. I love crab cakes, but most times when I’ve had them they contained chopped green or red peppers. In my opinion, the strong flavor of the pepper overwhelms the delicate flavor of the crabmeat, and so I’m disappointed. Whenever I’ve tried to make crab cakes at home I’ve had difficulty in getting them to hold a “patty” shape , while dipping in crumbs and frying them. Any that I’ve attempted fall apart before I’m finished with them.

So, OK, I gave up on making my own crab cakes. UNTIL I found this recipe for Crab Cake Sliders. While the idea of small sliders didn’t appeal to me, as in ” oh no, even smaller crab cakes to try to keep together”, there were aspects of this recipe that intrigued me and made me think that these just might be possible. First, I liked the combination of seasonings that go into them, secondly, some of the buns are broken up and used as a binder with the crabmeat, and lastly, there’s no peppers and no breading involved. These are formed, set to chill in the refrigerator for some time, then broiled. Finely they are enhanced by the addition of BACON, lettuce and sliced tomato. A BLT on a crab cake—whoever thought this up is at genius level. I wish I could take the credit, but sadly it goes to someone at Food Network Magazine.

Because I wanted to serve these as a main meal, I decided to form the crabmeat mixture into patties sized to fit onto regular sandwich rolls. I used my 1/2 cup measure to portion out the crabmeat onto the baking sheet, then flattened them slightly with a fork. This technique gave me 5 patties, with a tiny bit left over to nibble on. 😀 I will definitely keep this recipe readily at hand for when I’m entertaining and want to make sliders. The crab cakes held together better than any others that I’ve made, and the whole sandwich was filling and delicious. As good as I imagined they would be.

CRAB CAKE SLIDERS

Yield: Makes 15 sliders

Ingredients:

18 mini potato buns
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise
All the ingredients.
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted, plus more for brushing
1 large egg
1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. yellow mustard
1 green onion, sliced, green part only
kosher salt
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked through**
10 strips bacon
finely grated lemon zest
freshly ground black pepper
Sliced tomato and lettuce leaves, for topping

** I Use canned crab meat that I found in the seafood dept. of my supermarket. It was large pieces of lump crabmeat with no tendons or shell to pick over. A pound of readily usable crabmeat–a bargain in my estimate.

1. Prepare the crab cakes: Tear 3 buns (or similar amount of bread) into small pieces to make about 3/4 cup; put into a medium bowl. Whisk 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, the melted butter, egg, Old Bay, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, green onion, and salt in another small bowl.

Mayonnaise and seasonings mixture.

Add the mayonnaise mixture to the bun pieces and stir to combine. Let sit for 10 minutes, then gently fold in the crabmeat.

2. Brush a baking sheet with some melted butter. Tightly pack the crab mixture into 15 small patties and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

3. Preheat the oven to 350*F. Arrange the bacon on a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer and bake until golden and slightly crisp, about 20 minutes. Transfer to paper towel-lined plate, reserving about 1 Tablespoon of the drippings. Break each piece of bacon into thirds; set aside. Combine the remaining 1/2 cup mayonnaise, the lemon zest, and the reserved bacon drippings in a bowl; season with salt an pepper.

4. Preheat the broiler. Arrange the remaining 15 buns cut side up on a baking sheet; Brush with butter and broil until golden. Transfer the crab cakes to the broiler and cook, rotating the pan as needed, until golden and warmed through, about 6 minutes.

5. Spread the cut sides of the buns with some of the lemon mayonnaise. Serve the crab cakes on the buns with tomatoes, lettuce and bacon. SIGH!

Good beyond words. 😀

I served these with my homemade refrigerator dill pickles and a green salad. Fantastic meal!

SOURCE: Food Network Magazine, June 2013

Kale and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese

Posted by deliciousonadollar in Sandwichs and tagged with caramelized onions, dinner, food recipe, grilled cheese, kale, Meatless Monday, sandwich, vegetarian September 30, 2013

Kale and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese.

If you’re tired of the same old, same old for Meatless Mondays, this sandwich with its unusual combination of vegetables and cheese might just perk up your menu. I served it with a hearty tomato soup, (read about it here.) last week when I wanted to have a meatless meal.

I had seen this sandwich recipe and earmarked it as one I wanted to try because of the inclusion of kale, with caramelized onions and two kinds of cheese. I’ve only recently grown to like kale and I wasn’t sure I would like it in a sandwich, but surprisingly it did not announce itself too strongly. The most prominent flavors were the onions and cheese, but the kale is quietly in the background, and you know you’re eating something healthy. We thoroughly enjoyed this sandwich and it was a good compliment to the tomato soup.

The two cheeses I used were Parmesan and smoked provolone. The recipe calls for raclette, but it may not be widely available so a good substitute is Gruyère, or any cheese with good melting properties, like provolone.

KALE AND CARAMELIZED ONION GRILLED CHEESE

Yield: Serves 4 ( 4 sandwiches)

Ingredients:

4 medium sized kale leaves, stems removed
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 large or 2 medium red onions, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
8 slices multi-grain bread
cooking spray
1 ounce finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided ( about 1/4 cup)
3.5 oz. shredded raclette cheese ( about 7/8 cup) or other shredded or sliced cheese

1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil; add kale. Remove from heat; let stand 4 minutes or until kale is bright green. Drain; Pat leaves dry with paper towel.

Dry kale after blanching.

2. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil; swirl to coat. Add onion, pepper, and salt. Cool 10 minutes or until onion is tender and browned, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in vinegar, tossing to coat.

Brown onions in a little oil.

3. Heat a non-stick skillet or panini pan over medium heat. Lightly coat 1 side of each bread slice with cooking spray. Working with 2 slices at a time, arrange bread in pan, sprayed side down. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon Parmesan on each slice.

First layer of cheese is grated Parmesan.

Top with 1 kale leaf, one-fourth of onion mixture,

Layer on the kale and onions.

and about 1/4 cup shredded cheese, (or 1-2 slices of cheese).

Top with second type of cheese.

Top with another slice of bread, sprayed side up.

4. Toast sandwiches until browned and cheeses are melted, turning over once. Repeat with remaining bread slices and remaining filling ingredients.

Toast till browned and cheeses are melted.

Melty, gooey cheese, savory onions, and kale on multi-grain bread. YUM!

SOURCE: COOKING LIGHT Magazine

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Garlic Roasted Vegetable Subs

Roasted Tomato and Pesto Grilled Cheese

Open-Faced Salmon & Avocado BLT’s

Blue Cheese Burgers

Kale and Melted Cheese Panini

Tuna Melts with Horseradish Mayonnaise

French Dip Sandwiches

Ham and Apple Butter Panini

Crab Cake Sliders

Kale and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese

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