Showing posts with label dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinner. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Italian Omelette

This recipe serves two.

3 eggs, plus one tablespoon of milk
salt & pepper, to taste
leftover roasted sausage and peppers, at room temperature

Preheat your GT or Redi Set Go (with 2 moon insert). Spray wells with Pam spray (or similar). Scramble 3 eggs with a tablespoon of milk, salt & pepper. Add sausage and peppers to the wells, and then the egg mixture. Be careful not to overfill or it will spill over the side. I put the egg mixture in right to the tippy top. Cook 5-6 minutes. Poke your fork in the middle to make sure it is done before removing and serving. I like my eggs well done, and sometimes I need to go to 7 minutes for that. I put some parmesan cheese on top of one. Enjoy it!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

5 Minute Pork Chops

Now the recipe below is for one person, but you can make two servings in 10 minutes. The chops come out so juicy.

3/4" to 1" pork chop (I used on-the-bone)
extra virgin olive oil- about 2 tsp.
salt, pepper, & Mrs. Dash Original Seasoning
freshly grated parmesan cheese (I bought the one in the picture)

Preheat your Xpress Redi, Set, Go (no inserts). Season one side of your chop with salt, pepper, & Mrs. Dash. Drizzle the machine with olive oil, then place the chop seasoned-side down. Close lid & cook for 5 minutes. Open lid, flip the chop, top with a generous sprinkle of parmesan, & close lid. After 30 seconds, your chop is done! Enjoy!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Ham and O-So-Cheesy Calzone

If you like ricotta cheese, this is simply ricotta heaven! The pizza place has nothing on me! You must try this. I guarrantee you will never buy calzones from your local pizza place again.

I cooked my calzone in the Xpress Redi Set Go without the divider insert, but I am sure you could cram one of these calzones into a well.

all-purpose flour, for working your dough (a palmful or so)
fresh, ready-to-use dough, room temperature (prepared by your grocery store or pizza place) (1/4 lb. of dough makes 1 calzone)

mix the following ingredients together: (this measurement is per calzone)

1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup mozzerella cheese
2 slices deli ham, chopped into 1" pieces
grated romano or parmesan cheese - 1 tsp.
salt and pepper, a sprinkle or two
garlic powder, a sprinkle or two
olive oil, just enough to coat your calzone

Preheat your GT Xpress or Redi Set Go. Meanwhile, place flour on your counter to easily work your dough into shape. Just keep tugging on it and rolling it with a rolling pin until you get a 5" round. It will be stubborn and try to keep shrinking on you, so do your best. Place ricotta, ham, mozzerella, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and grated cheese mixture in the center of your dough. Fold dough in half, and crimp edges really well, so you don't have an explosion or blowout while cooking. Brush top and bottom of calzone with olive oil and place in cooker. Cook 7 minutes. (see photo, I know it's messy, but when I cut into that calzone, it was a cheese volcano!)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Beef Empanadas

1 Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, cut in half (makes 2 empanadas)
1 cup cooked ground beef (season with chili powder or some Taco Bell seasoning & some diced onions & S&P)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
jarred chopped jalapenos or canned green chiles ( a sprinkle per empanada)

Preheat your GT Xpress. Re-heat or cook your beef. You will have two half moon shapes of crust. Divide your jalapenos or chiles, cheese, & beef onto each crust, but pile it all on one half on each half moon. Pull the crust on top over the filling side & crimp edges with a fork or by tucking and folding edges. Poke the top of each pastry once with a fork to vent. Spray wells with Pam or cooking spray. Cook 15 min., flip over (carefully) and cook another 5 min. Serve with salsa or taco sauce & sour cream, if desired.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Beef Pinwheels

Now, you can make these pinwheels yourself, or my local food store has them already cut up into individual pinwheels. I just need to season them before cooking.

1 beef pinwheel

Preheat your GT Xpress. Pop it into the well. Cook about 15 min. for medium-well.

If you'd like to make several pinwheels, here's what you do...

1 strip steak or eye round steak or flank steak (something good for broiling) - 1/2" in thickness
garlic powder, onion powder, S&P
about 1/2 bag fresh spinach or baby spinach, washed & stems removed
about 9 slices of deli-style provolone cheese
kitchen twine

The steak should be in a rectangle or square shape, about 12" x 8" so it's easy to work with. You can pound it if necessary to get it to the desired thickness and size. If you pound it, place a piece of Saran Wrap under and on top of the meat. Then pound gently into the direction you need to pound to get the shape and size needed. Season the meat. Place spinach on top. Then cheese in one layer. Roll tightly. Tie at 2" spacing down the length of the roast. Cut the roast between the ties of twine, and you will have pinwheels that are 2" thick.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Cajun Chicken Melt

1 Flax wheat Rollup
1 leftover grilled cajun-style chicken cutlet, sliced
a couple of squeezes of liquid Cheeze Whiz

I had some leftover chicken cutlets that I used for this. I bought Emeril's Essence seasoning, sprinkled it on my cutlets, and grilled them.

Preheat your GT Xpress. Put ingredients onto the wrap. Tuck in sides and roll up into a burrito form. Cook 5-7 min. until warm and melty.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Happy Dog in a Blanket

1 Flax wheat Rollup
1 leftover hotdog
a spoon or two of leftover sauerkraut
a couple of squirts of mustard
1 couple of squirts of liquid Cheez Whiz Squeeze
leftover onions in special sauce

Preheat your GT Xpress. Put all ingredients into your wrap. You can add the onions if you want. I didn't. I heated them up and served onions on the side as a dipping sauce. Tuck in sides and roll up. Cook 7-10 min. until hot inside. (see photo)

Friday, April 11, 2008

Taco Lasagna

2 hard taco shells, cracked down the middle (just press down on the taco and the shell should split down the middle perfectly)
refried beans
salsa
shredded cheddar cheese
black olives, chopped
a sprinkle of chopped jarred jalapeno or chopped green chiles
cheeze wiz
a sprinkle of chopped chives or green onion/scallion
white meat chicken (from a roaster chicken or rotisseree chicken)

Preheat your GT Xpress. Assemble lasagna like so: shell, spread beans on the shell, top with a dab of salsa, shredded cheese, black olives, jalapeno, a spoon of cheeze wiz, chives/onion, shredded chicken. Place another shell on top and repeat. The top shell should not be spread with beans or any topping, so that when you close the lid it doesn't make a mess. Put into well. Cook 5-7 min. until warm and melty. Top with a dollop of sour cream & more salsa. Wear a bib! This is really messy! But yummy!

Chicken & Cheese Melt

This is great for leftover chicken cutlets!

1 leftover chicken cutlet
2 slices American Cheese
1 Flax wheat rollup
1 tbsp. Russian dressing

Preheat GT Xpress. Combine all ingredients into a soft rollup or wrap. Tuck in sides. Rollup & fil into one well. Cook about 5 min. until cheese is melted and chicken is heated through. (see photo)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tuna Bacon Melt

1 can of tuna, drained and prepared with mayo for tuna salad
1 slice American cheese
2 slices Pre-cooked Bacon
2 (1" thick) slices of loaf bread, toasted

Assemble your sandwich, cut in half, and place one half in each well. Cook 3-5 min., just until cheese melts. (see photo)

Monday, March 31, 2008

Hot Pastrami Swiss Melt (Reuben's Brother)

1 Flax Rollup (or wrap of your choice)
2 slices swiss cheese
1 tbsp. Russian dressing
2 tbsp. coleslaw
2 oz. deli pastrami

Preheat your GT Xpress. Place all ingredients onto the wrap, fold in sides and roll burrito style. Cook 5-7 min. (see photo)

Sunday, March 30, 2008

15 Minute Meatloaf

14-16 oz. ground beef or meatloaf mix (it comes out real juicy with the meatloaf mix)
1 egg
1/3 cup bread crumbs
1/8 cup parmesan cheese
S&P
Onion & Garlic powders

Preheat your GT Xpress. Combine all ingredients & form into 2 loaves. Put one in each well, and press it down & pack it into each well. Cook 15 min. Poke the middle & peek in to make sure it's done. If not, cook 1-2 min. longer and check again. Serves 2. (see photo)

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Tuna Melt Rollup

1 Flax Rollup
Prepared Tuna salad with mayonnaise
1 thin slice of deli swiss cheese (or half if it's thick)
1 thin slice of American cheese

Preheat your GT Xpress. Prepare your tuna salad with mayo to your liking. I like to add onion and celery, onion and garlic powder, & black pepper to mine. Place cheeses on rollup, so that they almost cover the entire rollup. Spread on the tuna salad. Tuck in sides and roll up & place into well. Cook 5-6 minutes. (see photo)

Rolled Chicken with Cheese & Roasted Peppers

1 thin sliced chicken cutlet
S&P
Onion powder
Garlic powder
2 Tbsp. Alouette Garlic Herb Cheese Spread
1 2x2" piece jarred red roasted pepper

Preheat your GT Xpress. Place chicken cutlet between 2 pcs of Saran Wrap & pound thin with a mallet. Season with S&P, onion & garlic powder. Spread Alouette Cheese in the center of the cutlet. Pat dry red roasted pepper & place it on top. Roll up the chicken (not too tight, but not too loose either). Cook 5 min. or until cooked through. (see photo)

GT Xpress 101

GT Xpress 101