This is what he’d cook when he got hungry and didn’t have much time!
As I type I am preparing myself a very tasty sandwich on my roommate’s George Foreman grill. This tasty sandwich will take less than 10 minutes to prepare and will fulfill a nagging desire to eat at 11PM that only occurs when you don’t get up until after 11AM.
Everyone knows about the lean, mean, fat-reducing, grilling machine by now, I am sure. However, I never really thought about using one until my roommate brought one to college this year. At first I thought eww, most certainly from years of meat-filled infomercials where you could actually see disgusting amounts of fat draining off of that slab of junk you were supposed to be eating.
That image, coupled with the fact that I rarely eat meat substitutes prevented me from using it for a while. However, one day I remembered the vegan barbecue I put on last year and gave me a burning desire to make one of my old favorites, the chicken parm.
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So down to the local co-op I went to get my ingredients, which ended up looking like this:
- Gardenburger Chicken Patties
- Some great vegan cheese I completely forget the name of
- Rudy’s Organic Sandwich buns
- DaVinci Organics chunky marinara sauce
First I heated up the patties a bit in the microwave to defrost them, then tossed them on the grill while I melted the cheese and heated up the marinara sauce. When the patties were ready I threw the buns on the grill for a minute or so to give them a hot, toasty crisp.
Putting it all together I had one of the most surprisingly good sandwiches I’ve eaten in a while. It was great! A lot of this was due to the Cheese of the Forgotten Name (it says something like “It Really Melts!” on the package), but the whole thing was great.
These puppies take less than 10 minutes to make and are probably the most delicious thing I have ever eaten based around vegan substitutes, so I heartily advise you give it a try.
And even better, the George Foreman requires almost no clean-up!
Does anyone else use theirs to grill up tasty vegan treats?
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Yup, I used to love using my Foreman Grill for veggie burgers, veggie dogs, and grilled sheese. But when I moved the grill was misplaced and I haven’t gotten a new one. So, thanks for the reminder
I love that pic., i’ve made veggie burgers in one of those too.
There’s so many other things you could make in it too, vegan French Toast, for example.
The vegan cheese you used was probably “Follow Your Heart”. They make a vegan mozzarella that’s awesome.