I love my George Foreman grill. It is an indispensable tool in the bachelor kitchen. One of my favorite things to do with mine is to add some pizazz to those boring sandwiches. Who needs an expensive panini grill if you’ve already got your trusty and versatile George?

What I generally do is get some ingredients for the sandwich. Here are some of my favorite combinations:

• Turkey pastrami, cheddar, mustard
• Peanut butter, jelly, banana
• Turkey, any cheese in the house, tomato, mayo

The possibilities are endless. Just put some junk between two pieces of bread, shove it in George for 4-5 minutes and “PRESTO!”, nearly-instant grilled samich!

Verdict
DELICIOSO!

Sandwiches are good. Grilled samiches are kick-ass! The Grilled Samich a la George is one of my favorite recipes. There’s virtually no cleanup (except licking those fingers), the prep time is inconsequential, it’s cheap, delicious, and as long as you have two pieces of bread, you’ve already got all you need in the fridge.

5 toilet seats up! (Our rating system explained)

Watch George go!

What do you get when you have a couple of Tupperware containers in the fridge with some roasted beet mix and corn-quinoa elbow macaroni?

OUR FIRST RECIPE!

We call it Macabeet Chickakale.
Preparation time: ~25 min
Difficulty: Medium

Here’s what we started with:

Leftovers:

• Roasted beet stuff (beets, tomatoes, spices)
• Corn-quinoa elbow pasta

Fresh ingredients:

• Kale
• Carrots (sliced)
• Green Onions (chopped into 1/4″ pieces, including the white part)
• Yellow onion (diced)
• Chicken breast

You can feel free to substitute any or all of the ingredients in this or any recipe on this site. While I know everyone should have roasted root veggie mix in their fridge, sometimes it’s not possible.

Preparation

1. Slice the carrots and the green onions and rip apart the kale into bite-sized chunks. Set aside.
2. Optional: If you’ve got a pretty thick piece of chicken, pound it flat first to speed cooking time. You can also cut it into chunks if you like. Doesn’t matter to me.
   Tip: lay the chicken between two pieces of saran wrap before you pound the crap out of it to save time on cleanup and to prevent the spread of nasties.
3. Get a saute pan going over medium heat and let it warm up. Get some butter or oil or both (I like to do half butter, half olive oil and medium-low heat so the butter don’t burn. Warning: this will increase your cooking time, but make it more delish.) going in the pan and add the chicken. Brown on both sides and then add the onion and some basil. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Start another pan with high heat and add about a teaspoon of oil. Add the kale, green onions, and carrots and cook until the kale is just tender. (I like my veggies al dente, but you can cook them to whatever consistency you want.)
5. Back to the chicken pan, when the onions are translucent and the chicken is cooked through, add the beet mix (or whatever you substitute for it) and the macaroni and toss it up so that everything is well coated in that delicious onion/oil/butter stuff.
6. When the beet mix and macaroni is heated thoroughly, remove from heat and serve with the greens.

Verdict
Edible

To be honest, I probably wouldn’t make this again, but it was much more edible than some other things I’ve made in the past like Annie’s cheddar bunny pasta with cut up turkey dogs. This one’s at least got some nutrition and greens. Since it relies on some fresh ingredients which aren’t always available in a bachelor fridge, it may not be for everyone. The cleanup time also made it not worth it.

I give it 2 toilet seats up, mostly for the fresh greens. (Our rating system explained)

How often have you been hanging out at home trying to customize that wordpress theme so it’s just right, or playing that same Halo level over and over, only to realize suddenly that you’re starving and no one’s else is home or willing to make you some food?

We understand the need for sustenance. We also understand that sometimes you can’t spend an hour preparing yourself a killer meal. What we hope to achieve here is to give you ideas for 5 or 10 min meals from stuff that’s already in your fridge and pantry: leftovers, stuff in jars, veggies if you somehow have them…

So stay tuned for great tasty (and maybe some not so tasty) recipes and ideas for the next time you’re home alone and too lazy to make any kind of serious effort.