George Foreman Valentines Day Breakfast

Valentine’s Day Breakfast with Your George Foreman Griddle / Griddle Plate

 

Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, which makes it the perfect opportunity to serve up a little breakfast-in-bed to your valentine. You actually have the time to cook a full meal and make it with love this year, instead of trying to rush something in the morning before you head off to work. With either a George Foreman Griddle or a George Foreman Grill with an interchangeable griddle/bake plate, doing breakfast-in-bed is easy!

The nice thing about making breakfast on a griddle surface is that you can pretty much do everything at one time, with one appliance. This makes cooking less stressful (especially nice for sleepy mornings) plus minimizes cleanup so you can get on with enjoying your Valentine’s Day instead of washing dishes.

So what can you cook on using a George Foreman griddle or griddle plate? Just about anything you could imagine in the way of breakfast food:

• Eggs
• Bacon, Sausage, Ham
• Hash Browns
• Pancakes
• Corncakes
• French Toast
• Omelets & Scrambles
• Breakfast Sandwiches
• Breakfast Tacos & Burritos
• Toad-in-a-Hole

All of our griddles, plus any grill that has a griddle plate, will have variable temperature, since griddles can handle such a wide variety of foods. Refer to the cooking chart in your Use & Care manual for specific temperatures, but most breakfast foods range between 325° and 350°F.

Once you have the food ready, just put everything nicely on the plate, add some juice and a fresh flower for decoration, and you have the perfect start your Valentine’s Day without a lot of work.

If you need a recipe to get you inspired, here’s a great one for English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches…

English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches

• 2 English muffins
• 4 slices Canadian bacon, 3” diameter
• ⅓ cup Egg Beaters^®
• 4 slices sharp cheddar cheese
• Butter, softened
• Salt and pepper 

1. Preheat griddle surface to 350°F.
2. Spread butter on cut side of English muffins. Place butter side down on griddle surface.
3. Place Canadian bacon slices on griddle surface.
4. Drop ½ tsp. of butter on the griddle surface and pour Egg Beaters^® on top of the butter. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Turn Canadian bacon over and top with cheese slices.
6. Turn eggs over after they have set.
7. When egg is done and cheese is soft, turn over English muffin, top with Canadian bacon, cheese side down, and then add the egg.

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New Years Party Snacks with George Foreman

Holiday Party Planning

New Year’s Snacks on your George Foreman grill

Having trouble coming up with some easy snacks for your New Year’s party? Your George Foreman grill can help! Here are some of the top appetizers and dishes you can make using the various plate sets of George Foreman:

GRILL PLATES

Besides the usual fare of hamburgers, hot dogs and grilled sausages with BBQ sauce, you can also do some additional creative dishes for your New Year’s party with your grill plates. Kabobs are a great choice, since they can serve as a party platter item or a more substantial main dish if you’re feeding your guests a full meal. Another great party platter item is some kind of slider dish – mini-hamburgers (typically about 3 – 4 oz. of meat) that can be done with a variety of tasty toppings.

As a New Year’s treat, here is a great slider recipe you can use for your party:

Beef & Blue Cheese Sliders

• ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tbsp. minced green onion
• ½ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. coarse black pepper
• ½ tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 12 oz. lean ground beef
• 6 curly green leaf lettuce, small leaves
• 6 slider buns or small dinner rolls, split

Using your George Foreman® Grill with the grill plates securely attached. Plug in and preheat grill; on most grills, the preheat indicator light will go out when you reach your cooking temperature.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together cheese, green onion, salt, pepper and oil. Add ground beef and blend; do not over mix. 

Divide ground beef mixture into 6 equal portions. Lightly flatten each to form a ½-inch thick square burger patty. Place burgers on the grill. Close the lid and cook for about 3 minutes, or to desired doneness. 

Assemble each slider by placing one leaf of lettuce on the bottom half of each roll. Place cooked beef patty on lettuce. Top each patty with the remaining half of roll. 

Makes 3 appetizer servings of 2 sliders each.

BAKE/GRIDDLE PLATE

All kinds of great dishes can be done for a party using a George Foreman grill with a bake or griddle plate – especially if your grill has variable temperature, because you can use it as a baking chamber in place of your oven. You can do crab cakes, quiche, foccacia and even brownies directly on your electric grill – that’s right, brownies on your grill!

To give you an idea of the time adjustment, we baked Ghirardelli® and Duncan Hines® Chocolate Lovers brownies for 25 minutes at 350°F. Each recipe will be different, so we recommend trying it out once before your party to make sure you have the cook time right.

QUESADILLA PLATES

Our 360 Grill™ has quesadilla plates, which are the perfect, quick and easy party menu maker. We also have a George Foreman quesadilla maker that works for this as well. You just take 2 tortillas and stuff them with your favorite ingredients, grill for just a few minutes and you’re ready to go.

If you don’t have your own favorite quesadilla stuffers, here is an easy recipe:

Quick & Easy Quesadillas

• 1½ cups pepper strips
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• ½ lb. grilled pork loin, cut in strips
• 2 tbsp. chopped cilantro
• ½ tsp. oregano
• ½ tsp. coarse salt
• ½ tsp. ground cumin
• ¼ tsp. coarse black pepper
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar Jack cheese blend
• 4 large tortillas (9 to 10 inches)

Place upper grill plate and bake pan on your 360 Grill™.  Preheat for about 6 minutes on Medium High. (Green light will notify you that the grill is ready.)

Add peppers, onion and garlic and cook until onion is softened, about 3 minutes. Add pork, cilantro and seasonings. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; toss to blend.

Let your grill cool and then exchange the plates for the quesadilla plates; preheat on Medium High for 5 minutes.  (Green light will notify you that the grill is ready.)

Meanwhile, assemble quesadillas. Place 2 tortillas on work surface; divide pork mixture evenly between both. Top with cheese and remaining tortillas. Carefully place one tortilla on grill and cook for about 3 minutes until cheese is melted and tortillas are lightly browned. Remove to serving plate and repeat with the remaining quesadilla.

Makes 6 servings

If desired garnish with low fat sour cream, salsa and chopped cilantro.

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Ham and Swiss Strata Recipe

A Gift for You:

Ham & Swiss Strata Recipe

See the post below from today for even more great Christmas morning breakfast ideas using your multi-plate George Foreman grill!

• 24, 1-inch slices of French baguette (about 8 oz.)
• ¼ lb. thinly sliced deli ham
• ¼ lb. thinly sliced baby Swiss cheese
• 1 tbsp. butter or margarine
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. seasoned pepper

Place 12 slices of bread on a cutting board; top with ham, cheese and remaining slices of bread. Butter the deep bake plate of your George Foreman Grill. Place “sandwiches” in prepared bake plate.

In a bowl, whisk together eggs and sour cream. Stir in milk, mustard, salt and seasoned pepper. Pour evenly over all ingredients in the bake plate. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

Remove plastic wrap. Place bake plate onto grill. Set baking time at 20 minutes and temperature at 350ºF. Bake until golden and puffed.

Using pot holders, remove bake plate from grill and place on a heat-resistant surface. Garnish with parsley. Use a nylon spatula to serve.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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Christmas Morning with George Foreman

Holiday Party Planning

Christmas Morning with George Foreman

For most people, the grill only applies to breakfast food when it comes to sausage and bacon; but in truth, a multifunctional grill can do a lot more for breakfast than you think. If you have a grill with multiple plates, then chances are you can pretty much do the whole meal on your grill to minimize cleanup and make breakfast cooking supremely easy.

This is especially good for Christmas morning, where you’d rather be spending time with the family, opening presents and even planning for dinner if you do a big meal on Christmas day. Using your grill, you can have breakfast ready in a snap and then move on to more important things after you throw a few things in the dishwasher.

Using the Griddle/Bake Plate

Many of our electric grills come with a griddle/bake plate. For those familiar with using a griddle, you know this is a breakfast mainstay appliance. You can do eggs, French toast, omelets, breakfast sandwiches and, of course, the standard sausage and bacon.

Another great idea is to do something like a breakfast strata. Bake plates with deeper sides (particularly the plates with 2-inch depth) are perfect for doing casseroles and strata as we mentioned in our last post. Simply prepare the strata as you normally would, then place it in your bake plate on the grill instead of in a baking vessel.

If you’re interested in trying a strata, but don’t have a recipe, we’ll be posting the Ham & Swiss Strata recipe directly following this post as a special gift to you!

Using Your Quesadilla Plates

The 360 Grill™ comes with a quesadilla plate, which makes for an easy breakfast meal if you have a taste for breakfast quesadillas. Simply fill the tortillas with eggs, cheese and your favorite meat or veggies and you’re ready to go. Since they cook in about 3 minutes, you can even make several different variations and have a whole spread at your family meal.

Using Your Muffin Pan

Yes, there is a George Foreman grill with a muffin pan! The Kitchen Bistro™ series comes with a muffin pan insert that fits directly into the bake plate of the grill. It makes 6 muffins at a time – either from scratch or using a prepackaged mix. You’ll need to adjust the baking time, but this list will provide you with a few examples of cooking times:

Jiffy^® Corn Muffins: 400ºF baked for 10 minutes; made 10

Martha White^® Blueberry Muffins: 425ºF baked for 12 minutes; made  6

Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffins: 375º baked for 12 minutes; made 6

Whichever multi-plate grill you have, as long as you have a little creativity, you can do breakfast on your George Foreman in a snap. Once you’ve finished cooking, just throw the plates you used, along with the accessories, into the dishwasher and get on to enjoying the rest of your day!

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Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Ginger Sauce

This is a great recipe for entertaining a small group. With the traditional flavors and warm, vibrant color of the cranberry sauce, it makes a great holiday dinner for a couple or a small group.

• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 medium apple, cored and chopped
• 1 navel orange, peeled and cut into sections
• 1 pear, cored and chopped
• 2 tbsp. chopped candied ginger
• 1 tbsp. slivered orange peel
• 1 pork tenderloin (about 18 oz.)
• ½ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. seasoned pepper

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cranberries, apple, orange, pear, ginger and orange peel. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer until cranberries have popped and fruits are tender, about 10 minutes. Spoon into a serving bowl. Cover and keep warm.

Preheat your George Foreman® Grill for about 8 minutes on Medium High or 375ºF (if your grill has temperature settings).

Season pork with salt and pepper. Place on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160ºF when inserted into the center of tenderloin. Remove the pork; cover lightly with foil and let stand for several minutes.

Serve pork with cranberry sauce.

Serves 4.

Serve with cooked rice flavored with toasted pecans and thinly sliced green onions

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