Also, the future recipes will probably be a bit more on the healthy side as I just discovered I have an allergy to wheat (not gluten, wheat), sugar cane and cow’s milk. I’m also allergic to broccoli and cashews, so you’re probably not going to find those in my recipe blog. Honestly, finding that out that has sort of eliminated any appetite I may have had prior to the testing. I’m not going to be giving up on this blog, however!

If anyone has suggestions or ideas for foods I could eat that won’t bother my allergies, I’d love to know what they are!

Okay. You’re here for the recipe, right? Guess I should get on with it then. Here’s where I stumbled on this little goody: http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/08/buffalo-chicken-grilled-cheese-sandwich.html. I’ll be honest, I’m a picky eater. There was a time in my life I didn’t like chicken. Shocker, I know! So I was a little scared when I read in the recipe that he was mixing a bunch of ingredients I don’t like together into on concoction. BUT, it did inspire me to create my own version by simply altering the recipe and leaving out the ingredients I may not like. If you enjoy onions and carrots, go ahead and include them in your sandwich like the original recipe calls for. I won’t be putting it on mine though! I suppose I’ve written enough and should go ahead and give you my recipe now, huh?

Ingredients:
-2 Slices of Bread
-Cheese (I only like 1 slice on mine, most everyone else around here seems to like two.)
-Buffalo Chicken – I cheated a bit on this and just used Tyson’s boneless appetizer wings because I really didn’t feel like making my own wings although that would probably be healthier. I would probably also suggest maybe making the wings maybe the night before and making sure you have some leftover for the sandwich.
-Blue Cheese or Ranch Dressing – I prefer Blue Cheese, strangely enough, but I know a lot of people don’t like it. I use the dressing for dipping in place of tomato soup since I’m not a fan of tomato soup.

Directions:
1. Grease your pan and while it’s warming up, spread butter on the outsides of the slices of bread.
2. Once the pan has heated up, start cooking/assembling your sandwich!
3. Let cool for a 30 secs. to a minute, then dig in and enjoy!

Other things I feel I should note here: I cooked the Tyson wings in the microwave according to the instructions on the package before cooking them into my sandwich and I would strongly suggest cooking any chicken thoroughly before just throwing into your sandwich. I doubt it’s going to be fully cooked in a minute or two in a grilled cheese unless it’s pre-cooked!

I absolutely loved this sandwich and will be making it again soon. I just wish I could figure out how to pack a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch that I could heat up in a microwave and not have it get soggy. :/ Any ideas? I’m not a fan of room temp. grilled cheese sandwiches, either so that options out. Darn.

1. Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwich

2. Spinach Calzone

3. White Chocolate Crunch Snack Mix

4. Cinnamon Rolls from the Freezer

5. Chicken Pot Pie

6. Breakfast Burrito

7. Mac & Cheese

8. Mini Frittatas

9. Potato Chips from the Microwave

10. Green Mocha Smoothie

So which one are most intrigued by based on the title? Do you have any suggestions for future recipes? I could definitely use suggestions for recipes that single gals or guys out there may be looking for!

Ingredients
-1 Egg
-3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
-⅓ Cup Flour
-1 Tablespoon Softened Butter
-3-4 Tablespoons Mini Chocolate Chips

The Recipe
1. Crack and egg into your mug.
2. Add 3 tablespoons of brown sugar.
3. Toss in ⅓ cup of flour and a tablespoon of softened butter.
4. Add 3-4 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips to top it all off.
5. Mix cake together with a spoon.
6. Microwave for 1 ½ – 2 minutes, or just until the top center of the cake has set.

I haven’t actually had a chance to try this recipe out yet, so you’ll have to let me know if the cake tastes as good as the pictures make it look on the original site!

Ingredients:
-3/4 Cup Ziti Pasta (I use Penne, but you can use whichever you prefer.)
-1/2 Cup Pasta Sauce (I usually just buy a can of pre-made pizza or spaghetti sauce.)
-1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese
-Parmesan Cheese to sprinkle on top.

The Recipe
1. Boil the pasta until it’s al dente, or almost done.
2. Once the pasta is done, put a layer of pasta on the bottom of a microwave safe bowl. Follow with a layer of sauce, then mozzarella cheese until you reach the top of the bowl. (You may not have room for all of the pasta/sauce/cheese depending on the size of your bowl.) Once you’ve finished layering the noodles, sauce and cheese, sprinkle a little parmesan cheese on the top.
3. Place a paper towel over the top of the bowl and microwave on high for 5 minutes. Let cool for 2 minutes and enjoy!

*Note: I didn’t actually remember to measure everything so these are just estimates and yours may differ depending on the size of the bowl you use. I tend to use a larger size bowl since I love the dish so much and usually want a pretty good amount of baked ziti.

Ingredients
-Italian Dressing
-Italian Bread, Sliced
-1 Tomato Slice
-3 Basil Leaves
-1 Slice of Provolone Cheese, cut into 4ths

The Recipe
1. Instead of buttering bread like a traditional grilled cheese sandwich, you’ll evenly spread Italian dressing on one side of each slice of bread.
2. Place your Italian dressed slice of bread face down on your griddle or skillet & start assembling your sandwich. (3 Basil Leaves, provolone cheese, slice of tomato.)
3. Cover with the other Italian dressed slice of bread and grill.
*Make sure your skillet/griddle is sprayed with non-stick cooking spray before cooking. The Italian dressing tends to ‘stick’ just a little.*

I’m a huge fan of Italian dishes so I knew I had to make this, especially after looking at the ingredients and realizing I already had most of them on hand. I did this from memory the first time through, and made a few substitutions without realizing I had done so until after I’d finished eating a very yummy sandwich. Turns out, we didn’t have as many of the ingredients on hand as I originally thought. I used white bread instead of Italian, spinach instead of basil, and pizza sauce in place of the tomato slice. I also used a ton of shredded mozzarella cheese in place of the Provolone. I’m going to try again soon with the actual ingredients, but I didn’t think my alternates tasted to bad. They tasted pretty good, actually!