Semi-stada Bowls
I think Cathy Mitchell would be proud of this one. This tostada bowl could only be made in the GT Xpress. It’s got a layer of refried beans, a layer of fake meat crumbles and a layer of cheezy sauce mixed with salsa. Really, all I had to do was set it and forget it! It tasted pretty good too and the xpress made the corn tortilla nice and crispy without being fried.
Here they are cooking. Another nice thing about the GT Xpress is that it doesn’t generate as much heat as the stove or the oven does in these hot summer months.
I ate them with some salsa on top and and some arugula salad on the side.
Cathy Mitchell, Great Job!
BIG NEWS on the Cathy Mitchell front!
I just got home from seeing Tim and Eric of The Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! and guess who was in a skit they showed on the screen while they were changing costumes? That’s right, Cathy Mitchell herself. The one and only! She was in a fake infomercial skit with John C. Reilly for a panini grill. I can’t find it on youtube, but it was rad. Way to have a sense of humor, Cathy!
The Tim and Eric live show was totally not vegan as they threw hot dogs and pizza at the audience. I didn’t get hit and thank god Tim didn’t spit hotdog all over me.
In other news, my sister, Shmeepers, who also has a GT Xpress is supposed to start blogging with me. She made calzones that she said came out great, but she has yet to post pics of them. Hurry up and blog, sis!
Spelt Pumpkin Smuffins
Smuffins? Semi-muffins? Sure, I guess that works.
I’m so into spelt lately, and these muffins based on the Vegan with a Vengeance muffins came out great! They only had to bake for about 8 minutes and they were baked perfectly. I made a half batch and got 3 semi circular muffins, so each one is worth two, which is good because I never eat just one muffin.
This made a great breakfast for a few days.
I’m actually watching the infomercial right now and really feeling like I need to veganize Stuffed Soup. And the Tostada Bowl might be next on my list. Ugh, now they are putting left over El Pollo Loco in a tortilla with a kraft single.
I’m sort of running out of semi circular ideas. I need to start getting more creative with this thing.
Here are the pumpkin spelt muffins. They were super yummy, and I will definitely admit that this is much quicker than baking in the oven.
Semi Cristo Peanut Butter Sammiches
French bread french toast seemed like an obvious way to go in the GT Xpress. For one thing the bread is already semicircular (is that cheating?) I wanted to step up the french toast a little and make monte cristo sammies, as Rachael Ray would say. She is actually where I learned about monte cristos and I’ve been craving one ever since I saw her fry up those crispy sammiches in a pound of butter.
I was feeling something more sweet than savory so I made one peanut butter banana sandwich and another with peanut butter and apricot jam. I dipped them in the Vegan with a Vengeance amazing “Fronch Toast” batter of chickpea flour, cornstarch and soymilk and squished them into the wells of the Xpress.
Obviously this was totally amazing. How could it not be, right? I’ll have to make some savory monte cristos soon.
These cooked up quickly and browned perfectly on both sides.
Great job, GT!
Semi-Sorry!
I feel really bad about not blogging at all this week. The holidays make everything kind of crazy. So I will give you some awesome things that are happening in the world of GT Xpress blogging.
My blog is being blogged about!
Infomercial-Hell and GT Xpress Recipes both blogged about my blog! (that’s so meta)
Check them out for awesomeness in the world of infomercials and Cathy Mitchell.
And especially check out the post where Cathy Mitchell responds! Holy moly!
Also, I’ve inspired another blogger to buy and blog about the GT Xpress!
Check out awesome Bunniee’s blog. Those cheesy corndogs look super awesome!
