Patty Melt
OHMYGOSH! People are coming over and I had no idea! WHAT DO I HAVE IN THE FRIDGE?! Ok, ok, ok….think. (ever had one of these moments??? I did just recently. I had no idea that people were coming over for dinner and fun because sommeeonneee had invited people over…which wasn’t a problem because I love the people he invited, BUT I was SOOOO not prepared to feed them!!)
Hmmmmmmmmm, I gotta give them some kind of an appetizer….ok, vegetables and dip will just have to do.
Ok, what else do I got here…I have some sourdough bread, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, ground sirloin…I GOT IT! Patty melts!
Now, a traditional patty melt has caramelized onions, ground beef, cheddar cheese, and rye bread…but I didn’t have any of that so I improvised. haha :-)! If you have never had a patty melt, it is basically a glorified grilled cheese sandwich. You cook ground beef in a pan, seasoned how ever you like it, toast bread on a skillet, place all your ingredients on the toasted bread on the skillet and then let the cheese melt around the ingredients…see below!
I tried my hardest to make these has healthy as possible! Used mozzarella instead of cheddar, sirloin instead of regular ground beef. haha, kind of hard with patty melts, but HEY we had vegetables so that cancels out all the butter I had to use on toasting the bread right!? hehe 😛
Here is the finished product. I was really worried that I wouldn’t come up with anything for my guests to eat…but they seemed really happy with what they got, and people being happy with what I make for them…makes me happy too!
12 Comments
Magic of Spice
Nice job…that is quite a patty melt:)
RavieNomNoms
Thank you! 🙂
Creatively Domestic
If this is what you came up with in a such a short time you did a fantastic job. I’d be still looking in the refrigerator for what to make.
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Belinda @zomppa
Your improvisations are pretty darn awesome!
Isabelle
This looks way better than my usual OMG-last-minute-guests! freakout meals. 🙂 Actually, I’d have absolutely no complaints if I went over to someone’s place and those were on the menu.
Patty Price
Yes, everybody knows that vegetables cancel out butter and that the calories in cookies don’t count if you stand up when you eat them 😉
leashieloo
You did really well for a last minute kind of thing. I’d be all over the place freaking out and just ordering take out.
Lauren Zabaneh
Nice job on the patty melts! I like your improptu version better! Oh, and I’m from K.C. too. Born and raised there. Moved to Texas about 10 years ago and kept moving until we settled here in Houston. Always nice to find a fellow K.C. girl! cheers!
RavieNomNoms
Always nice to meet a fellow K.C. foodie!! 🙂 …I lived in K.C. until I was about 13 and then moved to Philly (now I am in CT), so I guess you could say I was “half-raised” in K.C. haha. I still go back every year to visit family and get great food! (I have to get my Gates BBQ fix taken care of on my family trip haha) Thanks for your comments!!
Rick
This makes me want meat.
Baking Serendipity
I have those moments all the time. You did such a great job getting food together for your guests…it all looks delicious!
Dionne Baldwin
Improvising is great and so are these pics. I am hungry now for sure. That melted cheese just tops it off for me!