Five Cheese Jaffles

We love string-y cheese (mozzarella)

I had leftover cheese, and couldn't be bothered cooking. Jaffles were made with a mixture of mozzarella, tasty, parmesan, jarlsberg and cream cheese spread on one slice. Mmmmm Cheeeeeeese.

Braised Steak & Onion Jaffles

A while ago, I made Steak & Onions in the slow cooker. I froze the leftovers, and tonight we had it in jaffles for dinner. I get a lot of questions about what jaffles are from my American readers, so here's the simple step by step.

Butter two slices of bread. Place sandwich toppings on unbuttered side. Place in a jaffle maker.

This is a jaffle maker

Cook until golden and crunchy. Then eat.

This is a jaffle.

It's basically just a toasted sandwich, but the press seals the edges of the sandwich while toasting, so you can put things like baked beans, or canned spaghetti in there, and it doesn't squoosh out during cooking. Every type of jaffle tastes better with cheese. Except perhaps a banana and peanut butter jaffle, but then only my DP would eat that. And maybe Elvis. Ok, choc chips with a sweet jaffle, cheese with savoury. Doesn't metter what you throw in, if you stick with that it'll taste good.

Spaghetti Jaffles

In an effort to encourage cross-continental understanding, I didn't just declare tonight a lazy dinner night and post an interesting link. I went to the trouble of taking a photo of the jaffles I made for the kids (DP had some cheese ones) just so the American readers I have can truly understand what a jaffle is.

As you can see, it's just a toasted sandwich, but note the sealed edges. That allows for runny things like tinned spaghetti, leftovers, savoury mince, chilli (if you eat it) to get sealed in, and cooked without making too much mess. You need a jaffle iron to make this though, so be hitting eBay because my DP tells me you can't buy them in America. You poor things.

It's very handy on a night when you don't want a big dinner, or are feeling too lazy (or ill/tired/pregnant) to cook. And the kids love them.

So, that's my community service announcement for tonight, tune in tomorrow for menu plan monday, and now I'm going to watch the CSI/Without a Trace crossover.