Cooking with Jeanie… or Jeanie’s Kitchen Successes Part One

With all the trouble that Paula Dean is experiencing, I feel like someone needs to step up and help fill in.  I have decided to start my own cook book and I know it will lead into a TV show or some kind of stardom that will take the heat off Paula.  Keep in mind, I am only doing this as a last resort to a the fellow southerner... even though I spent the majority of my life in southern denial.  So here is my first recipe and I am sure my introduction to a new career!!!

Cooking with Jeanie… or Jeanie’s Kitchen Successes Part One

Toasted Cheesy Rolls

1 Kaiser Roll

Tub “This can’t be butter” (or whatever the correct name is) - light version

2 pieces of Pre-sliced cheese

Knife for cutting roll (unless you are lucky enough to find pre-cut Kaiser Rolls)

Plastic knife for spreading “This can’t be butter”

Toaster oven

Aluminum foil

V8 Juice (I recommend Low Sodium… we have to watch what we eat)

Plastic glass for juice

Directions:

Pour V8 Juice in plastic juice glass.  Set aside.

Most toaster ovens come with a little tray, remove from oven and cover with enough aluminum foil so that none of the little tray is exposed.

On paper plate, cut Kaiser Roll in half.

Using plastic knife, spread enough “This can’t be butter” on both halves of roll so that the margarine will melt down into the roll.  Set plastic knife aside for later disposal.

Put one piece of pre-sliced cheese on each half.

Place each half on the little tray from the toaster over (that you have all ready covered with aluminum foil).  NOTE:  It is important that you do this and NOT put paper plate with halved Kaiser rolls in the toaster oven.

Once rolls on little tray are securely in toaster over… set to toast for however long it takes for the cheese on top to get bubbly.

Once buzzer goes off announcing the completion of the toasting cycle, remove little tray from toaster over.

It is better to put little tray on oven hot mitt so that your counter doesn’t burn… not that it really will burn but I prefer to be safe in all kitchen activities.

Remove rolls from little tray.  I have found the easiest way is to hold sides of the aluminum foil and slide rolls on to the paper plate you used to slice the roll on.  If you reuse the paper plate in this manner, you are helping to save trees.

Wrap plastic knife in leftover aluminum foil.  Put in trash.

Move paper plate & V8 juice to where ever you want to eat.

You are now ready for a delicious breakfast!  Plus there is nothing left to clean!!!

(Yes, the little tray has to be put away once it has cooled down… but since it was covered in aluminum foil, there isn’t any reason to clean it!)

(Oh yeah… the knife you use to cut the Kaiser Rolls may need to be rinsed off… but since it only touched bread, a simple water wash is fine.)

Once finished, the paper plate and the plastic cup for the V8 can be put in the recycle bin to help the environment.