Turkey Panini

By Maria Lichty

Updated November 10, 2017

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Looking for a quick and easy meal idea? Try a panini! They are perfect for lunch or dinner. We love making them because they are fast, healthy, and we can “build our own.”

Josh always puts turkey on his, but I stick to all veggies. We just use what we have on hand, but some of my favorites are: zucchini, eggplant, yellow squash, mushrooms, roasted peppers, onions, tomatoes, and artichokes. I LOVE loading on the veggies. The sandwich smashes down so it is good to start with a mile high panini!

We use whole wheat ciabatta rolls from a local bakery. I always brush the bread with balsamic vinegar and sometimes I add pesto or a spicy mustard. We also add cheese, Josh likes a lot, I like a little mozzarella.

If you don’t have a panini maker, no worries. You can use a pan and smash the panini down with another pan. I highly recommend buying a panini maker though, we LOVE ours. We have the Villaware model.

Serve your paninis with a salad, fruit, or side of veggies and you are set!! Get creative and use whatever sandwich fillings your heart desires! The recipe below is pretty vague, I am sure you can figure out how to put together a panini:) Use your favorites and enjoy!

Have a great weekend everyone!


Panini Sandwiches

Whole wheat ciabatta bread (or bread of your choice, thick/hearty bread works best)

Meat (Josh uses turkey, use whatever you like)

Veggies (Add on lots!)

Balsamic Vinegar

Pesto, Spicy mustard, or any other condiment you wish

Cheese of your choice

Salt and Pepper

1. Heat up the panini maker or pan.

2. Cut the bread and brush each side with balsamic vinegar.

3. If using veggies, brush them with vinegar and grill them on the panini maker or pan. I like to do this to bring out the flavor in the veggies before they go on the sandwich.

4. Add meat, veggies, and cheese, condiments, salt, and pepper or whatever toppings you are working with to your bread.

5. Place the panini on the maker and smash…or smash with another pan.

6. Cook for about five minutes.

7. Cut and enjoy!

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I'm Maria and my husband is Josh. We share a love of cooking, baking, and entertaining. We enjoy creating recipes that are simple, fresh, and family friendly. We love sitting around the table with good food, good conversation, and good friends and family! Our kitchen is always open!
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  7. If there’s one thing I truly miss after going on a gluten free diet, it’s a yummy sandwich like this. I don’t know that gluten free bread could make this yummy of a panini!

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  15. Do you know that I love, just love peanut butter and banana panini's! Of course these ones you just made look so good, but it makes me crave a pb & b one soooo badly.

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  17. I think you just used all of my favorite veggies in ONE sandwich. How perfectly delicious–and healthy! Yum, I’m totally craving one of these for lunch now!

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  19. We are huge panini fans here. So easy and versatile! I use my Griddler to make them. Yours look out of this world!

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  26. i’m not sure what makes paninis so much more enjoyable than a regular sandwich, but i think it’s the crunchy bread. i like the squashed look of them too. 🙂

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  27. Your panini looks like one I would make! I love them with veggies piled high and I love to use the panini maker for the same reason as you do — it’s so easy to personalize so everyone gets what they like 🙂 Thanks for the tip about brushing the bread with balsamic vinegar, that sounds delicious!

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  30. I’m totally with you on this one! So versatile and it’s fun how everybody can make a different one! I have to try the balsamic thing, I’m usually a olive oil girl!

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  31. Your panini looks fabulous. I love the combination you chose. I have a panini maker still in the box. I have to go dig it out.

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  32. The word “panini” is already in the plural form, so the correct term for one pressed sandwich would be “panino” (the word “sandwich” is unnecessary and redundant).

    Despite all of that, the sandwich look scrumptious!!

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  36. YUM! I plan on using my panini press that I got for Christmas to make quesadillas and egg sammys this week! I can’t wait! Hope you two had a good weekend. I still am trying to find time to email you! We have had another busy weekend! Hopefully tomorrow 🙂 Sorry I’m so slow!

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  37. Just wonderful Maria. I made paninis last week, but made them from scratch. Yes, smashed them down with a heavy pan over my grill pan kie you write, & they were YUM!!

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  39. I keep seeing paninis lately and it reminds me that I don’t use mine nearly enough. Those look great!

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  41. I love paninis! We grill up lots of extra veggies in the summer for pizzas and paninis, and pastas… pretty much every wonderful thing that starts with P!

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  43. Your panini sandwich looks great! I don’t have a panini maker, but was wondering would the little George Foreman grill work to make these? I know we have one of those tucked away somewhere in the cupboard!

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