We all have that one kitchen appliance that we don't really use that much, or maybe don't use at all. Maybe you have more than one. I know I do--I have a whole cabinet full of them, because I never met a kitchen appliance I didn't like. Well--at least, I never met one that didn't fascinate me. Every time I see a new gadget at the culinary shop, or even better, some bizarre 1950s appliance at a flea market, I start to think of all the great things I could make with it, and it ends up coming home with me.

One of the things in that cabinet is a waffle iron. I love waffles. The waffle is the pancake's cool friend. The pancake hangs out at the party, but the waffle ROCKS it. Actually making waffles, though? Not technically difficult, but more time-consuming and labor-intensive than I really want. So I have a waffle iron, but it didn't get used too often.

See, as much as I do love to cook, I also have a busy schedule. Therefore, real cooking doesn't happen in this house as often as I’d like no matter how many cool appliances I have. What's more likely is that my fridge will have a few Chinese takeout boxes and cold pizza. Lots of cold pizza.

There's nothing wrong with cold pizza. I love the stuff and always looked down my nose at people who actually reheated it, until I stumbled upon the brilliance that is SeriousEats. J. Kenzi Lopez-Alt, the site's managing culinary director, has managed to kill two of my food-problem birds with one delicious stone. That stone, my friends, is Waffle Iron Leftover Pizza.

The idea's pretty simple: you take a leftover slice, top it with more delicious stuff if you want, fold it over so it looks kind of like a calzone, and waffle-iron it. (I know, "waffle-iron" isn't a verb, but it will have to do.) The result is an Einstein-level inspiration. The waffle iron revitalizes the crust and reheats the sauce and cheese. Any cheese that runs out turns into crispy cheese goodness.

Now you have a use for a previously unused kitchen appliance AND can do something cool with the leftover pizza that tends to live in your fridge. Lopez-Alt mentions that it's tempting to order pizzas and just let them get cold purely to waffle-iron them. I think I may do just that tonight.

Waffle Iron Leftover Pizza into a Cheesy Calzone Snack