Smashed Chickpea Salad

fancy office paper plate

I can't believe I haven't shared my favorite sandwich yet! This is a Smitten Kitchen recipe, of course, and it's extremely versatile. I like to make a big tupperware of it over the weekend so I have a week's worth of lunches. It goes great on toasted bread, in a wrap, or just over a bed of lettuce in salad form. On this particular day, I ate it on toasted ciabatta with some turkey, greens, and goddess dressing. It totally doesn't need turkey, I was just in a non-vegetarian mood.

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Curried Chicken Salad Sandwich

After a late day at work followed by a late evening at the gym*, I had no interest in a long, involved dinner and so I made this healthy chicken salad recipe and made a quick sandwich out of it. I was surprised with just how tasty it was!

*Yes, I started going to a gym! Aren't you proud? And now that I announced it in the blogosphere, I can't possibly ever quit lest I seem like a failure. Oy.

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Food Challenge Day 5 - Antipasti Sammiches

We've reached the end! The pinnacle of the Food Challenge! And we made it out unscathed!

This is actually the recipe that wasn't officially part of the "Grocery Bag" feature, but it was another recipe in the issue that I thought looked darn tasty, and boy was I right! It is a perfect make-the-night-before sandwich for a picnic or boatride, since the recipe actually requires you to let the flavors meld for a few hours. I made these on Tuesday night for a Wednesday Levon Helm show at Wolftrap (which was great, btw). I served them with a corn and tomato salad as well as several apps. I'm sure the recipe can be modified per your taste; next time I'd love to try pepperjack cheese instead of parmesan. It's one of the more complicated sandwiches I've made, requiring more than just slapping ingredients from the fridge directly onto toasted bread and inhaling, but it's well worth the effort.

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Chicken Cutlet Sandwich

Breaded chicken cutlet, roasted red pepper, baby arugula, and hummus on a toasted sesame bagel

Turkey Sangy!

Turkey, goat cheese, chipotle hummus, and arugula on homemade focaccia bread

Hameriffic Sandwich

Deli-sliced ham, smoked gouda, homemade pesto, roasted red peppers, pickled jalepenos, baby spinach on a toasted wheat kaiser roll

All Sandwiches, Great and Small

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that sandwiches are my favorite food. There are just so many options!! So many different kinds of bread, so many meat and cheese combinations, so many toppings!

I've decided that every so often, I'm going to just post a picture and quick description of a sandwich Don or I have created.

I'm starting strong with the lunch we just had a couple hours ago:

Grilled chicken (marinated in s&p, chili-garlic, olive oil), melted cheddar-jack, roasted red pepper, fresh basil from our garden, and cholula served on grill-toasted homemade ciabatta bread