Favorite Sandwiches for busy weeknights
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Please tell me of your favorite sandwiches for busy work weeknights. Any help is appreciated...thanks.
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34 Comments:
Grilled cheese! I usually have cheese and bread in the fridge, and it cooks up quickly. I've found that really any kind of cheese will work. And I can dress it up with what I have lying around: pesto, apples, tomatoes, tapenade, carmelized onions, etc.
Junie at 10:34AM on 01/27/09
Grilled chix avocado, honey mustard on whole wheat wrap
Grilled muenster and tomatoon whole wheat
KtMc24 at 10:39AM on 01/27/09
Fried egg: bacon, cheddar, tomato, and a fried egg over easy. Ham too, if I have any around. If I had the foresight to plan the sandwich ahead of time, I also love avocado on it.
drew13000 at 10:41AM on 01/27/09
* simple fried egg with bacon & ketchup on toast
* a roll with smoked sausage, onions and peppers
* marinated grilled chicken in a pita with hummus/tahini sauce and pickles or fresh veg
* tuna salad wrap (disclaimer - this one is my OH's:-))
* egg or chicken salad wrap (or pita)
brooke29 at 10:45AM on 01/27/09
Tomorrow night is sandwich night. I'm making a BLAT: Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Avocado w/mayo rolled in whole wheat lavosh. I might even add some steamed shrimp if I've got some time...
Also, love a good fried egg sandwich with any cold cuts I may have lying around. Grilled cheese with apples and red onions, too.
Lastly, if you "griddle" any cold cut in a skillet and layer it on toast with cheese, lettuce, tomato...it's absolutely delicious!
bitchincamero at 10:50AM on 01/27/09
Red Devil chicken spread the I will mix cashews in with it, on a baquette with some kind of cheese on top served with raspberry jam.
Turkey wrap with red onions, cream cheese mix with raspberry jam sprouts and cheddar cheese in a wrap or baquette.
Fried egg, bacon, breakfast sausage or ham, cheese on bagel or English muffin.
Bacon, lettuce, cheese, avacado on baquette
Bagel with cream cheese, raspberry jam and turkey served open faced
pjracz10 at 10:56AM on 01/27/09
Fried egg overeasy sandwich with a velvetta slice and a spread of mayo with a lite dusting of herb de provance....
Markbb at 11:18AM on 01/27/09
@brookie-- Totally love a sausage/onions/pepper sandwich...
Man, how I DO love a good sandwich. Two stick out in my mind right now: Bread coated with crème-fraîche, some bleu cheese, apple slice, drizzle of honey, pressed in a panini press.
Baguette topped with brie, caramelized pecans, baby greens, and pear slices.
Yummm.
meg3j at 11:22AM on 01/27/09
For me it's a toasted whole wheat bagel filled with goats or Manchego cheese, sundried tomatoes, avocado, basil and arugula. A bite of pure, simple heaven...
HappyMuncher at 11:26AM on 01/27/09
I'm a sandwich freak, but if it's truly a busy night, I don't want to cook or chop or even toast. Summer time - a big slab of tomato with mayo, s&p is my absolute favorite. Winter - probably tavern ham (sliced at the deli) w/swiss cheese, romaine, mayo & brown mustard.
PerkyMac at 11:36AM on 01/27/09
I'm on a Philly cheesesteak kick,I do them on an inexpensive electric griddle...fry onions,fry steak and heat roll all on one piece of cookware.Fast, easy and delicious.
dmcavanagh at 11:44AM on 01/27/09
Ham or Turkey, mushrooms and cheese open face under the broiler on whatever bread is in the house. My Dad called this a "Napoli" sandwich.
Has anyone else ever heard of that name?
rlwycoff at 11:47AM on 01/27/09
My favorites when I want something quick and easy:
- Fried egg sandwich
- Scrambled egg sandwich on buttered toast with whatever cheese and deli meat I have on hand
- Grilled cheese with deli meat and tomato
- Tuna melt
@rlwycoff - I am so going to have a "Napoli" for lunch today. I never think to put mushrooms on my sandwich since I don't like them raw. Broiling might take that raw edge off. Can't believe I hadn't thought of that.
CooksForOne at 12:00PM on 01/27/09
blt with thick bacon
grilled cheese with homemade soup
grilled sausage with peppers and onions
meatballs
homemade grinders
fried bacon for the bf
homemade chicken salad
dearrie at 12:37PM on 01/27/09
My perfect sandwich is a fried egg, nice thick slice of any good cheese, slice tomato with a schmeer of mayo or may/dijon on hearty toasted whole grain bread or bagel, toasted. Sometimes I'll get a little crazy and add a slice of avocado. OH wants Canadian bacon on his.
If I have turkey around, the BEST is sliced turkey, brie, arugula and cranberry chutney, possible some walnuts. To die for.....
Or tuna, mayo, lots of sprouts, tomato, greens on multi-grain.
I'm so hungry...
frederika at 12:43PM on 01/27/09
Fried egg sandwiches or Boca Burgers
bessfour at 12:49PM on 01/27/09
I order sandwiches out most of the time so weekday or weekend doesn't matter, since the shop is a few houses away.
Our standard order:
- smoked salmon BLT on bagel, no onion (split between husband and I)
- peanut butter, banana, honey on sourdough (split between my husband and I)
- grilled eggplant, boccicini, tomato, pesto mayo on rosemary ciabatta (mine)
- salami, pepperoni, ham, olives, tomato, banana peppers, onions, provolone, some herbs, and Italian dressing on vienna bread (husband's)
Yes, we usually order that much between the two of us. :P
My husband can usually eat most of it in one sitting. I usually devour my (huge) eggplant sandwich because the bread gets soggy, then pick at the rest of the shared sandwiches...
Cassaendra at 1:09PM on 01/27/09
I have to go with grilled cheese as well. My favorite combination is cheddar, pepper jack, Havarti and Gruyere. I also like to top it with some pepperoncini before I grill it. Served with homemade tomato soup, and I am in heaven!
Deseree at 1:30PM on 01/27/09
pb&j with the crusts cut off
nhfoodie at 1:34PM on 01/27/09
Try making a grilled burrito. Use leftover chicken cut into a dice. Could also use leftover beef. Add sour cream, avocado, salsa and grated cheddar or jack cheese. Fold into a flour tortilla and grill on a dry flat bottom non stick pan to brown the sides. If you have black olives they make a nice addition.
IWguy at 2:48PM on 01/27/09
@everyone...thank you so much for all your suggestions and ideas. What a wonderful resource. Many thanks!
sammie at 3:06PM on 01/27/09
If the above suggestions aren't enough...
* Pumpernickel, Genoa salami, Pastrami, boursin salt and pepper, grainy dijon;
* Foccacia, Shaved turkey, chipoltle mayo, baby arugala, baby spinach and diced kalamatas;
* Cold-smoked salmon, sour cream with dill, capers, and mixed greens on french baguette
I like 'em quite often :)
hungrychristel at 3:31PM on 01/27/09
Honestly, I still like to make myself peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from time to time. Never gets old! :)
Hillary
Chew on That at 3:52PM on 01/27/09
My go-to sandwich is super simple and super delicious. It's just slices of brie cheese and Bosc pear on really good bread. I usually eat it on this Asiago cheese bread from a local bakery, but any crusty type bread will do. It's divine. If you've got some extra time, add caramelized onions and it only gets better.
PumpkinBear at 3:54PM on 01/27/09
I'm not much of a sandwich fan, but I do like: sliced roast turkey, horseradish cheddar, and baby greens on whole wheat bread.
joyyy at 4:20PM on 01/27/09
Just mayo & sliced cheese (velveeta singles) on wheat was my lunchbox standard growing up.
MaresyDotes at 4:50PM on 01/27/09
Cheap bolonga with mayo on the 99¢ a loaf bread.
*I am broke*
sailordave at 5:05PM on 01/27/09
Thick slices of eggplant (breaded and baked until crispy), oven roasted tomatoes, feta cheese, a schemer of roasted garlic, and black olive paste on one of those Arnold's 100% whole wheat sandwich thins (toasted). And yes, I would take the time to bread and bake eggplant on a busy weeknight... if I didn't already have some in the freezer. Dinner is an extremely important part of my day!
elizabethw at 5:07PM on 01/27/09
A french dip. It's fast,easy and delicious.
chardonnay at 5:10PM on 01/27/09
Oh. That's "schmear," not "schemer," right? You know what I mean.
elizabethw at 5:13PM on 01/27/09
Last night it was grilled peppers, onions and mushrooms loaded onto a foccacia roll w/ pepper jack and shoved in the toaster oven. Spread some Avocado on the other half, put it all together- yum!
Embackus at 5:16PM on 01/27/09
I love this hummus sandwich with grain mustard... you can add lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, anything you'd like. I make hummus, but sometimes I just add lemon juice to storebought hummus to "make it feel fresher".
Sometimes, I am on a hot dog kick... I make Open-Faced Veggie Hot Dogs. And when I have left-over fried eggplant, I love making Eggplant Parmesan Sandwiches.
Madelyn
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MadelynRodriguez at 9:49AM on 01/29/09
@sailordave- you live in seattle right? You are a cook right? You are welcome to come over to the house and have turdunken and all the other shit that will go with it if you want. You can man the alligator for the grill cause this is all new to me.
pjracz10 at 10:30AM on 01/29/09
This week I've been having open faced goat cheese and egg - Herbed goat cheese smeared into half of a hollowed out roll (don't know why I hollowed it, I guess it makes a boat-like vessel), topped with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, and salt & pepper. If I wasn't so impatient, I'd bake the egg & cheese mixture into the bread bowl.
LizNYC at 12:25PM on 01/30/09