Easy to Make Sandwiches

There's something about a great sandwich that keeps you coming back for more. I'm one for simplicity with a different variation of new things now and then. Toss the basic ham and cheese sandwiches out the window, and salami and provolone. I just find myself in need of something that has a certain uniqueness to it. Something that grabs you and delights your eyes. A well put together sandwich is like a burst of energy ,desperate to energize you with a new revised formula to activate your taste buds. Something different and exciting to eat. I have come up with some great ideas to enhance some basic sandwiches you may find yourself desperate to try. Its not all about big red meat entrees anymore nor a big fat bowl of pasta. Its all about the sandwich. Its an Icon of comfort for the American soul. Its culinary precession at its best. The sandwich, a simple thing of some sort of a filler typically between two pieces of bread, that has become so symbolic to that of our national heritage. Our people simply could not survive without it.. That is exactly how I view the sandwich. So it is my goal and my passion to bring you and to the world my impression of some perfect sandwiches. No ,there can never be just one perfect sandwich, there needs to be many. The perfect sandwich is the lifeblood of our existence. It should be our ultimate goal in life to create even more of these perfect sandwiches.I now present you with my most sort after perfect sandwiches.

1) This one has been a huge success for me in the past. Fresh chicken salad with red seedless grapes cut in halve,chopped walnuts, and parboiled broccoli florets. All stuffed in a toasted croissant. A little shredded Monterey Jack melted on the top of the croissant. Cut in half with a bowl of soup in the middle and the half sandwich on either side. A little extra mayo to keep it moist What better American Tradition

2) Grilled roasted vegetables ( zucchini,red onions, yellow squash, eggplant ) with smoked turkey on a piece of crusty french bread with balsamic mayonnaise. Add a little balsamic to the mayonnaise, with some chopped roasted dry garlic powder, And smear it all over one side of the inside of the bread. A few slices of a real sharp cheddar cheese folded into the sandwiches-- Go vegetarian and leave the meat out

3) First i like to marinate sliced fresh mozzarella, sliced Rome Tomatoes, thin sliced Red Onions in an Italian vinaigrette with dry basil and dry oregano. On an Italian bread with a soft crust, I layer thin sliced peeled cucumber, than I spoon out my marinated mixture on top of the cucumbers,Then a few layers of Italian Mortedella, and fine shredded Red leave lettuce. I take a few spoons of the marinade and spoon it on the inside of the bread. Mmmmm Perfecto !!

4) Using some ground lamb season in it with a few leaves of fine chopped mint, fresh thyme, chop garlic, pinch of kosher salt , pinch of crushed cracked pepper, and I make miniature Salisbury shaped steaks with goat cheese stuffed in the middle. I form out a thin patty of seasoned meat first add my goat cheese and form another thin patty over it. Then I reshape it into one lamb patty--oblong-- and then brown on both sides and then place in the oven for 20 minutes till the cheese starts to ooze out.. Best cheeseburger sandwich you ever tasted

5) I roast off a few green peppers in olive oil, and i roast off some slices tomato with olive oil and ground dry basil, I grill off some small 5 oz chicken breasts, I grill some marinated portebellos and slice them into 1/2 in slivers. Then I assemble the chicken, the tomatoes, portebello mushrooms,roasted green peppers on a kaiser roll or Portuguese roll and place a little leave of Romain and smear the inside of the bread with a Cesar salad dressing-- I need to tell you there ain't a better sandwich on the market !! Believe me when I tell you this.. **Use wishbone Italian vinaigrette to marinate the portebellos and the chicken prior to grilling. Momma gets a little credit for this one, and I get the rest of the credit

6) Diced green peppers, diced red onions,diced pimentos, diced fresh zucchini saute lightly in olive oil. Scramble some eggs with zucchini flowers ( if available). Cook of some sweet Italian sausage (and slice them real thin long ways)--Assemble on a baguette sausage first, scrambled eggs next, saute diced peppers onions pimentos and diced zucchini--leave sandwich open face and melt some muenster cheese on top of the mixture.--fold two halves together and cut on a bias. This my friend is an award winning sandwich

Kinda makes you want to open up your own sandwich shop huh???