Best Summer Sandwich Recipes
Egg Salad, Goat Cheese, Tortilla Wraps Are Season Staples
While a winter lunch may consist of soup and salad, there's something about summer that insists on sandwiches. Perhaps it's their easy portability (beach picnic, anyone?) or their please-everyone mentality, but whatever the reason, sandwiches never go out of style.
The following sandwich recipes, besides being delicious, are quick and easy to make -- there's no real "cooking" involved.
Egg Salad Sandwich
Ingredients:
- hardboiled eggs
- mayonnaise
- dash of paprika (to taste)
- choice of bread (sourdough, wheat, dark rye)
- lettuce
- dijon mustard (optional)
Directions:
- Peel hardboiled eggs and place them into a bowl. Wiith a fork or a whisk, mash eggs until nearing desired consistency.
- Add spoonful of mayonnaise. Continue mashing eggs and mayonnaise mixture until desired. Add dash of paprika to mixture, stir lightly.
- Choose bread type. If eating at home, consider toasting bread first. If preparing sandwich for travel, skip the toasting. Note: If taking the sandwich in a lunchbox or to a gathering, consider packaging bread and egg salad separately to avoid sogginess. Assemble right before eating.
- If desired, spread a thin layer of dijon mustard onto bread. This step is optional.
- Arrange lettuce on bread. Top with egg salad mixture and other half of bread.
Egg salad can also be bought already-made at supermarkets to save time.
Serve with: sweet baby gherkins and low-sodium potato chips.
Turkey Goat Cheese Sandwich
This recipe is adapted from a sandwich on the menu at The Champagne Bakery. Try this easy make-at-home version.
Ingredients
- baguette
- goat cheese
- green onion
- thin sliced, shredded turkey (look in deli/lunchmeat aisle at supermarket)
- cucumber
Directions
- Slice baguette in half, length-wise.
- Spread a generous layer of goat cheese onto each half of bread.
- Chop green onion. Sprinkle green onion onto goat cheese.
- Layer turkey over cheese and onion.
- Thinly slice cucumber. Add several cucumber slices, then put halves together.
Serve with: red grapes (the sweetness compliments the goat cheese) and a side of potato or macaroni salad
Caprese Sandwich
Ingredients
- baguette
- buffalo mozzarella
- tomato
- basil
- balsamic vinegar
Directions
- Slice buffalo mozzarella and tomato.
- Slice baguette in half, length-wise.
- Arrange mozzrella on top of bread.
- Drizzle balsamic vinegar onto mozzarella.
- Top with tomato and basil slices.
- Add other half of baguette. (This sandwich is also delicious "open-face".)
Serve with: canned pears and pretzels
Tortilla Wrap
Ingredients
- flour tortilla
- herb mayonnaise OR sour cream
- chicken strips
- grated cheese (try cheddar or jack)
- prepackaged lettuce
- avocado
- green onion
Directions
- Lay tortilla flat. If using herb mayonnaise, spread a thin layer of mayonnaise onto tortilla. If using sour cream, SKIP this step.
- Sprinkle prepackaged lettuce onto tortilla. Top with chicken strips and grated cheese.
- Slice avocado and chop green onion. Add both to tortilla.
- Roll tortilla into "wrap". If mayonnaise was skipped, add sour cream on the side.
Serve with: watermelon and flavored (such as sour cream and onion) potato chips
