Veggie Sandwich with Dill Mayo

So if you're still on a sugar high from the Butterfinger cake, here's a cure!

Okay so I know this is just a sandwich and everyone can make one, but seeing as it's garden season and ours will be ready soon, we wanted to share this deliciousness with you.

We did a trial run today to see what we can make with all our delicious veggies.  Sure unless you live in California, you will still have to buy Avocados and cheese but believe me it's worth it.

This is so tasty that you won't even miss the meat and we are a meat eating couple. If we didn't miss it, you won't either.

Island Chicken Sandwiches

One of the things we're really trying to cut back on is our sodium intake.  Salt, bacon, any kind of processed food, we love them all.  So when we were talking about making chicken marinaded in teriyaki sauce, we figured we could cut out a lot of the sodium in the sauce if we made it ourselves.  It's not sodium free, but a step in the right direction.
We also got the mini sammi buns, they're about half the size of a regular burger bun.  We had been on a roll with them a year ago when we were eating a lot of salmon burgers (oh we have to post that one sometime too!) but we thought they'd be the perfect complement to this dish.

Chicken Paninis and Pimento Pickles

Our Saturday ritual is to get up early and hit the grocery store before everyone else is out and about.  Then we’ll come home, have lunch or breakfast (whichever is more time appropriate) and take on the day.  

Today we got a much later start than usual and ended up at the store during BUSY time!  Not the best way to start the day.  

Luckily, we were able to keep motivated by remembering what would be waiting for us when we got home.  We picked up a rotisserie chicken and Lee made it into a delicious Panini.  

Almost Famous Bacon Tuna Melts

I’m often asked how I afford Lee.  He’s expensive and likes to make fancy food.  The simple answer is that we keep an eye on the sales and the coupons.  This week, we matched up a sale and coupons and stocked up on packs of tuna.  It can be kind of a rush to get tuna for fifty cents.  We probably will never fall in the Extreme Couponer category, but we could be categorized as Reasonably Moderate Couponers. 

But this is not a coupon blog. This is a food blog. 

Lee put those packs of tuna to work in his almost famous tuna sandwiches.  Now, this tuna salad is super good without the bacon and cheese, but really, if you can add bacon and cheese to anything, why won’t you?  The bacon here makes a meat bite before the softness of the tuna and the onion roll.

Bacon and cheese make everything more delicious!

Tuna Melts 

makes 2 giant sandwiches

2 cans Tuna (drained)

Half of onion (diced)

6 slices of bacon

4 slices sharp cheddar cheese

2 onion rolls

½ cup real mayo

2 tablespoon mustard

2 tablespoon pickle relish or chopped sweet pickles

1 tablespoon chopped capers (optional)

1. Drain tuna and place in a bowl, mix in onion, mayo, mustard, relish, and capers.
2. Place in refrigerator until ready to use.
3. Preheat Broiler to High and place rack on the very top level.
4. Fry bacon and set aside.
5. Slice rolls and butter each half and place in a hot skillet to toast.
6. Take the bottom roll and cover with your tuna mixture. Next top with bacon, then the cheese.
7. Place on a sheet pan and broil for about 3 -4 minutes keeping an eye on them to make sure they don’t burn. 
8. Once done place the top part of the bun on and enjoy. 
   

Nutrition Facts

Calories 500   Calories from Fat 243

Total Fat 27.0g

Saturated Fat 9.8g

Cholesterol 70mg

Sodium 787mg

Total Carbohydrates 24.6g

Dietary Fiber 1.7g

Sugars 6.5g

Protein 38.8g

Vitamin A 10%  Vitamin C 2%

Calcium 32%      Iron 13%

What do you do to afford your fancy food obsession?