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bikingplumber said:

 
  Any ideas for a new sandwich would be greatly appreciated!

 

Chris

Chris – we like to make chickpea spread (like hummus minus the tahini), it's great.  If you like 'spicy' it is also fun to spice up your veganaise with some Rooster(Sriracha sauce).  I also like the 'mock egg salad' (I think maybe Happy Herbivore?).  Whole Foods has a WONDERFUL (but also Wonderfully Expensive – haha) MOCK chicken salad.  But I figure, hey, we're not buying steaks anymore, I'll drop $12. on a large container of this that will make 6-8 good sized wraps or more during the week.  I served the mock chicken salad to my non-vegan sister and brother-in-law and they loved it so much that they buy it now INSTEAD of chicken salad.  Lock-n-Lock brand makes a cool 'wrap' container.  My husband even takes them out on the golf course .

I make a nice mock tuna salad using chickpeas in place of tuna. Makes a great wrap or sandwich..let find the recipe and I will post it. :)  Also, I take Rip's rice salad recipe and wrap it in a ww tortilla with letttuce and tomato…excellent!

I love sammiches! Here are some of my favourites:

I always use wholegrain bread, so let's just take that as a given.

1) Dry-fried smoked tofu, sliced tomato, tonnes o' spinach, and ripe avocado spread over the bread in place of veganaise.

2) Almond butter and jam OR almond butter and a bit of maple syrup.

3) Pesto (basil, parsley, sun-dried tomato – endless possibilities, really; I think there's a basic recipe for oil-free pesto in one of the Essylstyn books that can easily be riffed off of) + thinly sliced zucchini and cucumber.

4) Hummus and thinly sliced kale and sweet red peppers.

5) steamed tempeh crumbled, mixed with some diced celery, onion, pickle, parsley, mustard, soy sauce, garlic, and veganaise.

6) grated carrot mixed with tahini, nutritional yeast, veganaise and sliced green onion.

All this talk of sammiched is making me hungry.

Post edited 3:06 am – November 18, 2011 by dianeygirl

I often eat tomato, sprout, cucumber and sweet onion on Ezekiel bread with FF Veganaise and spicy brown mustard, and on those days that I want a more substantial sandwich I'll add some brown rice or some baked yam slices to the sandwich.  Also, I take an Ezekiel pita, and stuff it with hummus, home made baked falafel, tomatoes, sliced sweet onion, diced cucumber and soy yogurt tzatziki-that is a great sandwich!  Some great side dishes or add ons in a sandwich are home made pickled red onions, pickled beets, pickled mushrooms, pickled cauliflower, pickled carrots, jalapenos, and onions.  No added salt necessary, and you can use some Stevia if you want a more sweet flavor.

Also, Dr McDougal has a vegan soup product, fat free and whole grain in a cup that you just add water to and microwave in the cup.  They are a no brainer, short on time, quick, FF vegan meal.  They are in Whole Foods and Sprout markets, flavors such as Split Pea, Tortilla Soup, Tamale, Black Bean, Thai Noodles and more.  I love all of these flavors, I even eat them sometimes for dinner, and they are great for road trips if you bring your own hot water thermos or can order hot water at a restaurant.  There are also McDougall soups in the brick form that don't need water or refrigeration. 

You could also bring your own thermos of home made soup to work.  In fact most of the time I eat home made soups for lunch if I'm not having a sandwich.  My favorites right now are tortilla soup and split pea.