With the school year starting, many people are making their own sandwiches to take to school or work. I love sandwiches, but eating the same filling day after day gets really tiring.
Easy ones for breakfast or lunch
1) peanut butter and jelly
2) cream cheese and jam or jelly
3) peanut butter and honey and banana (optional)
To mix these up so they aren't just the same old thing, use cookie cutters to cut the bread into shapes. You could get one of these, or any of these, but I would totally go with the dinos. You can also use cookie cutters to cut out a window to show off the pretty colored jam or the like, like how the cookies are in this blog post.
Meat filling sandwiches
The essential part of these are to not overfill them. Overfilled sandwiches explode all over when you try to eat them.
1. Pick your bread (french, white, wheat, bagel, pita, flatbread, tortilla, etc)
2. Pick one or more meats, not more than 4 (chicken, turkey, ham, roast beef, bacon, sausages, etc)
3. Pick one or two cheeses (mozzarella, cheddar, swiss, munster, etc)
4. Veggies (lettuce, tomato, pickles, olives, onions, sprouts, banana peppers, cucumbers, etc) Just don't overdo it.
5. Pick a moisture barrier(s) (butter, mayo, miracle whip, creamy salad dressing, butter, etc)
6. Correct assemblage to avoid filling spillage and soggy bread, because nobody really likes either of those. Spread your moisture barrier(s) thinly onto both slices of bread. Place meat and cheese onto the bottom slice. Put on veggies that hold their shape and are wet (like pickles). Follow with squishy veggies that don't hold their shape. Wrap the whole thing tightly in plastic wrap. Here's a video by the genius named Alton Brown on sandwiches.
This is Fred, signing off.
