Category Archives: Salt

Cheeses, Food, Garlic, Ingredients, Lemon, Olive Oil, Parmesan, Pepper, Salt, Zucchini

Sautéed Zucchini with Garlic and Lemon

Leave a comment

This being winter, we thought we would provide a recipe for a summer garden favorite. And no, we do not find anything incongruous about this. What better time to start dreaming about the goodies of summer than now when the cold seems interminable. Okay, so as people lucky enough to live in San Diego which is as close to weather perfection as it ever gets in the US, we do not really experience winter – at least not of the snowmageddon variety.  Anyway, one of the veggies that will reward you with copious production is the zucchini. Two plants can produce enough for a family of four for the growing season. With our limited space, we’ve regretfully stayed away from it. Our rationale – we have a well stocked market within 2 minutes walk of our house and it’s pretty hard to give up tomato space.   So since we love zucchini but don’t always have it growing in the garden, we are so happy to be able to purchase was needed.

This little side dish is so simple, tasty and healthy. It is just bursting with flavor that we almost want to do a little dance as we eat it. Yes, it is that good.

Lime Squash Sauteed in Olive Oil and Garlic with Parmesan
Lime Squash Sauteed in Olive Oil and Garlic with Parmesan

Continue reading Sautéed Zucchini with Garlic and Lemon →

Chicken, Chicken Salad, Food, Garlic, Ingredients, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Onion, Paprika, Pepper, Roasted garlic, Salt, Smoked paprika, Spices, Tarragon

Chicken Salad

Leave a comment

Chicken Salad Recipe

  • 4 roasted garlic
  • 3 tbs Mayo
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds (anis)
  • 1/4 grated onion
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 grated garlic
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Tarragon Mustard
  • 5 oz chicken pieces (picked from roasted chicken)

Mash the roasted garlic to a pulp with a fork, then mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Rejoyce, you are done!
Continue reading Chicken Salad →

Avocado, Bell Pepper, Breads, Burger, Cheeses, Ciabatta, Cooking styles, Dairy, Dubliner, Egg, Feta, Food, Fruits, Garlic, Ground beef, Herbs, Ingredients, Meats, Onion, Open Faced Sandwiches, Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Spices, Spinach, Vegetables

Feta-Stuffed Beef Patty Sandwich With Avocado, Red Bell Peppers On Spinach And Dubliner Cheese

Leave a comment

You may think this is an odd looking giant patty, and you would be right. But there is a reason of course; the patty is stuffed with feta cheese. So take a step back and say “woooa”, then re-evaluate your first impression. Quite frankly, we forgot to take a photo with a cross-cut, so someday we’re going to have to make this again. Until that happens you can always try it yourself, it’s gooood.

Feta-Stuffed Burger With Avocado, Red Bell Peppers On Spinach And Dubliner Cheese
Feta-Stuffed Burger With Avocado, Red Bell Peppers On Spinach And Dubliner Cheese

Continue reading Feta-Stuffed Beef Patty Sandwich With Avocado, Red Bell Peppers On Spinach And Dubliner Cheese →

Blue Cheese, Breads, Cheeses, Food, Garlic, Hamburger Bun, Horseradish mayonnaise, Ingredients, Lemon, Olive Oil, Orange, Oregano, Pea Sprouts, Pepper, Portobello mushroom, Roquefort, Salt, Sandwiches, Spices, Thyme, Vegetables

Portobello Mushroom Burger With Roquefort Cheese And Horseradish Mayo On Bed Of Pea Sprouts

Leave a comment

For the vegetarians out there, you can’t go wrong with a delicious portobello mushroom burger. This is one of our favorite sandwiches, for yes, a burger is also a sandwich, much like a Lada is also a car (although reluctantly). Whenever we see fresh portobello mushrooms we try to secure a few for grilling. They are simply delicious when soaked in the right marinade, and actually taste better than most meat patties. The grilling really brings out the best in these shrooms, and you get to enjoy the wonderful colors and look of this gigantic Agaricus bisporus.

Portobello Mushroom Burger With Roquefort On Bed Of Pea Sprouts
Portobello Mushroom Burger With Roquefort On Bed Of Pea Sprouts

Continue reading Portobello Mushroom Burger With Roquefort Cheese And Horseradish Mayo On Bed Of Pea Sprouts →

Breads, Closed sandwiches, Cucumber, Dairy, Dressings, Egg, Food, Garam masala, Kafta Patty, Meats, mustard and basil sauce, Pandesal roll, Rajma masala, Salt, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Spices, Spinach, Tomato, Vegetables

Ye Regular Olde Burger: Beef Patty, Spinach, Baby Cucumber, Tomato, Mustard And Basil Dressing On A Pandesal Roll

Leave a comment

OK, you have a point. This is perhaps not quite amazing enough to be on “amazing sandwiches”… But we liked it. This is a simple, plain garden variety burger, and sometimes that’s all you need to bring you back from a long day at work doing the man’s bidding. Yes, you know what we mean; cubicle work!

Regular olde burger with beef patty, cucumber, tomato, mustard dressing on a boleo bun
Ye Regular Olde Burger: Beef Patty, Spinach, Baby Cucumber, Tomato, Mustard And Basil Dressing On A Pandesal Roll
Continue reading Ye Regular Olde Burger: Beef Patty, Spinach, Baby Cucumber, Tomato, Mustard And Basil Dressing On A Pandesal Roll →

Breads, Ciabatta, Ciabatta Roll, Curry, Dairy, Dill, Dill yogurt dressing, Dressings, Falafel, Food, Fruits, Herbs, Lime, Open Faced Sandwiches, Salt, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Spices, Tomato, Vegetables, Yogurt

Falafel Sandwich with Garlic-Yogurt Dressing, Lime, Pesto, Spinach and Grape Tomatoes on Ciabatta Bread with Pesto

Leave a comment

While we do enjoy making falafels from scratch, it is a lot easier to buy them pre-made. So after an on-the-spur-of-the-moment shopping spree in the local grocery store, we found ourselves with a packet of falafels. They are quite acceptable in taste, a little wet in consistency (it’s not easy to preserve crunchiness after freezing), and overall a good experience. If you have fresh ones, by all means do use them, but for a Thursday sandwich without too much work involved, just get something like these. We find that falafel can be quite a nice change to a lot of dishes, such as salads or on sandwiches (like here).

Falaffel Sandwich with Garlic-Yogurt Dressing, Lime, Pesto, Spinach and Grape Tomatoes on Ciabatta Bread
Falafel Sandwich with Garlic-Yogurt Dressing, Lime, Pesto, Spinach and Grape Tomatoes on Ciabatta Bread

Continue reading Falafel Sandwich with Garlic-Yogurt Dressing, Lime, Pesto, Spinach and Grape Tomatoes on Ciabatta Bread with Pesto →

Curry, Fennel, Food, Ground beef, Herbs, Meats, Olive Oil, Onion, Paprika, Pepper, Salt, Sugar, Tandoori, Tomato

Chunky Chili with Lima and Black Beans, Fennel, Tomatoes, Red and White Wine

Leave a comment

If you want to make a ‘Sloppy Joe’ style sandwich, you must first make the chili. This is how we make ours! The recipe has evolved over years, since the college days when chili was the preferred antidote to pizzas. Back then, the chili was mostly meat and beans and tomatoes, but today there are a number of different beans and veggies, as well as more advanced tastes going on. We started adding wine last year, which adds a very nice flavor, and 6 months ago we started adding the sugar after we discovered that is the secret ingredient in most BBQ sauces.

Chunky Chili with Lima and Black Beans, Fennel, Tomatoes, Red and White Wine.
Chunky Chili with Lima and Black Beans, Fennel, Tomatoes, Red and White Wine.

Continue reading Chunky Chili with Lima and Black Beans, Fennel, Tomatoes, Red and White Wine →

Baking, Cheeses, Fish, Food, Goat cheese, Mascarpone, Olive Oil, Onion, Pesto, Pizza, Pizza dough, Salmon, Salt, Spices, Vegetables

Smoked Salmon Pizza – The Way My Mother Never Made It

Leave a comment

“Pizza!” you may be saying with increduility as you wonder at the seeming incongruity of providing pizza recipes on a sandwich blog.  Well, please bear with us while we provide this rather plausible and very convincing rationale.

In Scandinavia, there is a long tradition of open-faced sandwiches (or smørrebrød as they are called in Denmark).   Open-faced sandwiches are essentially bread, with layered toppings. So it’s not much of a stretch to call a pizza, a sandwich.  After all, it is just that: bread with layered toppings.  For the pizza purists among the readers, this might seem like too much of a stretch, but we say that pizza by any other name is still an open faced sandwich.  Convinced yet?

Smoked Salmon Pizza with Goat Cheese, Olives and Pesto-Mascarpone
Smoked salmon pizza topped with goat cheese, onions, olives and pesto-mascarpone cheese blend

Continue reading Smoked Salmon Pizza – The Way My Mother Never Made It →

Bell Pepper, Curry, Dairy, Dressings, Food, Fruits, Herbs, Ingredients, Mustard, Paprika, Paprika yogurt dressing, Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Sandwiches, Smears, Spices, Yogurt

Paprika Yogurt Dressing with Red Bell Peppers, Curry, Mustard and Parsley

Leave a comment

This is an old favorite of mine, going back to my college years. At my dorm, one of my friends’ dad worked for a large company that delivered meats and groceries for supermarkets. As a result, they were sent huge amounts of samples, which they stored in two large freezers. When he visited the dorm, he filled his car with samples for us all to enjoy. This included giant steaks, fast food pizzas, and meats of all types. So while my life up until then consisted of pizzas and chili, this was a challenge. You can’t just plop a steak in the microwave and eat it, so all we could really do was learn how to cook it right. As a consequence, our ‘kitchen’ began evolving some pretty advanced culinary tastes, and soon started to realize that there is more to life than fast-food pizza, and cooking is not really all that hard. One of the results of that time is this dressing, which we made to accompany a batch of frozen falafel. It’s easy, and complements both the falafel, but also meats very well. We will be using it in a few sandwiches soon to be released.
Continue reading Paprika Yogurt Dressing with Red Bell Peppers, Curry, Mustard and Parsley →