What are you having for lunch?

What are you having for lunch? We're having sandwiches!

We are two active, healthy guys who work in an office and like to eat well. We don't like to eat out everyday - its not healthy, it takes too long, and it's too expensive. We like to shop once a week for what we need. We try to keep the cost per meal at around $5. We're typically limited to what we can buy at a local grocery. We take less than an hour for lunch. We're limited to resources and utensils found in our office break room.

Within these limitations we've been making gourmet sandwiches in our break room and getting lots of compliments. It's time to share with the world...

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

True Love is a PLAT


According to Miracle Max, true love is the greatest thing in the world; except a nice MLT:  a mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe.


We tend to agree, but wanted to substitute some ingredients to work within our confinements. We used Pancetta instead of mutton or bacon. Pancetta is an Italian cured meat similar to bacon, but is cured differently. It's not smoked and has a sweet flavor. It's very fatty, but the George Forman makes it easy to grill it and remove some of the grease.

We also wanted to add avocado. It's a healthy fat and delicious. I could add avocado to a lot of sandwiches.

Recipe
  • Ciabatta Loaf, Italian Loaf or Sourdough - sliced
  • Pancetta - sliced thin
  • Ripe Tomatoes
  • Lettuce
  • Avocado
  • Garlic Mayonnaise (Try adding minced garlic to your mayonnaise)

Tools
  • George Forman Grill
  • Toast your Bread (optional)
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