The Earl of Sandwich, Garden style

Tuna salad? Stinky. Egg salad? Blech. Grilled cheese? Greasy. Got the sandwich blues? Me too! I'll admit, I'm not a huge sandwich fan, but that is mainly because the choices are a bit too boring for my likes! That's why I whipped up this super yummy, veggie packed, tasty goodness! This sandwich can be done in soon many different variations, so I'll share with you how I made it, and then you can have fun experimenting yourself!

It's all about the greens

Ingredients:

4 slices of multigrain bread for 2 sandwiches
A multitude of sliced veggies! (I used zucchini, mushrooms, and spinach)
Cilantro  (Optional)
Shredded soy cheese (Optional)
Roasted red pepper spread (Or any kind of spread you desire! My spread was made with vegan mayo and Epicure's Roasted Red Pepper spice, which can be purchased here)
Olive Oil

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F
2. Pour a small amount of oil into your frying pan, turn to medium, and add in your veggies. I decided to keep my spinach raw, but it's YOUR creation, YOU decide.
3.  Once your veggies have been frying for about five minutes, you can begin toasting your bread. I used a toaster, but you could also use a toaster over, frying pan, or your oven.
4. When your bread is toasted, sprinkle your cheese on top, so it begins to melt. To make two sandwiches, I only put cheese on two of my slices of toast.
5. Spread your choice of spread on the remaining two slices of toast.
6. Add your cooked veggies to the slice with cheese on it.
7. Put all four slices in the oven on a baking sheet for about five minutes. You could also add more cheese on top of the veggies before doing this.
8. Remove from oven, add the handful of raw spinach and cilantro, and ta da! Ready to eat.

Now wasn't that easy? Have fun trying different types of veggies. There are so many possibilities!

Peace, love, and kittens,

Holly

Holly + Food= ?

Mmm! Lettuce wraps!

Anyone who knows me, either online or in "real life" knows just how much I love cooking. Mostly it's because I am always snapping photos of my meals and sharing them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Lately, I have been getting a ton of requests for me to share my recipes with the masses, and trust me, I have always intended on letting you on my delicious culinary secrets but:

a) I'm lazy
b) My computer at home is useless and blogging off my phone seems like a right royal pain in the butt
c) I write all the blog posts on the company blog, so once I get home, I'm pretty blogged out
d) I don't have recipes. I just toss things together and pray it turns out, which it does 98% of the time. (For the record, "salsa pasta"was not a great combination. Neither was "whole wheat carob cake")

Today is your lucky day, however, as one of my class assignments is to create a blog, in Blogger. Seeing as I already have my personal blog on Wordpress (Shameless plug), and I already have my work blog (another shameless plug), I thought I'd do something a little bit different and create a food related blog. Part of the assignment was to create an introductory post, but I think food is much more appealing than I am, so I will introduce myself and my food.

• I follow a vegan diet, but I don't call myself a vegan because I accidentally ordered a pair of suede heels and I don't want to return them. Don't hate
• I also eat as many unprocessed foods as possible, but yesterday I totally ate an entire bag of chips for lunch because I was stress eating at work. Ooops.
• When I am behaving, I try to follow the Raw til 4 way of eating too. Carb up!
• I'm a strong believer of cooking with wine. I just don't actually put the wine in the food..

That's me in a nutshell! (Pun intended) Stay tuned for oodles of noodles and nice rice!