Cucumber Sandwich

Overview:

It is just your regular cucumber sandwich , made out of whole wheat bread, stuffed with cucumber, tomatoes  onion or lettuce/romaine in a little unconventional way. A breakfast or lunch ,easy to prepare, much better on health count and a tasty and healthy getaway from oats once in a while :-)

Ingredients:

You will need,

• wheat bread
• cucumber slices
• finely chopped tomatoes
• finely chopped onion
• finely chopped lettuce/romaine as you prefer
• black pepper
• salt
• any pasta sauce, or even regular ketchup will do
• fresh mozzarella cheese
• For a meat sandwich, one can use baked chicken or even turkey left after thanksgiving ;-)

Recipe:

1. Toast two bread slices. I prefer toasting the bread first because later with all the filling the sandwich becomes all soggy inside.
2. On the bread slice, spread ketchup or your favorite pasta sauce.( can have flavors of Parmesan garlic etc.) Top up with tomatoes, onions, cucumber slices and lettuce/romaine generously.
3. Sprinkle some salt and black pepper powder on it evenly.
4. Garnish with fresh mozzarella cheese and cover the sandwich with the other slice of bread.
5. Microwave the sandwich at high power for 15 seconds, cut in halves.

Presentation:

Cut in even halves and serve with fresh fruit or salad. I once made an additional filling of baked rosemary chicken to be put into it. All you have to do is , flavor chicken with rosemary herb, salt-pepper for 15-20 mins and bake it at 400 degree F(205 degree C) and splash some lemon juice on it after baking. Fill it in along with veggies :-)

You can use the left-over thanksgiving Turkey too !!