My freshman year in college I lived in a dorm and was at the mercy of the dining hall. Somehow, almost nothing in the dining hall really appealed to me, and I quickly fell into a routine of eating a simple turkey sandwich and a small salad every. single. day. for both lunch and dinner. And I was surprisingly happy with the complete lack of variety in my diet.
That is until I was introduced to the Roasted Toasted at the beginning of Spring semester. The Roasted Toasted was a pretty simple sub sandwich topped with roasted veggies and toasted with cheese on top. For the rest of the year I switched out my dinner turkey sandwich with the Roasted Toasted. Heaven.
Last week I had a craving for the veggie filled sammie and decided to replicate it (sans cheese). I was going to use this Everyday Italian recipe before I found this recipe on Good Things Catered. I ended up making a combination of the two.
Ingredients (for 2 sandwiches):
1 french baguette, sliced down the middle and cut into 6 inch lengths
1 zucchini, sliced length wise
1 eggplant, sliced length wise
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 red onion, sliced
Olive oil
For the Sauce:
1 tablespoon of tahini paste
1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of lemon
1/2 tablespoon of honey
1/2 teaspoon of mustard
Garlic salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a baking sheet, toss the veggies with olive oil, salt and pepper. Cook in the oven for 30-40 minutes, turing the vegetables every 10 minutes or so.
While the vegetables are cooking, combine the ingredients for the sauce. Adjust any amounts to suit your tastes.
When the vegetables are done cooking, cook the baguette under the broiler until just toasted.
Stack the vegetables on one side of the bread and spread the sauce on the other.
Before I even took a bite out of the sandwich, I was already thinking of what I would do differently next time. I was sure I wasn’t going to like the tahini sauce, and I had convinced myself that I should have grilled the veggies on my George Foreman instead of cooking them in the oven. I was prepared to really dislike this sandwich, so I was totally surprised when I took my first bite and LOVED it! The grilled veggies were soft and had so much flavor, and the tahini was really subtle and was a really nice component.
So needless to say the Roasted Toasted version 2.0 was a hit in our household! I hope you try it in yours!
