The Low Calorie Vegetable Sandwich
Mix Garden Variety Veggies on a Baguette for a Healthy Lunch
Feb 22, 2009
The Low Calorie Vegetable Sandwich takes about 10 minutes to make. A normal size French baguette will yield two to three sandwiches.
Things You’ll Need
- French baguette
- Parmesan cheese
- Roasted red peppers
- Vine ripe tomatoes
- Portabella mushroom
- Persian cucumbers or cukes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Toaster Oven
Assembling the Low Calorie Vegetable Sandwich
- Slice the French Baguette in half so that you have a top and a bottom. Then slice the French baguette in half again so that you have two equal halves in order to make two sandwiches.
- Drizzle a small amount of olive oil and vinegar on one half of the bread. Remember to use a light hand with your balsamic vinegar as the roaster red peppers are most likely resting in vinegar.
- Slice your vine ripe tomatoes thinly. Then place them on the French baguette until it is covered.
- Place a layer of roasted red peppers over the tomatoes. These will probably need to be cut in half so that they fit on the baguette properly.
- Slice your Portabella mushroom thinly and place a layer on top of the roasted red peppers.
- Follow that with thinly sliced Presian cucumbers or cukes. (Cukes or Persian cucumbers are simply a name for the small cucumbers. Think of pickling cucumbers.)
- Season the sandwich with salt and pepper to taste.
- Thinly slice your Parmesan cheese and place it on top of the rest of your ingredients. As the cheese melts it will help bind the rest of the sandwich together.
- Place your French baguette top on the sandwich and into the toaster oven it goes.
- Toast for a medium setting until the Parmesan cheese melts and top of the French Baguette begins to brown.
- Allow the sandwich cool for a moment and then it’s ready to serve.
Making it an even Lower Calorie Sandwich
A few modifications can take even more calories out of this wonderful sandwich. After slicing the bread, scoop out the excess bread until you hit the crust. Think of the way you’d make a bread bowl. You can also skip the olive oil and use a fat free cheese on the sandwich, or if you’re so inclined, skip the cheese all together.
Consider Adding Greens
Adding a nice lettuce mix or layer of sprouts is a nice touch as well. Just remember not to toast the sandwich too long, otherwise the lettuce will burn and the sprouts will dry out.
Experiment with Condiments
Various kinds of mustards provide and nice zing of flavor to the sandwich. Pesto sauces also provide a nice touch. Just be mindful of the calories because just a couple tablespoons of pesto can pack as many as 200 calories.
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