Tuna sandwich on fresh-baked whole wheat

After the success of my first loaf -- half of which we gave away -- I baked another whole wheat loaf (the sourdough starter is still a work in progress) which was even better in most regards. (A little impatience got the best of me during the final rise, resulting in a funny shape in the oven)

Anyway, I made some tuna salad with leftover yogurt-onion dip in lieu of mayo, cut up some pepper jack cheese, tomatoes, and cucumber, and served it on some of the fresh bread. And yes, that's my ginger ale in the background.

What Makes a Sandwich?

I recently had this sandwich - a pulled pork panini with fontina cheese and roasted garlic aioli. It got me thinking, what makes a great sandwich? The aforementioned sandwich was so simple, yet so delicious.

Clearly great bread and great meat / main ingredient for all you vegetarians is critical... but after that it's not so easy. Most of the time I think it's important not to over complicate things with too many ingredients, but I often do that. Maybe bland deli meats call for over complication to add flavor to an under flavor inspiring dish. But when you have something as simple and delicious as the pulled pork in the sandwich shown, it really doesn't call for much else. Some of the best sandwiches out there are the simplest, a philly cheese steak, a B.L.T. Is 3 the magic number for sandwiches? Keep the number of ingredients under three and you'll be golden?

Scott's Sammies

I really enjoy making sandwiches - the secret is in the bread. I made this sandwich with tomato-basil bread from Panera (it's the most convenient good bread near my apartment). I figure I should try to cut back on some carbs, so I take the ingredients of a full sandwich and overload it onto half the bread.

Today's sandwich consisted of turkey, cucumbers, lettuce, sprouts, hot peppers, light-mayo, spicy brown mustard, and muenster cheese.

The sandwich was accompanied with a nice glass of home made iced tea - black tea and lemon only. Delicious.