Made good-ass sandwiches tonight. A variation on the BLT -- here's how to build it, from the top down:
Sliced bread of choice, toasted (I used honey wheat)
Fresh spinach
salt and pepper to taste
Tomato, marinated for 30 minutes in a mixture of olive oil, dried basil, and dried parsley (I ate mine without)
Hot crispy bacon
fresh mozzarella, sliced
Sliced bread of choice, toasted
What I should have done is put the mozzarella on and stuck it back in the oven for 90 seconds after the initial toasting; my sandwich lacked the all-important meltiness factor. But it was still a good-ass sandwich, even without the tomato (which I'm sure is the centerpiece of the 'wich for those who can stand them).
I was inspired by the cover recipe on August 2007's Bon Appetit, which I discovered recently when I unboxed my collection of back issues and shelved them in my dining room. The
original recipe requires some ingredients that are hard to find, not in the budget, or both, so I made this "poor man's" version and it turned out fantastic.
A+, would cook again.