no adjustment needed...

...except, perhaps, the addition of bacon.

but i am determined to resist that temptation because i know once i experience it with bacon, i'll never be satisfied with the original. and i'm determined to have at least one healthy take-to-work lunch in my repertoire.

i made this sandwich last week after seeing something similar over at realsimple.com, using mashed white beans, avocado, cucumber and red onions.
but seeing as i had whipped up a batch  - i use the phrase "whipped up" pejoratively, because i am impossibly slow in the kitchen. those "30-minute meals"? plan on 90 if i'm the cook - of baba ganoush (using this recipe) a few days earlier, i decided to use that in lieu of the white beans. and boy did i hit on a winner.

first of all, i feel almost as strongly about the addition of avocado to any dish, as i do bacon. almost. so this sandwich had me from the start. and like i said, i really wanted to find something vegan AND tasty that i could make rather quickly on a busy weekday morning. this definitely qualified.

it might possibly be improved upon, and certainly variations of it exist, but i'm sticking with the original.

if it ain't broke....

simple tasty sandwich ingredients:
ezekial bread
baba ganoush
sprouts
avocado

THE END

and then we made some muffaletta!

italian rounds split and hollowed

olive salad* spread on bottom half with a layer of sopresatta on next

then the provolone

some spinach leaves

capicola

then the mozzarella and mortadella

finally, another smear of olive salad on the top half

close them up. wrap them in foil or plastic and press them under the weight of a pot of water for 30 minutes then refrigerate for at least several hours

slice into wedges and nosh away (photo coming tomorrow when we devour ours).