Make sandwiches!
But first let me start out with the little treat.
A cold Milano cookie.
I’ve never had these before, and this is what I think. Where have I been?!
A nice thick slice of Sullivan St. Bakery's multi-grain pullman bread.
I love cream cheese with fruit preserves. By the way, Crofter’s has a new line that I’ve been dying to try. I discovered that a thing such as yumberries exist! So far I’ve tried two of these flavors, and I must say they are full of fruity goodness. I love when fruit spreads have actual fruits in them!
Super cute continent jars!
An incredible breakfast sandwich with bananas, peanut butter, and pumpkin butter.
The multi-grain bread also worked well with more savoury ingredients as well.
Topped with pepper jack - accompanied by zucchini with sweet-n-sour cashews, and black beans and corn recipe with chunks of Hanover tomatoes.
If you guys haven’t tried it yet, I suggest you put cumin on your black beans along with garlic.
A homemade bulgur veggieburger with lime mayonnaise.
Now that school is back in session, I have been making recipes that I can store and don’t mind having leftovers. As you can see I’ve got a wonderful array of fresh vegetables! I’ve been reading everyone’s posts about the transition of summer to fall. I’m going to miss my salads dearly. I absolutely love buying a large head of romaine, and creating some wonderful salads with it. Adding corn is a must! I’ve even added frozen corn, and to me it’s even more satisfying on those hot summer days.
After taking a bite I thought scooping some corn kernels would be the perfect touch!
Speaking of salads. My roommate spotted an incredible dressing that I highly suggest you pick up at your nearest Trader Joe’s!
Cilantro Salad Dressing
A salad for the heck of it!
Now on to the next loaf of bread – the pane de ruccia. That’s the bread I was holding above my head like the holy grail in my last post. It’s 70% sourdough and 30% wholegrain. What does this mean to me? Well, I don’t judge by numbers, I’m just judging by taste! Is there some sort of genie that can grant me a wish – oh say… make this bread last forever?
A delicious snack
I spread some creamy gorgonzola, grilled an Asian pear, then drizzled honey atop and sprinkled some almond bits for the finishing touch!
I also tried out Trader Joe's peanut satay sauce.
This sandwich is demanding a close-up!
I layered on some homemade chipotle-tomato spread, grilled eggplant, melted provolone, tomato slices, avocado, red onion, and cilantro. I might as well just say it right now, but I have become sandwich queen!
This is where the cilantro craze started.
Another diva sandwich!
For this sandwich I followed the Spiced-Up Grilled Cheese recipe I found on The Kitchen Sink blog. I wish I had used the New York cheddar though.
More eggplant goodness, and I used the chipotle "ketchup" to dip these crispy eggplant chunks.
I made a spread with avocado, nutritional yeast, yogurt, and cumin.
Pumpkin butter, creamy gorgonzola, and red onions. Kept company by some veggies and a dipping sauce I made with nutritional yeast, miso, ketchup, and I forgot what else- oops!
More bulgur veggieburger goodness! Cauliflower and corn with peanut sauce.
Okay, so I must share this recipe with you guys. Especially for all you folks looking for foods to make ahead of time out of convenience. I followed a recipe for Bulgur Veggieburgers with Lime Mayonnaise from Gourmet.com - which is an incredible source for delicious recipes! It was so much fun making these, and I got to bust out my new mini food-processor my parents got me. I was honestly surprised at how well these turned out because last time I tried to make any sort of patty, they sadly ended up being crumbly. Moreover, they were so easy to make!
Lots of layers.
Yummy mush
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes! More bread.
Cream cheese with apple slices and cinnamon.
I put some red onion after taking a bite and coming to the conclusion that something was missing.
I used that Creme of Dates and Almonds I found at Dean & Deluca.
On top of some cream cheese, and the other slice just has natural butter.
Another note, I suggest – for cream cheese – not to use the diet kinds. I don’t know why, but out of all those diet-y products, I think the cream cheese ones shouldn’t exist. They’re really horrible tasting. Personally, I stray away from diet-type products in general because they usually have far less taste than the regular products, and way more ingredients*. Sorry if I sound like I’m on a high horse. Just putting in my two cents.
Gosh, I have so much to catch you guys up on! It’s just hard since school started, but I promise I will get you guys up to speed. I have so much that I want to share!
Matilda in her kangaroo pouch I use for our bike rides together.
I’m sending you all lots of love and hugs!
*In the end it all comes down to taste. If you like it, and it happens to be something with a longer ingredient list than the wait at the doctors – then that’s okay too! Non-diet foods are just my personal preference because they generally taste better, and are more filling.
yum yum yum!! katharina the true german lives in you with all this awesome bread!! i love bread and the best can only be found in germany itself. we need to get on a bread hunting tour when we travel to germany together in the search for the best bread.
in the mean time i really need to make those bulgur burgers.
xx love u
Can you just prepare ALL of my meals for me, pleaseeee?!?! Everything looks so delicious. Can’t stand it!!
And that bulgar veggie burg and all the gorgeous bread concoctions are making me hungry! Time for a snack…..
Aww you take Matilda on bike rides? How cute!
Your sandwich combos look a frickin mazing. I just want to collect a list of all your ideas to consult.
Mon dieu you are the sandwich queen those all look divine!
I love cumin and think any bean salad is lonely without it. Or sometimes I just use chili powder because it’s got the cumin plus extras in it!
The miso dipping sauce looks great, miso is one of my favourite ingredients to use for dips and sauces. I just found a little Japanese store from near I’m staying and am so excited!!
The bread in Paris awaits you should you make it down anytime soon!
my god, these sandwiches looks oh so great!
I started salivating as I was looking at them
Oh my, you are the sandwich queen! And even better, it’s like national sandwich month, so way to honor this incredible food holiday!
You never cease to amaze me with your creations. I love them all!
that sandwich? genius. totally going to try it out on my kids. we’ll start making pumpkin butter soon, so we’ll have a vat of it.
so many yummy things, katharina. i hear you about the diet cream cheese. i don’t buy diet-y stuff in general, though-just eat a little of the good stuff instead. oh, and my fave (though i haven’t had it in ages) is MINT milanos, put in the freezer for a half hour. so good on a hot day.
Incredible eats and SUPER CUTE Matilda!
This is amazing. Everything looks delicious. I’m sitting in the office and almost drooling at all the wonderful sandwiches and salads you had. Yum!
Holy sandwiches!!! It would take all day to comment on all those gorgeous suckers!!! Seriously all of your creations are so beautiful and look incredibly yummy. Can I just say for a moment that I LOVE GORGONZOLA!!! God, I don’t do dairy but I think I might have to go pick me up some Gorgonzola now!!
I love that dressing!! And if you like that one I would recommend picking up the Champagne Pear Gorgonzola one. It is amazing. I love it more than the Cilantro one
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You should totally have a giveaway with that bread as the prize!! hint hint
~Justine
dang you girl…i need to learn how to make everything as gourmet as you do. this all looks seriously restaurant quality and uber-droolworthy. i love a girl that is not scared of bread!
yay for still eating healthy while in college – you are the perfect example that it can be done! now i just need to write down some of these ideas for myself.
have a lovely day xoxo
so many yummy food you’ve created!!!
would you cook for me? hahahha…..
I love them all!!!
love love love~~~
oh… the last quote is really beautiful and inspiring!
Oh sweet baby jesus. You cannot show me that much amazing looking bread and not have to traipsing to the fridge to grab my lunch – thank god I have a sandwich!!! It all looks so good and you got so creative – I love it!
girl you’ve got some surrious culinary skillz — how do you manage to make a simple pb&j sammie so gourmet?!
Hands down, you actually have the BEST looking food out there in the blog world!!!! Everything looks absolutely amazing and delicious and is making me soooo jealous! I could KILL for some avocado and good bread, FRESH SALADS, etc! Do you live in NYC?? Because if you do.. I am coming to visit sometime soon in need of a FEAST!
Looooooove it all and uuuu!
Your veggies look SO good!
Everything in this post looks so delicious. I love love love all the bread and sandwich combinations… plus all the homemade dipping sauces. Did you make the chipotle “ketchup” yourself?
So when do you want to come over and cook for me?
PS I love Matilda’s little pouch. I’m waiting for the day I see you two ride by me.
When life gives you awesome bread, give it to Mitri.
Ohh! I’m glad you noted those Milano cookies. I have been wanting to try some, but then doubt that they may be just average. Funny you liked it cold. My bf likes a lot of his food cold, especially desserts.
All your sandwiches just made my stomach growl.. off for a midnight snack!
Oh boy! Every picture was better than the previous. I love all your sandwich ideas. You are so creative. But my personal fave was the gorgonzola, grilled Asian pear, honey and almonds…that looks truly amazing! Now really, how can anyone say they don’t like bread or won’t eat bread?
Katharina, you are not a sammie queen! You are a sammie goddess! Dude, I dig all your homemade spreads.
I’m drooling over all of that bread!! i think the breakfast sandwich is calling my name!
Confession: K IS A CARB ADDICT! And Boy, I just wouldn’t be living without them…I am considering a weeklong just eating bread excursion…maybe after my 100 mile “diet” next week…thank you for such lovely reminders to eat up life!
Yummy looking eats! I wish I was that creative.
yeah, how have you not had milanos? so good! i have been wanting to try the crofters stuff, i checked the stats and loved them but the price held me back. cilantro is one of my favorite things in life so this post was such a winner! too bad my nearest trader joe’s is out of state
xoxoxoxo
You make THE most beauts sandwiches!
And I’ve finally found another blogger, along with K, who adores bread as much as I do!!!!
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All the bread looks amazing in the post – thanks for posting the link to this post on my blog.
Cute photo of Matilda at the end!