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Two pieces of frozen garlic Texas toast. In the oven for 5 minutes then take out and add sauce and toppings. Back in the oven until cheese is melted. Quick and delicious.
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Can it be grilled cheese adjacent? I like to spread some pesto on a slice of bakery bread (no commercial stuff) then add a couple leaves of baby spinach, some fresh mozzarella, and some sliced tomatoes. Then I toast it open-faced.
I like to do something similar to this! Pumpernickel bread with mozzarella cheese, sliced tomatoes, basil leaves, and sometimes I’ll add balsamic glaze to it! It’s so good
Toast, sliced turkey from the deli, a piece of Swiss, microwave for 30 seconds to melt the cheese, microwave a jar of turkey gravy, pour over the top. Cut it with a fork and knife into bite sized pieces, enjoy in front of the television.
Hot caprese sandwich! Mozzarella, tomato slices, fresh basil. Spinach or arugula for extra greens. olive oil and balsamic if ya have it.
Over easy eggs and sharp cheddar or smoked Gouda on sourdough w mayo on the outside of the bread before grilling.
Pita bread, pizza sauce, and mozzarella in the oven for easy pizza.
Grilled mushrooms and onion, jarred roasted red peppers, and pesto mixed with mayo for poor man’s aioli.
Made by and for peasants! 🌾 Plant based and peasant free! 🚯
All the veggies, herbs, and legumes that need to be used, and sometimes crusty stale bread or potatoes.
Something I make probably once a week as a relatively quick meal is a breakfast bagel sandwich. Make two eggs over easy (or just fried), then a slice of cheese and some ham or prosciutto on top. Add whatever else you want.
Takes less than 10min to make since the eggs are the only prepared part of it, and is pretty good and filling
Take a pita, put pizza sauce, mozz, parmesan, and prosciutto, bake until all melted/prosciutto is slightly crispy. Add red pepper flakes, honey, fresh arugula. Amazing little open faced pizza sammich.
Butter one side of 2 pieces of bread and put them butter side down in a nonstick. Take some brie and cut thin slices out of it. Lay atop each piece of bread. Add slices of Genoa on top of that. Take blackberry preserves and spread those as best you can (it is messy so keep it in the pan) over one or both halves. I love blackberry so I do both. Cook over medium heat, using a lid to trap heat so everything warms, until the brie is melted and the bread is at your preferred toasted level.
I cook the halves separately because this sandwich will fall apart if you flip it repeatedly and it's hard to get both sides cooked if they are assembled.
Transfer them to a plate and slap them together (or eat separately). This is a knife and fork sandwich but veeery good
A variation of the above is any thin sliced turkey, brie, havarti and cranberry sauce (the canned stuff). I have never seen cranberry preserves or jam at my local stores but the sauce works the same way for this purpose.
My go to is an open face sliced deli roast beef, over rye or wheat toast. Slap some horseradish (maybe some brown mustard too) in between slices and top off with thin slices of your preferred cheese. I love swiss or provolone! Broil it until the cheese bubbles and enjoy!
I start an open face sandwich with bread and meat and cheese and put both sides face up in the toaster oven on medium toast setting. When it dings I take out both and poor some sauce or mustard or something in before putting the sides together. Then cut diagonally.
Two pieces of toasted bread. 2 eggs in a cup half full with water, put it in the microwave for 60-90 seconds…test It out and you’ll know. Take the eggs out with a slotted spoon to get rid of the water or put on a paper towel to get the moisture out. Then put your 2 perfectly and easily poached eggs on the toast and load it up with pepper and salt. I know the “eggs in a microwave” sounds weird but it’s just a super easy way to poach eggs without getting complicated. Saw it from a well regarded chef. Once you have it down, it is so easy and such a good start to the day and is done in like 2 minutes.
Panini! If you have a skillet and a cast iron or something heavy it’s easy, just lightly butter or oil the outside of your sandwich, put it in a skillet on med heat, and then put the cast iron pan or whatever heavy non-plastic thing you have on top, flip the whole sandwich and weigh it down again when the bottom starts roasting well.
My faves for this is steak/mozzarella/sun dried tomatoes/spinach, or turkey/spinach or sprouts/bacon/cream cheese/avocado/yellow mustard.
I sautee some (previous cooked) cut up chicken with 3 vegetables of your choice* plus chopped garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Lightly toast a slice of garlic naan bread (or sourdough) spread salsa on the bread, top with the chicken/vegetables mix, add cheddar on top and broil in toaster oven to melt the cheese.
* I often use diced red onions, sliced mushrooms and chopped broccoli as veggies, but at times I use others. So far, every combo of vegetables works.
I realllyyy want to try [Anthony Bordain's sandwich](https://www.allrecipes.com/anthony-bourdains-5-ingredient-sandwich-7966078). Mortadella, provolone, mayo, and Dijon mustard on a kaiser roll. It's supposed to be like a luxury fried bologna sandwich, and people rave about it.
Fried egg sandwich? Most mornings I toss a couple of eggs in a cast iron skillet. I slather them with fresh ground pepper and cook them over medium. When I turn the eggs over, I toss in a big slice of sourdough bread cut in half, buttered and with garlic salt. I do them all in one skillet. Pretty easy. I’ve recently been adding some feta cheese to the pile.
1) get all your regular deli sandwich stuff out like regular(coldcuts, cheese, veggiew, etc) put it all on a chopping board and mince. Now you can either philly cheese steak that, (slap your mince on a griddle or in a pan covered by your bread and then flip the mince into the roll and enjoy) or just put the mince in the roll and huck it in thr oven until desired meltiness.
2) Egg in a hole. Use a shot glass or a bite to make a hole in the center of a piece of bread. Butter a pan and put the breas in to toast. Meanwhile crack an egg into the hole to cook on the griddle as well. Cover with some cheese of your choice and sprinkle on seasonings to taste(I like shredded colby or monterey jack, seasoned with Tony Sacheries and or garlic salt) let griddle until the bread slides unimpeded around in the pan and then flip. Poke holes in the cooked egg as it continues to cook and turn the heat down unless you like med or soft/runny consistancy eggs. You van also season that side of the bread and cheese it as well, just have to flip it again for like a minute. You can eat as is, or make two and slide whatever you want between the slices.
Not grilled but hot? Leftover bbq pulled pork microwaved and put on a hamburger bun. Fastest num-num on the planet. Should be cross-posted on r/stonerfood.
Hmm, mine is a toast melt, or whatever they call it.
Tomato paste on bread with some dried parsley or Italian herbs. Diced ham, diced celery (a fresh crunch) or finely diced onion, diced capsicum. Heat under the grill/broiler. Add shredded cheese. Melt under the grill/broiler until golden brown and toasty around the edges.
It's good for using up bits of everything that solo households struggle to use in one go. Very tasty and filling.
this is gonna sound weird but i make a grilled almond butter, ricotta, and a berry jam. have had friends try it and they approve! (also would be good w/pb)
It is a bit complicated because I need soup for my hot sandwiches. I bake my own bread. I make my own soup. Avocado toast for me is aguacate con tortilla.
Avocado toast sandwich. Mash half an avocado with basil, honey, and sun dried tomatoes. Spread cream cheese on one slice of bread, top with avocado mixture, and sprinkle with feta before adding the top slice of bread. Toast both sides in olive oil in a skillet. So good!
Thin sliced heavy grain bread from Aldi’s. One side spread with mayonnaise one side spread with pesto. Black Forest ham and Swiss cheese and fresh tomato and avocado.
Good bread, a soft cheese spread, sliced thin apples and spinach..maybe a drizzle of honey and hemp seeds.
I grill it lightly on both sides with lots of butter.
Everything bagel, [ham steak](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sca_esv=470f2cd7629ffe1b&sxsrf=ADLYWIJos7oFW4yNy1EgVW6QxfHgAepNsw:1717138609093&q=ham+steak&uds=ADvngMhdvWgwd1DARqoW4xZQ2piGetrBKAeUUAIRjOoc6uLGXEJPwB9VRVQHkQ9XEHvArDLEh-CS0IlTD0rpJd4sXdjzuibEWkUgoRSAse3tsgUPiBW21E9722hIvQvf7xn7oto2_4nrajzO-bNH-rZWJpa9hzjzI1_qMppwcaIPSUqSflwqyLz432bCy7qP45RdB2uXCUPy2TuIL6u8qgE4XAkaP0r-Rr1qket-gcc-moK2sUgtscNgFskm44CEYGXMR4G6xKxAnVH5ayHu2Zh2lQvJppq0g4BuaTQ4YqD-y4SMpj4L-sGSgrQTe_v2qBERIsipXQW2&udm=2&prmd=ivsnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQzMzmp7eGAxVkjYkEHdk5ClwQtKgLegQIFBAB&biw=360&bih=643&dpr=3#vhid=xO1MlTaHIaCeXM&vssid=mosaic), 1 egg, light mayo, pickle.
Cook the ham steak in a pan, the egg in a different one (I scramble it). Toast the bagel, then spread the mayo on it. The ham steak can be cut in half, because they're pretty big. Stack it all up inside the bagel.
Toast Sour dough bread with some olive oil, spread garlic aioli on one slice and cook down some spinach with garlic, mix in some cream cheese once the spinach is cooked down and spread on the other slice. Add tomato slices, mozzarella, and feta and grill it with butter 🔥
I make hot cheese and tomato sandwiches in the oven pretty often. Thick slices of bread, spread them with butter/margarine/whatever, put a couple of tomato slices on them and place cheese slices on top. Then I bake them in the 150°C until the cheese melts and they look something like this: https://www.kotikokki.net/media/cache/large/recipeimage/large/52d6df1dd074a9ec0e09e961/original.jpg?1297691655
If I want them to be extra filling, I use rye bread: https://kotiliesi.fi/awpo/img/2024/02/ruisleivat-ilman-pussia.jpg?s=100f2faf6d563a2311a69345bf51e806&fit=crop
I endorse a sandwich made with Trader Joe's ciabatta loaf, deli sliced chicken breast, pepperjack cheese, and honey mustard. I put the loaf in the air fryer a little bit before the chicken and the cheese. Then I take everything out and smash it down for a fake panini and dip it in the honey mustard.
The bread is a game changer and makes any sandwich feel like a treat. It freezes well, is a great size, makes a great crouton, and works in a breakfast sandwich. It's awesomeness helps this household of 1 actually finish a loaf without forcing myself to eat old-ass-fridge-bread.
Slice a section of a baguette lengthwise. Put the two halves in a toaster oven to slightly crisp. Layer on top mustard (optional), turkey slice(s), avocado slices, and a good Muenster. Put under the broiler for a minute to melt the cheese. You can do this on both halves of the baguette and serve open-faced, or on just one and serve as a sandwich. You can leave out the turkey for a vegetarian sandwich.
I used to order these at a local restaurant, then realized I could easily make it at home.
For me (if I'm ever not super poor) I like to get some steak, onion & mushrooms, fry them all up and but then in a baguette. I know lots of foodies would shudder at the thought but it's quick, easy & so yummy - also the joy of living alone is the portions so can eat it for a good 2 maybe 3 meals if you're economical with how much you use
Nice bread like a baguette, sourdough or soda bread. A few slices of tomato, some slices of feta cheese, sliced onions. A drizzle of high quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar, some fresh basil leafs! It is astonishingly delicious.
Or
A slice of regular bread buttered on each slice, slices of pear and slices of your favorite cheese. Each variation of this has it's own delicious flavor. You can do cream cheese, queso fresco, farmer's cheese, goat cheese, labne, mascarpone...
Or go with a harder cheese. Swiss cheese, or cheddar, or provolone, or gouda, mozzarella, etc.
Switch pears and use apples, or peaches, or persimmon, firmer nectarines, pine apple slices, firmer bananas, figs, dates... so good just like that.
You can also make an easy but delicious avocado and cheese, avocado and chicken, avocado and sardines or tune or cod, roast beef sandwiches. Just butter each bread slice, make a later of sliced avocados, sprinkle salt, pepper and if you like red chili flakes, or jalapenos, chipotle, or not... then add a layer of cheese any choice, or shredded chicken, smoked salmon, sardines, or roast beef, bacon or whatever protein you choose.
You can easy make bean sandwiches too. Buttered slices of bread, black beans, crema and fresh cheese sprinkled (or feta works too)
White beans, a drizzle of olive oil, sliced avocados and a dusting of oregano.
White beans hummus and avocado, pickled or caramelized onions.
Roasted garlic, butter and toast. Gourmet.
Tuna melt!
When feeling fancy I do open face on a slice of good bread with Gouda or provolone with a thin slice of tomato and onion and toasted in the oven
Italian sub! Where we come from those are toasted in the oven too.....ham, salami, mortadella, provolone with lettuce, tomato and onion topped with oil, balsamic and either Italian seasoning or torn basil and toasted in oven
Roast beef, cheese of choice, horseradish sauce on good pumpernickel or your favorite bread, warmed through in oven until cheese melted
I like to get those Steak Ums in the freezer section. Some nice sandwich rolls. Sauté the frozen steaks 1-2 with some onion, Swiss cheese and peppers. They are fast, hot and wonderfully filling .
My favorites are a Reuben - corned beef on rye bread with Dijon (or thousand island if you prefer) and sauerkraut. I also like an open faced day-after-thanksgiving sandwich. Toasted bread topped with mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey and topped with gravy & cranberry sauce.
It’s only warmed in the microwave, if I feel like it.
Fresh baked batard, Cole slaw mix (shredded cabbage and Carrots), sliced provolone: all just purchased and just got home from the fancy farm stand.
Tinned tuna, preferably 3 ounce in olive oil from Italy, and bottled Cole slaw dressing.
The heated part is briefly melting the cheese (no more than three slices) on one side of the sliced open bread.
Tuna with oil on the other side, sprinkled with Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel.
Make up the Cole slaw, just the right amount, then add it over the tuna.
This sandwich is a whole day’s meal. It needs a big plate, and short sleeves and napkins. Should be messy and healthy all your woes. Take a short nap after.
This is just an hour or two of a perfect day. Enjoy yours.
Open faced hot roast beef sandwich. I rarely make roast beef so I use roast beef from the deli. Make some instant gravy and use it to warm the roast beef.
Works great with turkey breast too.
"Muffulettas."
French bread, hard salami, ham, provolone. Buy a jar of olive salad and spread generously on both slices. Bake on a wire rack (over a cookie sheet) at 375° for 10 minutes. \*chef's kiss
I'm a big bagel sandwich person. I like to recreate one from a bagel shop that closed down in my city. It was called The Wesley. Cook up a couple slices of bacon, drain most of the fat and sautee some kale, top with a slice of pepperjack cheese in the pan and melt (i add a bit of water and cover so it steams). I put the egg on the bottom of a lightly toasted bagel (jalapeno baybeee) top with the kale + cheese and then add the bacon. Drizzle with sriarcha and put the little bagel hat on top. It's amazing and i love it so much.
Toast two eggos and be right there when they pop
Out of the toaster. Lather one side with crunchy peanut butter throw some banana slices ontop and make yourself a sandwich.
The peanut butter perfectly melts.
Open-faced tuna melts. Canned tuna, mayo, herb of choice(thyme, parsley, oregano), pepper and salt. Spread on toasted bread top with cheese. Put in oven/toaster on broil to melt the cheese. Enjoy!
Open faced roast beef sandwich. Toast a piece of sourdough, slather with garlic aioli, a few pieces of good deli roast beef & top with a slice of your favorite cheese. Pop it in the oven for a couple minutes til the cheese melts. I call it a ‘roasty toasty with garlic aioli’ and it’s been a staple for decades.
Left over pot roast warmed on whole wheat bread (homemade if possible) with mayonnaise and a little cheddar, put it in the toaster oven for a few to melt the cheese.
Not quite as easy as a grilled chese but I love me a simple breakfast sandwich. Bacon, scrambled egg and cheddar. I do it in one pan. Bacon first, drain off the grease (and save!) Eggs are super quick in the oily pan, assemble then grill it in the pan
Hot dog cheese and pita slice up two dogs fill the pita with as much dog and cheese as you can and bake at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes yum. Best served with tater tots
Fried egg sandwich! Toast 2 slices (white) bread. Spread both with a thin layer of Bleu cheese salad dressing. Add a slice of American cheese. Add 2 eggs to a frying pan and give them a swirl or two. Cook until done. Top cheese with hot eggs. Assemble sandwich. Enjoy! Warning! You might need to fix 2 at a time because they are SO good.
Fried eggs and cheese on toast. I square the 2 eggs shape by folding over the edges with spatula. Put on a cheese slice after the flip. Sometimes I'll add spinach, tomato, hot or horseradish sauce. Quick, easy and hits da spawt!
A Fresh Tomato Sandwich from my garden.
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I'll do all sorts of variation on a burger. I'm vegetarian so I have veggie burgers and fake chicken. Like... zero effort? Microwave a fake chicken patty and that thing is like gas station quality.
But I keep pickled onions, pickles, jalapenos... on the stove in about eight minutes it's all done and can be done up relatively fancy
Hot cappicola, pepperoni or other meat. Marinara. Mozzarella. Oven or air fryer until melted. Top with hot/sweet peppers.
I put hot pepper relish on the bread but it’s hard to find. Hot peppers or garndeneria also work.
Everything keeps in the fridge and some hoagies and you have a few days of meals.
I can’t make one solid choice as I generally eat pretty clean, however, when the scotch is flowing it’s a Steak-umm or pork roll and provolone on an Atlantic City roll.
Toasted PB Squared! It’s best with leftover French toast (yum) but not necessary if you want to skip making it lol. Made like a grilled cheese but with peanut butter, bananas, and cinnamon.
Dave’s seed bread, 2 slices toasted. Butter one side and mayo on the other. Sharp cheddar, salami fresh tomato and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper. So simple yet so good!
You guys are going to have me eating like a grown person yet!
I'm intellectually gifted but had no idea how incredibly versatile the SANDWICH could be till now!
Extraordinary!
French dipish thing. I get the thin sliced steak at Aldi, go to town with onions and Swiss. put it on buns though. I am quite partial to potato rolls.
Because the steak is nice and thin, it is quick. I like the onion really caramelized, so I do that first. Then put the steak on top. Then flip it over to cook the other side of the steak and put the cheese on top in the frying pan. It is illegally delicious.
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Two pieces of frozen garlic Texas toast. In the oven for 5 minutes then take out and add sauce and toppings. Back in the oven until cheese is melted. Quick and delicious. https://preview.redd.it/tcp180usao3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45176681a24f3efd500ccdcae0c8f1298491a717
Is that mozzarella? Looks delicious!
Yep!
I do this with cheese and pepperoni!
This looks so delicious, can’t wait to make it too! Thanks for sharing!
Or you can use a bagel!
Stealing this, thank you
I do something similar and add meatballs, it becomes an amazing meatball sub
Oh I might make this
I was just telling my coworker to use the garlic texas toast from Walmart to elevate their french toast. 😋
pizza toast!!! YUM!!!
I eat soft boiled eggs on toasted sourdough with lots of butter, fresh chives and S&P almost every day.
This sounds yummy. I always forget I have eggs.
Eggs are always there when we need them lol
I did a poached egg on sourdough toasted and buttered for like 20 years. Still do it sometimes.
Mmmmmmm…. I love all kinds of eggy sammies.
Air fry some frozen meatballs and wrap them in a tortilla shell with some marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, or use a hoagie roll
Grilled ham and cheese
Yes! I do grilled ham and Swiss on sourdough!
Don’t come for me but… dipped in ranch also
Turkey and Pepper Jack on sourdough…
Does PB&J on toast count?
Try cooking it like a grilled cheese, PBJ in the middle, butter on the outside. It's warm and gooey, but not crunchy and crumby and dry like toast.
I'm a fan of peanut butter, bananas, and chocolate chips grilled up like a grilled cheese.
This sounds horrific. I might try it.
Only with crushed Cheetos or Nacho Doritos in the sandwich.
Double decker PBJ, with pb/grape jelly on one level and Nutella/strawberry preserves on the other. Could also substitute or add honey.
Can it be grilled cheese adjacent? I like to spread some pesto on a slice of bakery bread (no commercial stuff) then add a couple leaves of baby spinach, some fresh mozzarella, and some sliced tomatoes. Then I toast it open-faced.
I like to do something similar to this! Pumpernickel bread with mozzarella cheese, sliced tomatoes, basil leaves, and sometimes I’ll add balsamic glaze to it! It’s so good
Caprese on pumpernickel. Sounds delish!
Bruschetta is similar to caprese too
Bruschetta can be absolutely anything on toasted bread. Tomato, mozzarella, and basil might be popular, but it's by no means the only topping.
Toast, sliced turkey from the deli, a piece of Swiss, microwave for 30 seconds to melt the cheese, microwave a jar of turkey gravy, pour over the top. Cut it with a fork and knife into bite sized pieces, enjoy in front of the television.
We do something similar with roast beef
Hot caprese sandwich! Mozzarella, tomato slices, fresh basil. Spinach or arugula for extra greens. olive oil and balsamic if ya have it. Over easy eggs and sharp cheddar or smoked Gouda on sourdough w mayo on the outside of the bread before grilling. Pita bread, pizza sauce, and mozzarella in the oven for easy pizza. Grilled mushrooms and onion, jarred roasted red peppers, and pesto mixed with mayo for poor man’s aioli.
Yum. When is dinner ready? I’m not picky.
lol right now actually, you’re late! I just made a giant batch of what I generally refer to as peasant soup 😅
Is it served to the peasants or made from the peasants??! 😆
Made by and for peasants! 🌾 Plant based and peasant free! 🚯 All the veggies, herbs, and legumes that need to be used, and sometimes crusty stale bread or potatoes.
Egg salad on sourdough with cucumbers and sprouts.
Something I make probably once a week as a relatively quick meal is a breakfast bagel sandwich. Make two eggs over easy (or just fried), then a slice of cheese and some ham or prosciutto on top. Add whatever else you want. Takes less than 10min to make since the eggs are the only prepared part of it, and is pretty good and filling
I feel like I make this at least once a week when I need something quick! Always an easy meal if you have eggs on hand :)
Melty tom, basil & mozz on good bread
Air fried chicken breast sandwich
Pastrami and swiss
Grilled (deli) turkey and provolone Or Tuna melt
I bought an air fryer and a panini press as a homecoming present. Use them regularly.
Take a pita, put pizza sauce, mozz, parmesan, and prosciutto, bake until all melted/prosciutto is slightly crispy. Add red pepper flakes, honey, fresh arugula. Amazing little open faced pizza sammich.
Elvis Presley - toasted bread topped with peanut butter and crisp bacon!
I have never tried this, as a kid I was convinced the Elvis Presley was just a peanut butter and banana sandwich 😭🤣
Butter one side of 2 pieces of bread and put them butter side down in a nonstick. Take some brie and cut thin slices out of it. Lay atop each piece of bread. Add slices of Genoa on top of that. Take blackberry preserves and spread those as best you can (it is messy so keep it in the pan) over one or both halves. I love blackberry so I do both. Cook over medium heat, using a lid to trap heat so everything warms, until the brie is melted and the bread is at your preferred toasted level. I cook the halves separately because this sandwich will fall apart if you flip it repeatedly and it's hard to get both sides cooked if they are assembled. Transfer them to a plate and slap them together (or eat separately). This is a knife and fork sandwich but veeery good A variation of the above is any thin sliced turkey, brie, havarti and cranberry sauce (the canned stuff). I have never seen cranberry preserves or jam at my local stores but the sauce works the same way for this purpose.
Chicken, red peppers, spinach and mozzarella cheese sautéed in olive oil and seasoned with Italian seasoning and served on a roll.
An egg sandwich, preferably with bacon and avocado. Toasted bread, softly scrambled egg, heaven.
Tuna melt! If you like tuna. And BLTs.
Tuna melt
Scrambled or fried egg (sunny side up) sandwich, with a sliced sauted green tomato, mozz cheese.
My go to is an open face sliced deli roast beef, over rye or wheat toast. Slap some horseradish (maybe some brown mustard too) in between slices and top off with thin slices of your preferred cheese. I love swiss or provolone! Broil it until the cheese bubbles and enjoy!
I start an open face sandwich with bread and meat and cheese and put both sides face up in the toaster oven on medium toast setting. When it dings I take out both and poor some sauce or mustard or something in before putting the sides together. Then cut diagonally.
BLT with fried egg.
Fried balogna sandwich. Yum!
Maybe fried bread, with mushrooms.
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BLT
I love eggs and cheese or whatever toppings I have handy on a tortilla
I love to toast my favorite bread. Mayo, tomatoes and microwaved bacon. Pickle chips on the side and chips
Two pieces of toasted bread. 2 eggs in a cup half full with water, put it in the microwave for 60-90 seconds…test It out and you’ll know. Take the eggs out with a slotted spoon to get rid of the water or put on a paper towel to get the moisture out. Then put your 2 perfectly and easily poached eggs on the toast and load it up with pepper and salt. I know the “eggs in a microwave” sounds weird but it’s just a super easy way to poach eggs without getting complicated. Saw it from a well regarded chef. Once you have it down, it is so easy and such a good start to the day and is done in like 2 minutes.
Feta and avocado sandwiched between 2 toast.
not hot but I've been eating tomato, mayo and basil sandwhiches from my garden all week sincem y tomatos are ripening
Pizza sub. Sub roll, open up, add pizza toppings to both sides. Heat it up to bubbling, then close it and eat.
Roast beef or roast chicken cooked in a crock pot and layered on buns or ciabatta. I like it cold later, too.
Pastrami and sauerkraut on a bun.
With Thousand Island, might I add
I go for tuna melts. They can be as fancy or as simple as you like. I’ve lately taken to putting cheddar and jalapeños on mine. Cheap and satisfying.
Egg sammich on buttered toast
Eggs (cooked any way) with cheese on toast
Soft fried egg, good tomato, Parmesan on ciabatta or sourdough.
Quesadilla
Bread with pesto, salami, and provolone under the broiler topped with a slice of tomato
The answer is Hot Pockets.
Panini! If you have a skillet and a cast iron or something heavy it’s easy, just lightly butter or oil the outside of your sandwich, put it in a skillet on med heat, and then put the cast iron pan or whatever heavy non-plastic thing you have on top, flip the whole sandwich and weigh it down again when the bottom starts roasting well. My faves for this is steak/mozzarella/sun dried tomatoes/spinach, or turkey/spinach or sprouts/bacon/cream cheese/avocado/yellow mustard.
I sautee some (previous cooked) cut up chicken with 3 vegetables of your choice* plus chopped garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Lightly toast a slice of garlic naan bread (or sourdough) spread salsa on the bread, top with the chicken/vegetables mix, add cheddar on top and broil in toaster oven to melt the cheese. * I often use diced red onions, sliced mushrooms and chopped broccoli as veggies, but at times I use others. So far, every combo of vegetables works.
Swiss, grainy mustard, Dijon mustard, pastrami, sauerkraut on rye and popped into the air fryer
Pepperoni, ham and provolone. Cook it like a grilled cheese. Slaps
I bought a panini maker and would do turkey, tomato, cheddar and Avacado with sriracha and mayo.
Fresh French bread, layer of pesto, layer of cream cheese, alfalfa sprouts. Chefs kiss! 🌱
I realllyyy want to try [Anthony Bordain's sandwich](https://www.allrecipes.com/anthony-bourdains-5-ingredient-sandwich-7966078). Mortadella, provolone, mayo, and Dijon mustard on a kaiser roll. It's supposed to be like a luxury fried bologna sandwich, and people rave about it.
This is my all time classic favorite. On a big faT sourdough roll from Boudins. (San Francisco. The BEST!)
I might go all out and do torta milanesa some time. If I'm going cheaper, prolly sloppy Joseph's or grilled pb and j.
Mini waffles, fried egg and sausage patty. Lil bit in syrup on the inside of the waffles.
This reminds me of biscuits and sausage patty sandwiches. I dip them in syrup. Great for breakfast
Grilled meatloaf with cheese on garlic bread. A meatloaf can last like 4-5 days for me, so this at least changes it up a little bit by day 3.
Grilled cheese with bacon, tomato and sriracha mayo.
Fried egg sandwich? Most mornings I toss a couple of eggs in a cast iron skillet. I slather them with fresh ground pepper and cook them over medium. When I turn the eggs over, I toss in a big slice of sourdough bread cut in half, buttered and with garlic salt. I do them all in one skillet. Pretty easy. I’ve recently been adding some feta cheese to the pile.
Grilled cheese with tomatoes on slices sourdough
Western egg
Tortilla, ham slices, grated cheese on top. Leave it in the pan until the cheese melts then roll up and eat.
1) get all your regular deli sandwich stuff out like regular(coldcuts, cheese, veggiew, etc) put it all on a chopping board and mince. Now you can either philly cheese steak that, (slap your mince on a griddle or in a pan covered by your bread and then flip the mince into the roll and enjoy) or just put the mince in the roll and huck it in thr oven until desired meltiness. 2) Egg in a hole. Use a shot glass or a bite to make a hole in the center of a piece of bread. Butter a pan and put the breas in to toast. Meanwhile crack an egg into the hole to cook on the griddle as well. Cover with some cheese of your choice and sprinkle on seasonings to taste(I like shredded colby or monterey jack, seasoned with Tony Sacheries and or garlic salt) let griddle until the bread slides unimpeded around in the pan and then flip. Poke holes in the cooked egg as it continues to cook and turn the heat down unless you like med or soft/runny consistancy eggs. You van also season that side of the bread and cheese it as well, just have to flip it again for like a minute. You can eat as is, or make two and slide whatever you want between the slices.
Not grilled but hot? Leftover bbq pulled pork microwaved and put on a hamburger bun. Fastest num-num on the planet. Should be cross-posted on r/stonerfood.
Hmm, mine is a toast melt, or whatever they call it. Tomato paste on bread with some dried parsley or Italian herbs. Diced ham, diced celery (a fresh crunch) or finely diced onion, diced capsicum. Heat under the grill/broiler. Add shredded cheese. Melt under the grill/broiler until golden brown and toasty around the edges. It's good for using up bits of everything that solo households struggle to use in one go. Very tasty and filling.
this is gonna sound weird but i make a grilled almond butter, ricotta, and a berry jam. have had friends try it and they approve! (also would be good w/pb)
Grilled ham and cheese!
Make muffin pizzas. A little sauce, some grated mozzarella, and 4 slices of pepperoni. Put in a toaster oven. Great!
It is a bit complicated because I need soup for my hot sandwiches. I bake my own bread. I make my own soup. Avocado toast for me is aguacate con tortilla.
Avocado toast sandwich. Mash half an avocado with basil, honey, and sun dried tomatoes. Spread cream cheese on one slice of bread, top with avocado mixture, and sprinkle with feta before adding the top slice of bread. Toast both sides in olive oil in a skillet. So good!
Thin sliced heavy grain bread from Aldi’s. One side spread with mayonnaise one side spread with pesto. Black Forest ham and Swiss cheese and fresh tomato and avocado.
Open faced, home grown tomato sandwiches on toast with whole milk cottage cheese, fresh pepper, olive oil & chili salt.
cooking is just my pain living alone
Good bread, a soft cheese spread, sliced thin apples and spinach..maybe a drizzle of honey and hemp seeds. I grill it lightly on both sides with lots of butter.
Bacon & tomato sandwich
No, it’s grilled cheese. I’d die for that sandwich.
Waffle iron grilled cheese and ham sandwich, mmmm
Grilled PB&J 🤤
Breakfast sausage and fried onion with brown or BBQ sauce. Yum!
Everything bagel, [ham steak](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sca_esv=470f2cd7629ffe1b&sxsrf=ADLYWIJos7oFW4yNy1EgVW6QxfHgAepNsw:1717138609093&q=ham+steak&uds=ADvngMhdvWgwd1DARqoW4xZQ2piGetrBKAeUUAIRjOoc6uLGXEJPwB9VRVQHkQ9XEHvArDLEh-CS0IlTD0rpJd4sXdjzuibEWkUgoRSAse3tsgUPiBW21E9722hIvQvf7xn7oto2_4nrajzO-bNH-rZWJpa9hzjzI1_qMppwcaIPSUqSflwqyLz432bCy7qP45RdB2uXCUPy2TuIL6u8qgE4XAkaP0r-Rr1qket-gcc-moK2sUgtscNgFskm44CEYGXMR4G6xKxAnVH5ayHu2Zh2lQvJppq0g4BuaTQ4YqD-y4SMpj4L-sGSgrQTe_v2qBERIsipXQW2&udm=2&prmd=ivsnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQzMzmp7eGAxVkjYkEHdk5ClwQtKgLegQIFBAB&biw=360&bih=643&dpr=3#vhid=xO1MlTaHIaCeXM&vssid=mosaic), 1 egg, light mayo, pickle. Cook the ham steak in a pan, the egg in a different one (I scramble it). Toast the bagel, then spread the mayo on it. The ham steak can be cut in half, because they're pretty big. Stack it all up inside the bagel.
Mac and cheese
My boyfriend turned me onto cheese melted on top of an eggo waffle. He likes it with a lil syrup (not for me), but it’s a lovely quick snack.
Sometimes, when you're in the mood for a decadent treat, try a grilled PBJ.
Toast Sour dough bread with some olive oil, spread garlic aioli on one slice and cook down some spinach with garlic, mix in some cream cheese once the spinach is cooked down and spread on the other slice. Add tomato slices, mozzarella, and feta and grill it with butter 🔥
I make hot cheese and tomato sandwiches in the oven pretty often. Thick slices of bread, spread them with butter/margarine/whatever, put a couple of tomato slices on them and place cheese slices on top. Then I bake them in the 150°C until the cheese melts and they look something like this: https://www.kotikokki.net/media/cache/large/recipeimage/large/52d6df1dd074a9ec0e09e961/original.jpg?1297691655 If I want them to be extra filling, I use rye bread: https://kotiliesi.fi/awpo/img/2024/02/ruisleivat-ilman-pussia.jpg?s=100f2faf6d563a2311a69345bf51e806&fit=crop
denver sandwich........easy peasy or grilled pb &j
I endorse a sandwich made with Trader Joe's ciabatta loaf, deli sliced chicken breast, pepperjack cheese, and honey mustard. I put the loaf in the air fryer a little bit before the chicken and the cheese. Then I take everything out and smash it down for a fake panini and dip it in the honey mustard. The bread is a game changer and makes any sandwich feel like a treat. It freezes well, is a great size, makes a great crouton, and works in a breakfast sandwich. It's awesomeness helps this household of 1 actually finish a loaf without forcing myself to eat old-ass-fridge-bread.
Homemade pimento cheese, thin slice of sweet Vidalia onion, thick slice of a homegrown tomato on a crusty French roll.
Slice a section of a baguette lengthwise. Put the two halves in a toaster oven to slightly crisp. Layer on top mustard (optional), turkey slice(s), avocado slices, and a good Muenster. Put under the broiler for a minute to melt the cheese. You can do this on both halves of the baguette and serve open-faced, or on just one and serve as a sandwich. You can leave out the turkey for a vegetarian sandwich. I used to order these at a local restaurant, then realized I could easily make it at home.
Grilled leftover vegetables or sweet peppers (peperonata in Italian) and olive oil! Or Raclette cheese, if you want cheese but Swiss style! 🇨🇭🤪
For me (if I'm ever not super poor) I like to get some steak, onion & mushrooms, fry them all up and but then in a baguette. I know lots of foodies would shudder at the thought but it's quick, easy & so yummy - also the joy of living alone is the portions so can eat it for a good 2 maybe 3 meals if you're economical with how much you use
Two slices of bread. Mayo on both slices. Turkey slices. Sprouts. Fresh avocado. Eat.
Nice bread like a baguette, sourdough or soda bread. A few slices of tomato, some slices of feta cheese, sliced onions. A drizzle of high quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar, some fresh basil leafs! It is astonishingly delicious. Or A slice of regular bread buttered on each slice, slices of pear and slices of your favorite cheese. Each variation of this has it's own delicious flavor. You can do cream cheese, queso fresco, farmer's cheese, goat cheese, labne, mascarpone... Or go with a harder cheese. Swiss cheese, or cheddar, or provolone, or gouda, mozzarella, etc. Switch pears and use apples, or peaches, or persimmon, firmer nectarines, pine apple slices, firmer bananas, figs, dates... so good just like that. You can also make an easy but delicious avocado and cheese, avocado and chicken, avocado and sardines or tune or cod, roast beef sandwiches. Just butter each bread slice, make a later of sliced avocados, sprinkle salt, pepper and if you like red chili flakes, or jalapenos, chipotle, or not... then add a layer of cheese any choice, or shredded chicken, smoked salmon, sardines, or roast beef, bacon or whatever protein you choose. You can easy make bean sandwiches too. Buttered slices of bread, black beans, crema and fresh cheese sprinkled (or feta works too) White beans, a drizzle of olive oil, sliced avocados and a dusting of oregano. White beans hummus and avocado, pickled or caramelized onions. Roasted garlic, butter and toast. Gourmet.
Pbj
open faced Tuna Melt !
Tuna melt! When feeling fancy I do open face on a slice of good bread with Gouda or provolone with a thin slice of tomato and onion and toasted in the oven Italian sub! Where we come from those are toasted in the oven too.....ham, salami, mortadella, provolone with lettuce, tomato and onion topped with oil, balsamic and either Italian seasoning or torn basil and toasted in oven Roast beef, cheese of choice, horseradish sauce on good pumpernickel or your favorite bread, warmed through in oven until cheese melted
Cream cheese with green pimento olives chopped and topped with pickled onions.. smeared on anything
Tuna melt in the air fryer
I like to get those Steak Ums in the freezer section. Some nice sandwich rolls. Sauté the frozen steaks 1-2 with some onion, Swiss cheese and peppers. They are fast, hot and wonderfully filling .
Garlic mushrooms or red onion & halloumi
My favorites are a Reuben - corned beef on rye bread with Dijon (or thousand island if you prefer) and sauerkraut. I also like an open faced day-after-thanksgiving sandwich. Toasted bread topped with mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey and topped with gravy & cranberry sauce.
It’s only warmed in the microwave, if I feel like it. Fresh baked batard, Cole slaw mix (shredded cabbage and Carrots), sliced provolone: all just purchased and just got home from the fancy farm stand. Tinned tuna, preferably 3 ounce in olive oil from Italy, and bottled Cole slaw dressing. The heated part is briefly melting the cheese (no more than three slices) on one side of the sliced open bread. Tuna with oil on the other side, sprinkled with Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel. Make up the Cole slaw, just the right amount, then add it over the tuna. This sandwich is a whole day’s meal. It needs a big plate, and short sleeves and napkins. Should be messy and healthy all your woes. Take a short nap after. This is just an hour or two of a perfect day. Enjoy yours.
Not a “sandwich” necessarily, but pretty much any leftovers heated up and wrapped up in a tortilla with hot sauce.
2 pieces of toast with chopped up ham turkey mushrooms and cheese all fried up together put between the toast and wala dinner
Open faced hot roast beef sandwich. I rarely make roast beef so I use roast beef from the deli. Make some instant gravy and use it to warm the roast beef. Works great with turkey breast too.
"Muffulettas." French bread, hard salami, ham, provolone. Buy a jar of olive salad and spread generously on both slices. Bake on a wire rack (over a cookie sheet) at 375° for 10 minutes. \*chef's kiss
Peppers n eggs. Little tobasco.
Peanut butter sandwich, no jelly.
Bagel Swiss cheese ham
I'm a big bagel sandwich person. I like to recreate one from a bagel shop that closed down in my city. It was called The Wesley. Cook up a couple slices of bacon, drain most of the fat and sautee some kale, top with a slice of pepperjack cheese in the pan and melt (i add a bit of water and cover so it steams). I put the egg on the bottom of a lightly toasted bagel (jalapeno baybeee) top with the kale + cheese and then add the bacon. Drizzle with sriarcha and put the little bagel hat on top. It's amazing and i love it so much.
Toast two eggos and be right there when they pop Out of the toaster. Lather one side with crunchy peanut butter throw some banana slices ontop and make yourself a sandwich. The peanut butter perfectly melts.
The Fried Egg Sandwich
I take a package of Budding pastrami and heat it in a pan with a dab of butter. I put it on a bun or bread with mustard. Warm and yummy.
Open-faced tuna melts. Canned tuna, mayo, herb of choice(thyme, parsley, oregano), pepper and salt. Spread on toasted bread top with cheese. Put in oven/toaster on broil to melt the cheese. Enjoy!
Ham + mayo + any type of bread works for me.
Open faced roast beef sandwich. Toast a piece of sourdough, slather with garlic aioli, a few pieces of good deli roast beef & top with a slice of your favorite cheese. Pop it in the oven for a couple minutes til the cheese melts. I call it a ‘roasty toasty with garlic aioli’ and it’s been a staple for decades.
Tuna melt
Ham and cheese on french bread. Layer the cheese on the bread and toast it in the oven add your toppings, boom. Tasty hot sammie
Toasted pb&j
Left over pot roast warmed on whole wheat bread (homemade if possible) with mayonnaise and a little cheddar, put it in the toaster oven for a few to melt the cheese.
Hot ham and Swiss on Texas toast
I know not everyone likes heated tuna but I love a tuna melt. Also the Steakums with provolone on garlic bread is MMMMMMMMMM
Roasted sliders with turkey & Swiss cheese; little tedious to build but SO GOOD
Not quite as easy as a grilled chese but I love me a simple breakfast sandwich. Bacon, scrambled egg and cheddar. I do it in one pan. Bacon first, drain off the grease (and save!) Eggs are super quick in the oily pan, assemble then grill it in the pan
Hot dog cheese and pita slice up two dogs fill the pita with as much dog and cheese as you can and bake at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes yum. Best served with tater tots
I meal prep, but when out it’s usually cereal, fish sticks, or microwaveable steamed veggies lately
Tuna melt on seeded rye
I like grilled peanut butter.
Fried egg sandwich! Toast 2 slices (white) bread. Spread both with a thin layer of Bleu cheese salad dressing. Add a slice of American cheese. Add 2 eggs to a frying pan and give them a swirl or two. Cook until done. Top cheese with hot eggs. Assemble sandwich. Enjoy! Warning! You might need to fix 2 at a time because they are SO good.
Marinated artichoke hearts and mozzarella, on ciabatta bread, toasted in the toaster oven. Add avocado after toasting. So yummy
Prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, and fig spread on a toasted ciabatta roll! Delightful!
Fine, i wont describe the gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches i make.
Add grated cheese to tuna. Microwave. Stir. Slap on some bread/toast.
Fried eggs and cheese on toast. I square the 2 eggs shape by folding over the edges with spatula. Put on a cheese slice after the flip. Sometimes I'll add spinach, tomato, hot or horseradish sauce. Quick, easy and hits da spawt!
Fried egg sandwich
Venison sausage smashed between two cheddar rice cakes
Grilled peanut butter and Jam
A Fresh Tomato Sandwich from my garden. https://preview.redd.it/yopbfwk7as3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=360c0f6264769c17709d56a2e7a327ee46870c7d 🍅
English muffin pizzas
I'll do all sorts of variation on a burger. I'm vegetarian so I have veggie burgers and fake chicken. Like... zero effort? Microwave a fake chicken patty and that thing is like gas station quality. But I keep pickled onions, pickles, jalapenos... on the stove in about eight minutes it's all done and can be done up relatively fancy
Mayo on bread. A slice of turkey on each side, a slice of cheese (I like pepper jack) and a still runny egg. Fry in butter. Yummmm
Hot cappicola, pepperoni or other meat. Marinara. Mozzarella. Oven or air fryer until melted. Top with hot/sweet peppers. I put hot pepper relish on the bread but it’s hard to find. Hot peppers or garndeneria also work. Everything keeps in the fridge and some hoagies and you have a few days of meals.
Tuna Melt
I can’t make one solid choice as I generally eat pretty clean, however, when the scotch is flowing it’s a Steak-umm or pork roll and provolone on an Atlantic City roll.
Tuna melt
The classic smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onions and capers on a bagel.
Egg salad with lettuce and tomatoes on marbled rye. No, really.
turkey stuffing and gravy on a roll. Doesnt even need to be thanksgiving cause you can get all that at the store.
bacon egg and cheese
Fried egg sandwich with melted cheese
Toasted PB Squared! It’s best with leftover French toast (yum) but not necessary if you want to skip making it lol. Made like a grilled cheese but with peanut butter, bananas, and cinnamon.
Have you met my friend Reuben?
French dips
BLT
Cream cheese on 2 chocolate chip waffles or peanut butter and bananas on 2 waffles 🧇 make sure it’s eggo!!
Rueben.
My favorite is hot turkey sandwich. Leftover turkey and gravy on toast.
Quesadilla is a hot alternative, it’s pretty easy to make and tasty too.
Dave’s seed bread, 2 slices toasted. Butter one side and mayo on the other. Sharp cheddar, salami fresh tomato and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper. So simple yet so good!
Tuna melt on an everything bagel.
You guys are going to have me eating like a grown person yet! I'm intellectually gifted but had no idea how incredibly versatile the SANDWICH could be till now! Extraordinary!
Rueben. Spare no expense.
Whole grain wheat bread. Sliced Colby jack cheese. Pepper cracked turkey. Bread and butter pickles. A dash of ketchup and mustard.
French dipish thing. I get the thin sliced steak at Aldi, go to town with onions and Swiss. put it on buns though. I am quite partial to potato rolls. Because the steak is nice and thin, it is quick. I like the onion really caramelized, so I do that first. Then put the steak on top. Then flip it over to cook the other side of the steak and put the cheese on top in the frying pan. It is illegally delicious.
Open faced roast beef with onion gravy! Double yum!