6 hour roasted tomato spread

Umami Bomb!

There is nothing more delicious than the perfect BLT. The perfect sandwich with its salty crispy bacon, crisp lettuce, pillow-soft bread, and tomatoes. In this recipe, the tomato has taken a new form and it has become this incredibly flavorful and rich tomato spread. Once you make your BLT sandwich with this spread, you will never go back.

Cilantro Grilled Chicken Sandwich

If perfection had a flavor...

It's the herb you either love or hate, the great cilantro. This recipe is very long overdue. I finally had a bunch of cilantro in my fridge. I managed to use it for this recipe before it all went bad. I have mentioned on this blog about the best-grilled chicken sandwich ever that I had on Prince street in New York. It was our spot after we did our nails at Marie Nails. I finally recreated it, and it is epic. If you don't like cilantro, I'm shocked that you are still reading, no need to continue. 

Jamaican cabbage and corned beef rolls

"Quarantine Cooking"

First things first. This recipe is a project, it is in no way something that I will ever make again, why? Because I took a 10-minute recipe and turned it into a whole day project. Great for Quarantine cooking. Not so much for a normal life. So, if you are home with the kids, bored and need something to do to pass the time check this one out.

Breakfast meatloaf sliders

"Beefy"

How often do we eat beef for breakfast? Depending on where you live that may be a whole lot, but in my family, not very often. We do pork sausages, bacon and chicken. The only time we will do beef for breakfast is when we are having dinner left overs. I wanted to do a recipe that was not a typical beefy dinner recipe. This is basically a beef breakfast sausage seasoned as if it were a meatloaf. Paired with all the yummy things you would expect to see on a breakfast platter.

Bacon wrapped sardine sandwiches with spicy dill mayo

"Something Smells Fishy"

I took some inspiration from a simple sandwich my father likes to eat. Sardines from the can with slices of scotch bonnet pepper and onions with a little mayo and lettuce on hard dough bread. It’s a sandwich I’m sure most Jamaicans have encountered at some point or the other. I particularly love sardines, to be honest I’m a seafood type of gal. I wanted to kick up my father sandwich a notch by adding more flavor and textures. This sandwich is delicious and the crunch, salty and sweet flavors all balance very well.

Pumpkin sesame seed hamburger bun

Pumpkin Everythang!

 

It’s another October and time again for pumpkins.  This month get more challenging as the years go by. So I have to get very creative with what I come up with. A few months ago I made a delicious sweet potato onion hamburger bun. I decided to try my luck with the same recipe with a few more modifications and some fresh pumpkin.

Fried Avocado Sandwich

"Sammies"  

Have you ever fried avocado? Its not at all bad. I was totally expecting to hate it, but the sandwich was absolutely delicious. The salsa, crunchy avocado, and that mayo atop the toasted hot dog rolls, is amazingly delicious. This is a must try.

Jamaican corned beef sandwich aka Bully beef sandwich

'Sammies' 

This is a classic Jamaican lunch. Almost every child has some memory of corned beef sandwich packed in their lunch kit. I love, love, love corned beef, even though I know it’s not good for me. We limit our corned beef consumption to maybe three times a year sometimes less. We always have a can of it on hand in the pantry but we rarely ever use it. Today I whipped out the can of corned beef and made a Jamaican Bully beef sandwich. Even though there may be some debate as to my method.

Shrimp jibarito

'Sammies' 

A few years ago my sister and I were both interns in Manhattan at different city departments. She was with NYC media, and me with the department of city planning.  It was amazing that our offices were within walking distance from each other because that meant daily lunch dates. We had Italian, so much Cuban, food trucks, Chinese, you name it we had it. After a while we realized that this daily lunch thing was wreaking havoc on our pockets so we decided to carry lunch and have it in the park. Before we opted out of the lunch restaurant hopping scene, We had our first Jibarito at a Puerto Rican restaurant named Sazon.

Apple pie & Lemon icecream Sandwich

'Sammies'

I was thinking about a chocolate chip cookie and ice-cream sandwich. But I got to thinking and there are soooooooooo many chocolate chip cookie ice-cream sandwiches out there. I’m borderline sick and tired of ice-cream between chocolate chip cookies.  Well, let me take that back, I will never be tired of chocolate chip cookies. So I went back to the drawing board, tried to think of a unique but easy to make cookie that I can use for my dessert sandwich. I also wanted a dessert that I’ve never seen anyone make before. It’s the new way to have an apple pie a la mode.

Blue Cheese BLT

'Sammies' 

 Bacon lettuce and tomato aka BLT is the lunchtime sibling to the breakfast classic bacon egg and cheese aka BEC. It’s such an easy go to sandwich that you can have any time of the days and with all sorts of added goodies. Today I decided a nice cheese would be a great way to take the sandwich up a notch.

Grilled chicken n cheese

'Sammies' 

The best chicken sandwich I think I have ever had in my life is from a little bakery in soho NY. I can’t remember the name; it’s on Prince Street with a green storefront. They make the most epic cilantro grilled chicken sandwiches in this world. I have recreated it several times at home with smoked mozzarella, it’s just pure bliss. I was going to post that recipe to the blog however the universe was just against me.

Crispy Peanut butter and jelly stuffed French toast

'Sammies'

It’s everyone’s childhood sandwich. Pb&j  is a staple in almost everyone’s homes. If your refrigerator is empty chances are beside those takeout box is a jar of peanut butter. I am the girl that eats it with a spoon as a quick snack. I adore peanut butter and jelly to the core, especially with my favorite guava jelly. So there was no way it would not make an appearance this month. But as you know I have to do something special with everything I make.

Candied bacon egg and cheese sandwich

'Sammies' 

The classic bacon egg and cheese, it’s that one sandwich that you almost can’t go wrong with. Bacon is perfect, eggs are divine and cheese even more so. Then the breads that they can grace are seemingly endless, croissants, bagels, white, wheat, rye, sourdough, coco bread, rolls, muffins, even doughnuts and cinnamon buns. Yes I have seen bacon egg and cheese sandwiched between two glazes cinnamon buns. Today’s post is not that extreme, but it most definitely is putting on a brand new pair of shoes on an old favorite.

Barbe-fry Chicken sandwiches

Potluck

This recipe has been a long time coming. I have been teasing all my Instagram followers with the beautiful sights of fried chicken smothered in sauce with no recipe to back it up. Since this month is all about whatever I want to make, and since I had every intention of making some chicken sandwiches for dinner. It only made sense to record each step and measurements as I did it so everyone can share in this glorious meal.

Chocolate fig & bacon grilled cheese

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Dark chocolate, fig, bacon, parmesan and jalapeno cheddar grilled cheese…Where do I start with this sandwich?  After the s’mores sandwich I felt like I wanted to test the waters with a salty/sweet chocolate sandwich. And for some reason my mind went to bacon. I have seen on the internet bacon dipped chocolate all over the place, so I knew right away that bacon and chocolate could potentially be heavenly. But adding cheese to the mix was a whole new frontier, and it is perfect bliss in your mouth.

S'mores Sandwich

"Feast of Saint Valentine"

Happy new year guys. Back for another year of  recipes and just as we did last year, we start off with chocolate. The month of January is and always will be dedicated to chocolate (for now). For the first recipe I wanted something very simple, quick, easy and delicious. This recipe will be a hit with anyone who loved the chocolate french toast or anything sweet for that matter.

Garlic Grilled Cheese sandwich

It’s the last day in September and the last post for Lunchables month. Cheese sandwiches, especially ham and cheese sandwiches are another lunch time favorite.  There is something to be said about two buttery crispy pieces of bread with gooey cheese in the center. Just for a little something extra I decided to 'grill' mine in my waffle maker. An interesting twist I think the kids would love.

Tuna Roll

Lunchables

And then there was tuna; the quintessential lunch time sandwich. I think we can all agree that someone died and left the tuna sandwich in charge and appointed the ham sandwich to be the substitute when tuna is MIA. As a child I sometimes hated getting this sandwich because it was so smelly, you always got the "eww tuna" from other kids.  It was a true love hate relationship because secretly loved the sandwich. This tuna sandwich will make anyone proud to tout this smelly lunch to work or school.

Croque-Madame...No runny eggs here.. Sue me!

Breakfast is served

A whole lot of years ago, (my god we're old) when we were still in high school my sister took a French field trip to Saint Martin. I think it was probably the best field trip she has ever been on because she still raves about it to this day.That was the first time I heard about a most delicious sandwich called a Croque-Madame and monsieur. Essentially a French ham, egg and cheese sandwich, and who doesn't love a ham, egg and cheese sandwich?