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Cooking & Baking

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NJCher

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 03:52 PM Jul 21

What's for Dinner, Mon., July 21, 2025 [View all]

Eggplant sandwich with chipotle mayo and mozzarella on crusty bread.* I bread the eggplant with an herby mixture.

I'll probably grill a few sweet peppers, too. Optional to add one of those.

For crispiness, I'll have tomato cucumber salad with basil. A tablespoon or two of Caesar dressing and lots of freshly ground black pepper.

Dessert: small serving of coffee ice cream and a shortbread cookie. Has to be small 'cuz the coffee would keep me up all night.

Story behind the sandwich. I once had a kitchen contractor who was a vegetarian. I felt so sorry for the guy because he would go to Burger King for lunch and order lettuce, tomato, and onion on a bun.

I asked: that's the best you can do for a vegetarian sandwich? Poor guy looked at me like I was from another planet. I said I'll make you a vegetarian sandwich you won't forget. I made this one. He liked it so much he asked if I would make him another one the next day.

Pretty soon he was stringing my job out. He would arrive about 10 and oh look at that, it's almost time for lunch. Sure would be nice to have an eggplant-mozzarella chipotle sauce sandwich.

That'll teach me to "show" a person what a good vegetarian sandwich is.

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Frozen pizza SheltieLover Jul 21 #1
BLTs with Chicory justaprogressive Jul 21 #2
Left overs PJMcK Jul 21 #3
#MeatlessMonday irisblue Jul 21 #4
Lentils with cabbage Yonnie3 Jul 21 #5
Your eggplant sounds delicious! Do you bake it? SheltieLover Jul 21 #6
air fry! NJCher Jul 21 #11
Thx! SheltieLover Tuesday #13
Leftover pizza. Emile Jul 21 #7
Was planning on these 'specials,' elleng Jul 21 #8
Steamed rice and scrambled egg FirstLight Jul 21 #9
Tofu "Egg Salad" baguette sandwiches La Coliniere Jul 21 #10
Indian tonight Retrograde Jul 21 #12
brat pennies + steamed green beans. pansypoo53219 Tuesday #14
spaghetti & meatballs MissMillie Tuesday #15
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