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.