Past couple of weeks has been so busy that I now look back and think how did we pull it off. Those frozen meals that we keep a stach of was super helpful and depleted pretty fast. Hence emerged easy ideas like this hidden veggies sandwich. Fairly easy to make this sandwich came together in under 15 minutes (use the mincer) and did not fall apart by lunch time. Here is the recipe for you to try
Ingredients to make hidden veggies sandwich.
Cream cheese: the soft cheese that is made with milk and cream is cream cheese. It is spreadable and mixes well with the vegetables to form a good spread. Most cream cheeses have added salt in them. You can us any rand available or home made ones.
Vegetables: my go to mix for this filling is basically firm salad veggies. carrots, bell pepper (capsicum) and zucchini form a good combination. You can add scallions and radishes too, if you like. The veggies I avoid are tomatoes, cucumber as they leach a lot of water making the filling soggy.
Herbs and black pepper: A good mix of fresh herbs like basil, thyme, oregano are lovely in this combination. You can use fresh or dried versions. Crushed black pepper adds a heat kick to the recipe. You can add pickled ginger or pickled peppercorns too. Red chilli flakes are optional.
Herbs and black pepper: A good mix of fresh herbs like basil, thyme, oregano are lovely in this combination. You can use fresh or dried versions. Crushed black pepper adds a heat kick to the recipe. You can add pickled ginger or pickled peppercorns too. Red chilli flakes are optional.
Bread: choose one that you like to have. It can be sourdough, panini, foccacia or basic sandwich bread. We have used a multi grain sliced bread to make this batch. You can use wraps or soulaki too.
Let’s make this cream cheese sandwich
Keep the cheese our of the fridge: the cheese when in fridge firms up a bit. If we bring it to room temperature it is easy to mix the vegetables and to spread the mix. You don’t have to leave it out for long, just enough toll it feels soft.
Prep the vegetables: the veggies that go in the mix have to be finely chopped so they mix well with the cheese. This makes them overall spreadable. I use a manual mincer or hand chop them to make them small.
Prepare the cheese filling into the mixing bowl add the chopped vegetables, herbs and cheese.sprinkle black pepper powder and give it a good mix till they arr evenly mixed.
Make the sandwiches: lay out the bread and top it with the cheese filling. Spread it evenly.the thickness of the filling is up to you. Slice it into halves or triangles and the sandwich is ready.
Prep the vegetables: the veggies that go in the mix have to be finely chopped so they mix well with the cheese. This makes them overall spreadable. I use a manual mincer or hand chop them to make them small.
Prepare the cheese filling into the mixing bowl add the chopped vegetables, herbs and cheese.sprinkle black pepper powder and give it a good mix till they arr evenly mixed.
Make the sandwiches: lay out the bread and top it with the cheese filling. Spread it evenly.the thickness of the filling is up to you. Slice it into halves or triangles and the sandwich is ready.
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- ingredients prepped.
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- filling made.
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- spread on sandwich.
Can we make wraps with this filling?
The filling is the most flavorful part of this recipe. So it is entirely up to you if you want to make it a wrap, a sandwich or a pin wheel sandwich. Depending on what you want to make choose an appropriate bread.
Can the sandwich be made vegan?
Creamcheese will be the part that needs a change to make it vegan. Dairy free cream cheese or cashew cheese will help you achieve this. I have not personally tried it out yet. When you do, let us know how it matched you taste test.
Meal prep the cream sandwich
Ideally, I will not keep the sandwich for more than a day in the refrigerator. However,the filling stays good for almost a week. So week the filling ready to slather on the bread as we need.
Lunchbox idea with sandwich
On a busy at work day these sandwich ideas are welcome lunch boxes. I do top up our boxes with some fresh fruit or a handful of nuts etc. While making this sandwich, I added a handful of steamed edamame and some crackers to the lunchbox.
Hidden veggie sandwich
Sandwich with cream cheese and veggie filling for an easy ;lunchbox idea.
Equipment
- mixing bowls and spoons.
Ingredients
- 4 slices Whole meal bread
For the filling
- 1/4 cup zucchini minced or grated
- 1/4 cup carrot minced or grated
- 1/4 cup capsicum any colour, minced.
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
- 1 tsp mixed herbs chopped fine
Instructions
- Thaw the cream cheese.
- Mince or grate the vegetables and set it aside.
- Into the mixing bowl add the cream cheese, prepared vegetables, herbs and black pepper.
- Mix well till they are uniformly combined.
- Place two slices of bread on a clean surface.
- Spread a thick layer of the filling on one side of the bread.
- Close the sandwich and cut into halves or triangles.
- The sandwich is now ready to have.
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This cream cheese sandwich has kept us going for a couple of times this week. It is quite filling and since the vegetables are added in make a light lunch option. The recipe is a good one to take to picnics, brunch or high tea. Hope you like this recipe and will let us know how yours turned out.
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