I love sandwiches. There are many combinations of vegetables I like using as toppings, but for sure a classic one for me is tomatoes and avocados. A simple but delicious combination which I discovered during my trip to Chile and Argentina in January/February this year. It started with a few hotel breakfasts, where I quickly realized that the usual options include toasts, jam, ham, sometimes cheese, some great fresh fruit, at least ten types of cakes and absolutely no vegetables, which is what I would normally have with the bread in places where no other vegan options are available. So I started bringing my own tomato and avocado for breakfast ;) I would also use this easy to prepare combination for my road trips sandwiches. And those I ate a lot of, as we covered hundreds of kilometers by car every day. In a way I feared I wouldn't be able to look at avocados and tomatoes after coming back to Brussels, but that wasn't the case, it's one of the things I seem not to be able to get bored with. I just wish the vegetables I buy in Brussels reminded more of the South American ones ;)
Some of my favourite choices for other ingredients to go with the avocado/tomato combination are listed below. The tofu is optional. I often keep some marinated tofu slices in the fridge, but they all taste great without it as well:
- hummus, mixed greens, tofu, tomato, avocado, salt, pepper
- any vegan bread spread, tofu, tomato, avocado, salt, pepper
- hummus, vegan 'ham' slice, tomato, avocado, salt, pepper
Right now I'm on Sardinia, where the tomatoes and avocados are just so divine that it would feel like too much of a waste not to eat plenty of them every day. Below just two examples of some Sardinian interpretations of my tomato-avocado sandwich:
a slice of durum semolina bread with sundried tomatoes, vegan sundried tomato spread, mixed greens, tomatoes, avocados, salt, pepper, chili powder
a slice of durum semolina bread with sundried tomatoes, grilled tofu, tomatoes, avocado/grilled zucchini, pepper
04.09.2011 - update ;) A friend of mine from Denmark sent me a recipe and photos of his version of the avocado/tomato sandwiches. They for sure look fantastic! I have never tried artichoke pesto, but I will definitely see if I can find it in Brussels once I'm back, so that I can also try this very tasty looking combination. Thank you, Kim!
Brown bread or toasted white bread, some
artichoke Pesto from Irma, tomatoes, avocado in slices, basil leaves
