Tag Archives: Sandwich

Soup and Sandwich

By Alexa | Published: January 12, 2010
After cooking for guests both Friday and Saturday night, our kitchen is stocked with the makings for some pretty stellar leftover meals. Tonight we had a simple soup and sandwich dinner: Pumpkin soup and grilled cheese on homemade sweet potato challah with arugula and pickled red onions (those onions are making it into EVERYTHING [...]
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Making fresh, beautiful bread doing little more than watching and waiting

By Matthew | Published: December 16, 2008
I have a busy schedule. I would never have thought that I would be capable of baking an artisanal style crusty bread with minimal effort, and minimal ingredients, in the middle of the week,  but that’s exactly what I just did (I actually made two), and you can too.  On Monday night I decided [...]
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Olive Lovers Rejoice: Rosemary Olive Bread

By Matthew | Published: October 28, 2008
Ever since I started baking bread, people have been asking me if I’ve made an olive loaf, and up until this point the answer was a flat no.  In fact I had never even tasted it before, and I was OK with that.  But after hearing repeatedly how good olive bread is, and that I [...]
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7 Dishes for a Tuscan Picnic

By Alexa | Published: September 21, 2008
SustainablePantry.com was asked to cater a birthday party for a family member. Andi (the birthday girl) and Marshall are huge foodies and we wanted the menu to be delicious while still remaining simple and vegetarian friendly. The party was on the beautiful roof of Matthew’s sister and brother-in-law’s apartment in the East Village–and we were [...]
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Tuna Melt

By Alexa | Published: August 24, 2008
What can I say? I had a craving. Tuna Melt 1 can tuna, drained 1 T mayo 1 T mustard (I prefer whole grain or Dijon) 1 scallion, chopped Salt and Pepper Tomato Nice, crusty bread, sliced thick and toasted Cheese, we used Havarti today Turn the broiler on high. Mix the tuna, mayo, mustard, scallion and salt and pepper. Mound the tuna salad on [...]
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