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Main Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: Ron on July 23, 2018, 06:17:42 PM
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Went out to lunch and had a Ruben sandwich that substited marinated grilled veggies for the corned beef.
It was flipping amazing.
Real simple substitution. Marinate sliced red onion, red bell pepper and zucchini in a mix of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Grill them up and make a sandwich when they are done.
I love meat, I love corned beef so I’m not blowing smoke at you.
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With Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing? or Thousand Island?
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That sounds interesting. I'm a "sandwiches should have meat" guy who has run into several veggie sandwiches that I liked a lot.
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One of my go to lunches now that I'm on this diet is a slice of multi-grain or a roll, non-fat turkey lunchmeat, and mixed raw vegetables marinated in Italian dressing. Filling, and not all that fattening.
I got kind of tired of the raw veggies, so I modded the recipe.
I use a slice of multi grain bread, some spicy mustard, a thin slice of swiss cheese, the turkey, and I roast the vegetables, which I then marinate in non-fat Italian dressing.
Calorie wise it's about the same as the first, but overall it's tastier because of the roasted veggies.
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That sounds interesting. I'm a "sandwiches should have meat" guy who has run into several veggie sandwiches that I liked a lot.
One of my absolute favorite "burgers" at Ruby Tuesday's in years past was a marinated, grilled portabello mushroom cap. One of the really big ones. Exceptionally good, but they took it off the menu.
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With Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing? or Thousand Island?
Yes, on rye. Make it just like your typical ruben. I used baby Swiss and real fermented sauerkraut. Actually, the bread I picked up for this was a rye with pumpernickel swirl and I grilled it using butter.
I’m using thousand island dressing.
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I'm going to try this.
Soon.
I found a container of homemade kraut in the freezer that I had forgotten about...
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I haven't tried Ron's sandwich yet, but this thread got me to go to Trader Blows yesterday and buy a bunch of fixin's for various veggie sandwiches. Yesterday I did one with tomatoes and fried zucchini from the garden, red onion, shredded carrots, thin sliced apple, avocado, tomato-basil hummus, microgreens, feta cheese, and topped with red onion-bacon vinaigrette dressing. On lightly toasted wheat sourdough.
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I had a Rachel Sandwich yesterday for lunch. It is a Ruben but with turkey instead of beef. Not bad, but it would of been a lot better with peppered turkey instead of smoked turkey.
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Can't do the Ruben... not a fan of saurkraut (taste is not too off-putting, but its a migraine trigger for me).
A good Cuban is somewhat similar in concept, but better in every aspect. YMMV.
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"taste is not too off-putting, but its a migraine trigger for me"
I've got a friend who has the exact same problem, but for her it's all naturally ferment foods, including wine and beer.
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I have been following this thread and every time I open it I think, "What are they talking about? A Reuben has meat, the only veggie is sauerkraut." You guys are going on and on about a veggie sandwich, that's all it is.
That's like me grilling a portabella, slicing it up, slapping it on a sandwich in place of beef, serving with au jus and calling it a French Dip, actually come to think of it that does sound pretty good. But it needs a name, French Dip doesn't work. I guess Portabella Dip will have to work.
The point is, if it doesn't have corned beef it isn't a Reuben. OK, that's all. Now I will go have my coffee. ;) :)
bob