What can one do with a harvest of wonderful, tasty tomatoes? Making sandwiches is the simplest answer. Tomatoes are a great accompaniment to feta cheese, so I combine them together along with some greens. Oregano, olives, cucumbers, all these ingredients belong together. One can't go wrong!
Ingredients
2 rolls
2 large tomatoes, sliced
some arugula
a few leaves of romaine lettuce, chopped
1 cucumber, preferably an English cucumber, sliced
half of a red onion sliced thinly
5 Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced
For the cheese base:
4 ounces feta cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
a handful of basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
black pepper
For the dressing:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon thyme leaves
salt and pepper
The veggies absorb lots of flavours if they stay in the dressing for about five minutes.
Directions:
Gather the ingredients for the cheese base and whip them together.
Mix together the ingredients for the dressing.
Arrange the lettuce, arugula, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, and onions on a plate.
Pour the dressing over them and let them sit in the dressing for five to ten minutes.
Meanwhile, split the rolls in half and toast them lightly.
Spread the whipped cheese over each half of the rolls.
Arrange Kalamata olives over the cheese.
Top two of the sliced roll pieces with greens, onions, and cucumbers.
Top the other two halves with the sliced tomatoes. Make sure you pack the tomatoes tightly, or if you'd like, arrange them in two rows one on top of the other. You want lots of tomatoes!
Bring the two halves together and serve.
Alternately, you could eat this as an open-faced sandwich: just build the greens and tomatoes on top of the cheese. It won't necessarily be a hoagie but it will still taste delicious!
An Open-faced version with some gorgeous tomatoes ... some bright green veggies ... but this roll was kind of large, so I cut it in half which made a perfect lunch for two people!
From the first harvest of summer tomatoes!
