Over the years, we've become beach people. There's nothing quite as relaxing as spending the day at the beach, reading and playing in the sand. While I typically throw whatever we have on hand in the cooler, sometimes I'll make up sandwiches; like these tomato sandwiches.
This tomato sandwich is my perfect beach pairing. The salty taste from the olives and cheese is the perfect compliment to a thick slice of summer tomato. Add to that a large slather of hummus and you've got a perfect vegetarian sandwich.
One quick note: this recipe uses a half-batch of my olive tapenade cooking component. I would recommend making the full batch if you plan on cooking throughout the week. The olive mixture is wonderful with pasta, on pizza, and even with morning eggs.
Tomato Sandwich
variations
Cheese: Swap out the feta for your favorite cheese. I also like goat cheese or slices of Swiss.
Melts: If you swap out the cheese and go with any kind of solid melting cheese, try this sandwich is a melt form. Assemble the sandwich as you normally would then pan-fry as you would a grilled cheese.
Grain Bowl: Ditch the bread and use grains instead to make a power-packed grain bowl.
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Tomato Sandwich with Olive Tapenade and Hummus
The perfect filling vegetarian sandwich featuring fresh, thick slices of summer tomatoes paired with salty cheese/olive tapenade, and finished with a slather of hummus.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 large sandwiches 1x
- Category: lunch
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Olive Tapenade
½ clove garlic
1 ½ cups olives, mix of black and green that have been drained
½ roasted red pepper
2 tablespoons tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley
1 tablespoon fresh basil (about 2 leaves)
1 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pinch of sea salt
1 pinch of black pepper
Sandwiches
4 pieces of bread
1 large tomato, sliced
1 ounce crumbled feta
¼ cup hummus
Lettuce
Instructions
- Make the olive tapenade: Pulse garlic in the food processor until minced. Add olives, roasted red pepper, parsley, basil, lemon juice, olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, and lemon juice. Pulse until olives are in small pieces. Add salt and pepper to taste. Alternatively, chop all the ingredients well and stir to combine.
- Toast the bread if desired then layer with hummus, lettuce, tomatoes, olive tapenade, and crumble feta.
Notes
Keywords: tomato sandwich, olive tapenade, vegetarian sandwich
If you're in the mood for more sandwiches, you can pop over to the recipe page and check out the list of sandwiches to get inspired from everything from picnic sandwiches to grilled cheese sandwiches.
Brittany Audra @ Audra's Appetite says
Ah love anything with feta...and hummus! Looks like a delicious combination 🙂
Julia at Home on 129 Acres says
These sound awesome! I looooove tomato sandwiches. And mixed with olives? So many favourites in one place. Looking forward to trying this soon. Thanks for sharing.
Veggie Mama says
It’s 10pm here and I want nothing more than these sandwiches!
Ruby says
This sandwich sounds like absolute summer heaven!! I always love your photography as well- makes me want to dive in and take a bite 🙂
Corinne says
Made this sandwich last night for supper and it was awesome! JFYI - I served a green salad tossed in the Liquid Gold vinaigrette from Cookie and Kate's "Love Real Food." When DH and I split a second sandwich, I decided to lightly toss the greens it the dressing and the lemony hit from the dressing was fantastic!
★★★★★