Super Easy Summer Sandwich

'Adapted from myrecipes.com'

Ingredients:

1 medium tin tuna chunks

4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes chopped

1/2 cup pitted black olives, coarsely chopped

1 ciabatta loaf

1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced

2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

handful of fresh basil leaves

Method:

Combine 2 tablespoons oil with the mustard and pepper in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk

Add tomato and olives; toss to coat. Let stand for about 5 minutes

Cut ciabatta in half horizontally; remove insides of bread, leaving a 1cm thick shell

Spoon tomato mixture over bottom half, leaving some juices in bowl

Top with hard boiled egg, fennel, basil and tinned tuna

Stir remaining 2 teaspoons oil into remaining juices and brush mixture over cut side of top half of bread

Place top half of bread on top of sandwich. Wrap sandwich tightly in foil and press gently.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes, unwrap and cut into 4 pieces

Enjoy with a chilled Prosecco

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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2 comments on “Super Easy Summer Sandwich”

  1. So, I made this sandwich today largely cos I had most of the ingredients in. I swapped out the tinned tuna for poached salmon and left out the fennel as I’m not a fan.

    The sandwich was awesome. Seriously the best sandwich I’ve ever tasted.

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