My sandwich - and Applegate Farms turkey

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Hi all -

Hubby and I recently got an ocean-going boat that allows us to do

overnight trips. My cooking facilities consist of a single butane

burner and a cooler. As you can imagine, I've had to do a lot of

thinking and planning in order to have meals for our outings. Single-

pot dishes have been the dinner mainstays.

However, I have never found a " sandwich replacement " that satisfies

me since starting SCD. I frankly don't like any of the nut breads. I

recently made souffle bread - but was a little disappointed at how

much it tasted like eggs (funny, isn't it, since it's made almost

totally from eggs!). A couple of times, I have been going somewhere

and brought along half a omelette and eaten it cold - but usually my

massive amounts of stuffing (meat, veg's, cheese, mushrooms, etc.)

tend to fall out. For the most part, I take meat and wrap it in a

slice of provolone and call it lunch when I have to travel.

Last week, I decided to try making just a basic omelette with no

filling to use as " bread. " I made mine in an omelette pan - but next

time I'll try a cookie sheet with sides to make the pieces square

(like the souffle bread recipe). The thing that really elevated this

to something that turned my sandwich into a delicious lunch was the

addition of fresh rosemary into the eggs. The rosemary is strong

enough that it offsets the egg taste - and in fact, brings up

memories of rosemary bread.

My sandwiches consist of the new rosemary (omelette) bread, sliced

provolone, sliced turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, and legal mustard.

Today I also added cucumber. For the first time, I felt like I was

really eating a sandwich!

A side note with regard to store-bought sliced turkey. I have been

buying the Applegate Farms turkey from Whole Foods deli since

starting SCD - not frequently, but once every other month or so - as

it lists no illegals and other SCDers have used it successfully. I

was in a health food store closer to my house last week and saw pre-

packaged Applegate Farms turkey. I was excited, thinking I wouldn't

have to make the trek to Whole Foods and could have it more often -

but then I saw that the package listed cargeenan (sp?). Drat!

So - beware and be warned. I'm not sure if the whole turkeys they

use in the deli section at Whole Foods also have it, but I would

definitely be wary of it now.

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD Since 7/07

med-free since 7/08