Recipe from The Pretty Dish by Jessica Merchant “Self-care is a trendy term these days, and I find that cooking and sharing a delicious meal with people is my own form of self-care. My true passion lies in cooking and sharing food with people I know and love.” That’s Jessica Merchant on her passion for cooking, and man, we couldn’t agree with her more! If you follow food blogs, there’s no way you haven’t come across Jessica’s. She’s the creator behind How Sweet Eats and is one of the kindest people on the internet! Jessica has just come out with a second cookbook called The Pretty Dish, full of colorful recipes and homemade beauty DIYs. Her book is, you guessed it, where this insanely beautiful rainbow vegetable sandwich comes from.
How to make eating veggies fun: a rainbow vegetable sandwich
And could there be a prettier dish? Truly, this rainbow vegetable sandwich caught my eye from the moment I paged through the book! For those of you not obsessed with veggies like we are, Jessica offers a crucial tip. How to make eating veggies fun? Make them into a rainbow! It’s a kid-friendly recipe that’s adult friendly, too. I’m going to wax on about this rainbow vegetable sandwich for a moment, because not only is it pretty, it’s delicious too. And delicious is not always the case for vegetable sandwiches! Alex and I have had quite the number of veggie sandwiches that are dry, tasteless, and leave us hungry the moment we finish them. This rainbow vegetable sandwich is the opposite: it’s full of flavor from an incredible herbed goat cheese spread and tangy pickled radishes. The bell peppers are broiled simply, and a vibrant combination with the other veggies! We made a few tweaks to the recipe based on ingredient availability: we weren’t able to find purple potatoes, so red onion represented the color purple in our sandwich! And it cut down a bit on prep time too. Congratulations, Jessica, on a marvelous book! I look forward to trying some of your beauty DIYs. In the meantime, you’ll find Alex and me noshing on this pretty dish!
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This rainbow vegetable sandwich recipe is…
Vegetarian. For vegan, substitute hummus for the goat cheese. For gluten-free, use gluten-free bread.
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½ cup thinly sliced radishes ½ cup apple cider vinegar 1 ½ tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt
For the roasted peppers
1 red bell pepper 1 yellow bell pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 to 3 pinches kosher salt
For the herb goat cheese spread
4.5 to 6 ounces goat cheese, softened (for vegan, substitute ½ cup hummus) ½ teaspoon olive oil 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
For the vegetable sandwich
4 slices bread (gluten-free if desired, or Homemade Bread, Dutch Oven Bread, or Artisan Bread) 1/2 avocado, sliced 2 large leaves lettuce 1/4 red onion, sliced
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