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Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches

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by: Joanna Cismaru
04.09.22

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Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches – guilt free and delicious lunch. Healthy open faced sandwiches with cucumbers, tomatoes, cream cheese and feta cheese.

Close up shot of an Open Faced Veggie Sandwich on a plate

Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers.

The weather has been incredible here in Calgary. We’ve had a beautiful and warm day for Mother’s day. On such gorgeous day I don’t always feel like cooking, so most of the times I turn to sandwiches.

Here’s a sandwich recipe, if you want to call it that, that is super healthy. It’s full of flavor and it looks great too.

It’s like a salad on a sandwich. 🙂

Literally!

I made a salad with chopped up tomatoes, cucumbers, blue cheese, olive oil and salt and then I spread some cream cheese on a couple slices of dark bread and added some sweet pea shoots. Then I simply took a spoon and spooned the salad over the slices of bread.

Couldn’t be any easier.

Top shot of Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches

Of course I could have eaten the two separately, the bread and the salad, but it was more fun this way and it looked so cute. And you can eat a lot of these and not feel guilty. Just pile on the salad really high, and don’t forget the sweet pea shoots, which have virtually no calories, so add as much as you want.

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Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches

4.75 from 4 votes
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 0 mins
Total: 5 mins
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Serves: 2
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Open Faced Veggie Sandwiches – guilt free and delicious lunch. Healthy open faced sandwiches with cucumbers, tomatoes, cream cheese and feta cheese.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices dark rye bread
  • 2 cocktail tomatoes chopped in small cubes (1 cm)
  • 1 cup english cucumber chopped
  • 1 cup sweet pea shoots chopped
  • 2 tablespoon cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoon blue cheese crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, add the chopped tomatoes and cucumbers and toss. Add the olive oil, salt and pepper and toss.
  • Spread a tablespoon of cream cheese on each slice of bread. Top each slice of bread with half a cup of the sweet pea shoots.
  • Spoon half of the salad on each slice of bread and serve.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 1servingCalories: 252kcal (13%)Carbohydrates: 19g (6%)Protein: 9g (18%)Fat: 16g (25%)Saturated Fat: 6g (38%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 20mg (7%)Sodium: 346mg (15%)Potassium: 204mg (6%)Fiber: 5g (21%)Sugar: 3g (3%)Vitamin A: 870IU (17%)Vitamin C: 87mg (105%)Calcium: 85mg (9%)Iron: 1mg (6%)
Course:Lunch
Cuisine:American
Keyword:open faced veggie sandwiches, veggie sandwiches
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  1. Cay says

    August 18, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Hey I gotta say this makes the perfect meal! Well balanced as well as tasty, plus I’ve never seen any recipes including sweet pea sprouts! I just normally throw them in a bowl and munch out like they’re potato chips. (: Good to see a good recipe with them, kudos!

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    • jo says

      August 18, 2012 at 10:10 pm

      Thanks Cay 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jill says

    June 2, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    Do you know what calories are per serving? Thanks

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    • jo says

      June 2, 2012 at 10:03 pm

      According to calorie count it’s 215 calories per sandwich, but it could depend based on which type of bread you use.

      Reply
      • Jill says

        June 3, 2012 at 2:14 am

        Thank You!

  3. Fredrique says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    Made this (without sweet pea shoots) as I had everything else on hand. Had it on a pumpernickel slice – divine! Such a great, light lunch.

    Reply
    • jo says

      May 23, 2012 at 12:08 am

      It is isn’t it? Glad you liked it. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Crystal @ A Lovin' Forkful says

    May 14, 2012 at 7:33 am

    5 stars
    Great sandwich. This is just the thing I want for lunch on warmer days. : )

    Reply
  5. Hira says

    May 14, 2012 at 6:43 am

    Yum! Looks AMAZING!
    Definitely planning to make this for lunch this week. I was actually planning on finally starting that diet(I swear!).
    But I just have one question – what the heck are sweet pea shoots and where can I get them? I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen them at a store before!

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    • jo says

      May 14, 2012 at 11:34 am

      Hi Hira,
      Sweet pea shoots are the shoots of a small pea plant. You may find them in the same area where you find the alfalfa sprouts, they usually come in the same type of container. You’ve probably seen them used as garnish a lot. 🙂

      Reply

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