Take the goodness of Thanksgiving Dinner and put it in a sandwich. You don’t have to be a pilgrim. You don’t have to deal with a house full of guests. Just make the sandwich, find somewhere to relax, and enjoy it.
This is a simple recipe – not a great deal of labour involved. It’s not as hard to make as a whole Thanksgiving Dinner – but pretty much just as delicious!
Here’s what you need to make a Thanksgiving Sammie:
- A bagel
- Some cheese (as much as you like, any type you like – mozzarella is great on this sammie because it’s gooey and melty and satisfying)
- A few thin slices of onion
- 5 slices of turkey luncheon meat
- A couple of spoonfuls of cranberry sauce
- Freshly cracked black pepper
Here’s how to make it:
1. Take your sliced bagel and put it open-faced on the counter.
Bagel, ready to be topped with yumminess
2. Add your cheese – put some on each bagel half. I like to pile some mozzarella on one side and some cheddar on the other side. You can use whatever kind of cheese you like, sliced or grated or whatever. It doesn’t matter so long as you like it!
Cheddar on the left, mozzie on the right
3. Add some thin onion slices on top of the bottom half.
Onion slices on top of the mozzie
4. Pile your turkey slices on top of the onions.
Turkey slices piled on top
A close-up of the delicious turkey piled on top
5. Spoon some tasty cranberry sauce on the other bagel half.
Cranberry sauce!
6. Add some freshly cracked black pepper on top of the tasty turkey.
All peppered up
7. Now put both halves into your oven or toaster oven (350 degrees for five or seven minutes) until the cheese is getting melty.
8. Then take your sammie out of the oven, put the cranberry half on top of the turkey half and squish it down a bit. You’re done!
What a Wonderful Thanksgiving Sammie!
Here’s what it costs to make:
- Bagel: $0.35
- Cheese: $0.45
- Onion: $0.05
- Turkey: $1.25
- Cranberry sauce: $0.20
- Freshly cracked black pepper: $0.02
Total cost to make: $2.27
Wow, a great price for a great sammie! You can celebrate Thanksgiving all year round! If you want this sandwich on your lunchhour at work, simply pack up all the ingredients separately, then assemble at work. Hopefully you have a toaster oven in your lunchroom that you can use!
There’s more sandwich ideas here:
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