Sandwich Day

Last night, I was supposed to make a tempeh "mock tuna" sandwich for today's lunch but Indonesian convenience store where I get my tofu and tempeh didn't have one so I decided to make egg sandwich spread instead.

I forgot from which website I got this tempeh "mock tuna" sandwich recipe but it sounds delicious.

Ingredients
8 ounces tempeh, crumbled into tiny pieces
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
1/2 cup scallion or red onion
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 tsp dried dill
1/2 tsp celery salt (to taste)
Fresh black pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients well then refrigerate.

Sandwich from either the newly opened Megawraps near PSU or Subway has been the usual lunch for the past weeks. A large egg salad wrap with ranch dressing or a 12-inch veggie delight with extra cheese and honey mustard dressing. Sometimes, it's basic egg sandwich or felafel from the nearby Arabic sandwich shop.

I bought this brown samoli bread from Othaim last night and it's actually good. 3 pieces 9-inch long bread for only 1 SAR (27 US cents). I had half with peanut butter and banana for breakfast this morning, and then a quarter with the egg salad spread, and another quarter with a chocolate-flavored sweet tahini spread. It was a big breakfast.

For the egg sandwich, I just crumbled 4 hard boiled eggs, combined it with about 1/2 cup mayo, black pepper and some leftover grated cheddar cheese. Spread it on half of the bread, top with sliced tomatoes, cucumber, and yellow and red bellpepper.

I basically eat whatever I want but in moderation so I don't really worry too much about fats and cholesterol. I was thinking of making a low-fat version of this by substituting 2 eggs with an equivalent amount of tofu and use low-fat mayo instead of a regular one.

On another note, I made tofu balls with Chinese sweet and sour sauce last weekend. I'll post the photo and recipe next time. The tofu ball was perfect but the sauce can still be improved. It was my first time to make one so it was forgiveable. ;-)