Vegan breakfast/lunch sandwiches

I found these “artisan rolls” at the warehouse store bakery section that are pretty simple ingredients and appear to be vegan, but they come in a huge pack and don’t keep well. There are only two of us so I used them for meal prep.

The end result is like a deli breakfast sandwich to me. It reminds me of something I would pick up on my way into the office at a breakfast deli if they had a simple egg white and cheese sandwich on the menu.

Recipe/Ingredients:

• I sliced and then simmered super firm tofu (must be super firm, not just extra firm!) in Better Than Bullion No Chicken broth, a generous half tablespoon of bullion per cup of water for this recipe, and I added some onion and poultry and italian herbs to the broth. 1 cup of broth per slab of tofu. (I used 2 tofu slabs so 2 cups of broth) Try to slice the tofu thin and have every piece covered in a wide pan. Let it simmer for about 30 minutes or just until all broth is absorbed. Set aside to cool.

• I sliced some Babybel, about half a round per sandwich. Babybel does make one vegan variety. It melts ok and has a flavor sort of like a cross between mozzarella and cream cheese in a way, though a little more neutral/bland but has no bad flavors in it like some vegan cheese. A little on the sandwich is better than too much.

• OPTIONAL: We had too many tomatoes from the garden so I chopped them up and tossed with some fresh parsley, green onion, and some italian herbs. You can totally leave these off if you don’t have tomatoes or don’t like them from frozen.

• Other good toppings on this might be hot peppers, or mushrooms, or maybe a slice of some vegan sausage if you have some you like. I may try some of that in the future.

• I wrapped in aluminum foil and fit four sandwiches in a ziplock freezer bag. Two slabs of tofu made me about 16 sandwiches

• I will thaw one at a time overnight and then cook in the air fryer or oven at 360 (a low and slow reheat) and then optionally spray the top with a little oil and turn up the heat to 400 for a couple minutes to get a little crisp on the top.