BLT with Kale Pesto

BLT with Kale Pesto

BLT with Kale Pesto


If you were smart, you made extra pesto.  Guess who’s smart?? THIS GIRL!! There are so many different ways you can use pesto, this just happens to be one of my favorite.  I love to cook, but I do have those days when I just want to become one with the couch read magazines, and catch up on movies.  When this happens I want to make something not only easy fast, but good.  You know that saying ‘keep it simple, stupid’ that’s exactly what I do when I’m super lazy and know that no one is going to deliver food to my couch.  You can’t get any simpler than a BLT. Yes a BLT for lunch, dinner, late night snack, and if it were up to the Mr. we would have them for breakfast!

I think people don’t think of making a  BLT because it’s usually only ordered at a diner, but it’s actually one of the simplest things to make at home.  The hardest thing about making this sandwich is cooking the bacon, and the best part is putting as much bacon you want in your sandwich!  You know what I mean.  Like when you order something that says bacon, only to find that it has one slice!!! Under your breath you say “cheap as hell with the bacon.”  So make as much bacon as you want and load it up!

My version of the BLT using the pesto instead of the traditional mayo gives the sandwich so much more flavor.  The kale pesto gives the sandwich a creamy, nutty, salty, taste that you can’t get from mayo.  When you add the pesto BLT instantly becomes a gourmet Sandwich! LOL Well at least that’s what like to tell my Husband.

Ingredients:

  • Kale Pesto– check out the recipe from a previous post.
  • Bacon- I like using turkey bacon, but use whatever kind you like
  • Tomatoes- sliced thin
  • Romaine Lettuce, or Spinach
  • Bread- any kind will do get fancy, or keep it simple

Steak Sandwich with Chipotle Sauce

Steak Sandwich with Chipotle Sauce and Sweet Potato Fries

Steak Sandwich with Chipotle Sauce and Sweet Potato Fries

 

THE GET OUT OF JAIL FREE MEAL! 

Spend too much money…MAKE THIS SANDWICH.  Pay a bill late…MAKE THIS SANDWICH.  Stay out too late with the guys…MAKE THIS SANDWICH. You forgot your anniversary…MAKE THIS SANDWICH.  Shrunk his favorite sweater…MAKE THIS SANDWICH. Trust me, make this sandwich for your significant other and they will forget all about what you did.

The first time we had this sandwich was with my friend Jenny, she was at working at an upscale restaurant and recommended it to my Husband.  He fell in love, and I became jealous of a sandwich.  Sad but true. The sandwich was so simple and good, not to mention good-looking.  Warm French bread, oozing cheese, steaming peppers, thin cut layers of Steak, and a pastel orange sauce that had the perfect amount of heat.  How could I not be jealous? I asked Jenny if she knew the secret to this sauce, she laughed and said it was only two ingredients!!!  I couldn’t believe it, here we were paying around $18 each for a sandwich and fries, and the main component that kept us coming back for more was only two ingredients!!!!!!  I could have saved my dollars and bought some shoes!  Needless to say the place closed, and I had to make my version of this steak sandwich.

For all the ingredients I spent $23.75, and this meal feeds about five that’s about $4.oo a person a whole lot better than $18 each.  There are so many benefits to making this yourself:

1. its cheaper! I can’t say that enough.
2. You can have seconds, or thirds.
3. You won’t embarrass yourself in public when you’re licking the plate.
4. You can eat this in front of your television, in your pajamas.

Sandwich:

  • Thin sliced steak (skirt, sirloin, and tenderloin work great)
  • Red Pepper
  • Green Pepper
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Mozzarella
  • Spinach
  • French Bread

Sauce:

  • 1 can of Chipotle Peppers (whole)
  • 4 tablespoons Mayonnaise  (sour cream, or Greek yogurt can be substituted)

Fries:

  • 3 Sweet Potatoes
  • 3 table spoons Olive oil
  • 1 table-spoon Rosemary
  • Salt & Pepper

Directions:

Pre heat oven at 400°

Fries:

Start this first!!! Takes the longest but so worth it! Trust me!

  • Cut into large matchstick wedges
  • Toss with olive oil, rosemary, salt, and pepper
  • Place on baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes.

Sandwich:

  • Chop all veggies into thin strips
  • Sauté until soft (about 7-10 minutes)
  • Season Steaks with salt and pepper
  • Grill Steaks (I use a stove top grill, but if you can grill outside I recommend it!)
  • Flip steak and place a slice of Mozzarella on top of steak so it heats up and melts

Sauce:

  • Place Chipotle Peppers, and Mayonnaise in blender.
  • (Add more or less Mayonnaise depending on how much spiciness you like)

Assemble Sandwich.  Stuff your face, and rub your belly.