Bacon Cucumber Sandwiches

I make this when I feel guilty about a poor eating decision the day before. While I could always nuke a cup of noodles and probably acheive the same calorie count, this is is a slightly more nutritious and fun dish to make up.



Ingredients:
1 small Persian cucumber
1 small Roma tomato
3 thin slices of purple onion
2 strips of turkey bacon
3 pieces of fresh mozarrella
a dash of Italian seasoning
a dash of Italian dressing

First, cook your bacon. I use a George Foreman - I've heard many people complain about how the George takes a lot of the juices out of turkey meat, but I happen to love the way it cooks turkey.

If you're using a George, lay the pieces on the grill once it's warmed up, then cook for 4 minutes. Open the grill, turn them all over, then cook for an additional 3minutes. Remove from the grill, then place them on a stack of napkins/paper towels and degrease.

While your bacon is cooking, you can start chopping stuff. Peel the cucumber and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Cut the ends of the tomato off and cut into 3 slices. If you haven't already, VERY THINLY slice the purple onion. Take some outer layers off so that the onion slices are about as wide as the tomato. Slice fresh mozzarella into pieces that can compose a 1/2-inch layer on your sandwiches.

Assembly time! Stack first the tomato, then the cucumbers in a little layer. Then drizzle a bit of Italian dressing over that. Crumble a bit of bacon on top of the cucumber. You could so easily omit the bacon if you don't want it. It'll still rock. Next put the onion on top. Then the mozzarella. If you find you have extra ingredients, like I did, put them on top.

Once everything is stacked, drizzle with more Italian dressing. The reason we drizzled earlier is so that the dressing is not limited to just the top and a little bit of the sides of the sandwiches. In case you were wondering. FINALLY add as much Italian seasoning as you'd like. The less, the better, I think.

ALRIGHT now you have a small, very healthy lunch! I ate this for breakfast today because I knew my cucumbers and tomatoes were getting old. I actually secretly used string cheese instead of fresh mozzarella, which was disappointing. Still, it's a really good little dish. I think if you added some balsamic vinaigrette it would be even tastier.

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