Vegetable Hero Sandwich with 
Sauteed & Grilled Veggies 

Today I was sitting at work and saw two of my colleagues chowing down on a eggplant parmiagna sandwiches on long moist white bread and I longed for one of those. My first intention was to make a healthy eggplant sandwich but serve on whole wheat french bread but once I came home I realized I had fresh zucchini, spinach, eggplant and tomatoes in the fridge. A new idea was born. I also thought the chipotle mayo I had sitting around (it's a Target brand mayo that only has 3 grams of fat opposed to the regular 11 grams of fat that regular mayo has) thought that would be GREAT on the top of the sandwich. 

This is not a quick meal and may take some time. I used my stove, grill and microwave for components of this. Grilling the veggies is the easy part. Sauteing is not bad either. I only microwaved the bread for 25 seconds, so that was good at getting the bread somewhat together for the rest of the meal. 

Ingredients 

1/2 of an eggplant (fresh)

1/2 of a zucchini (fresh)

A handful of fresh spinach leaves 

1 medium tomato (fresh) 

Garlic Powder (to taste)

Sugar (to carmalize onions)

1 onion (fresh) 

1 tablespoon of chipotle mayo 

1 teaspoon of shredded chesse (any flavor), vegan brand is best 

Steps

1. Wash all vegetables, set aside. 

2. Cut zucchini length sided and cut eggplant. 

3. Place eggplant slices on grill and use fat free spray to cook til tender. When done set aside. 

4. Grill zucchini, then set aside. 

5. Saute onions and carmalize on medium heat (1 teaspoon of sugar). Cook the spinach leaves til tender.  Grill or roast the tomato, set aside for arranging on the sandwich. Set the onions, tomatoes and spinach leaves aside for arranging on sandwich bread. 

6. Microwave whole wheat bread bun, cut, then lather with chipotle mayo on top. On bottom of the bun, arrange sauteed onions and spinach leaves on the sandwich. 

7. Place zucchini, tomatoes and eggplant on sandwich bread. 

8. Top with shredded cheese. 

9. Serve with a salad or like me, sweet potato fries.