Recipe #15: South of the Border Sandwiches

Source:  The Girl Who Ate Everything via Pinterest

1 loaf French bread, cut into 3/4" thick slices

½ cup olives, chopped
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup lite mayonnaise
1/3 cup nonfat sour cream
1/3 cup green onions, chopped
1 pound sliced turkey
2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
2 ripe avocados, sliced
¾ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
¾ cup pepper jack or Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl, combine olives, chili powder, cumin, and salt; set aside 2 Tablespoons of this mixture. Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, and green onions to the remaining olive mixture.

Place bread on an ungreased baking sheet and spread 1 Tablespoon of the mayonnaise mixture on each slice. Top with slices of turkey and tomatoes. Spread with another Tablespoon of mayonnaise mixture (I didn't add this because I didn't think it needed it). Top with avocados and cheeses. Sprinkle with the reserved 2 Tablespoons of olive mixture. Bake @ 350 for 15 min. Makes 8-10 servings.

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Okay, our final snack.  These took a little bit more work. 

I did not put the olives in the spread because I cannot stand olives.  Also like the website said, I didn't add the extra spread on top.  I used it all on the first layer.

Also, our supermarket apparently has a different definition of french bread than what I've grown up with.  So this made a lot of sandwiches and they were bigger than I had expected.  This is more of crowd snack.

They were okay.  I'm not sure I'd go to the trouble to make them again.  Especially since you really have to eat them right away - once they cool, they really aren't very appetizing.

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Ratings
Special Ingredients Needed:   None. 

Ease of Preparation:  Average.  A lot of slicing and layering. 
Taste:    Good.   

Overall:  6 out of 10.