Toastie (Toasted Sandwich)

Serves: 1

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes + 5 minutes

Storage: best eaten fresh

Gluten-free alternative: use gluten-free bread

Nut-free alternative: if you are unable to find a nut-free pesto, make your own. You will find a recipe on page 262 of Rise and Shine

Toastie (Toasted Sandwich)

Ingredients

1 sweet potato, sliced

2 slices sourdough (or any bread)

Nuttelex

Handful of spinach

2-4 thin slices of firm tofu

Sliced black olives

Dairy-free basil pesto

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
2. Lay sweet potato on a lined baking tray and cook in the oven for 30 minutes or until soft and golden
3. Preheat sandwich press (alternatively use the grill setting in oven)
4. Spread nuttelex on one side of each slice of bread
5. Turn bread over and place spinach on one slice (on the unbuttered side- butter will be on the outside)
6. Place tofu on top of the spinach
7. Add sweet potato on top of tofu
8. Sprinkle olives over the top
9. Spread pesto onto the unbuttered side of the other slice of bread
10. Place that slice on top of the other and transfer to the hot sandwich press or grill
11. Close lid and cook until bread is golden
12. Remove from sandwich press, cut in half and sprinkle salt over the top.