Sandwich Greatness

So one of the things that I've gotten super excited over since I began biking about a year and a half ago is lunch, and the art of making sandwiches. Biking to work essentially negates any possible plans you may spontaneously make to go out to lunch (no car=no drive thru lunch, unless you mooch off others). This generally works to my advantage as someone who's trying to lose weight, however it becomes somewhat problematic in this sense: When biking to and from work, there are a lot of calories being burned... How do I fill myself up at lunch without asking co-workers to drive me somewhere to eat? My answer has become: Badass sandwiches.

I've always been a huge fan of good sub sandwiches, and when I was a lad, I recall being the only person I knew that would rather go to Subway (much better 15 years ago, nothing like it is now) or a sandwich shop instead of McDonalds or Taco Bell. I was also somewhat creative in my sandwich ordering... I had a go-to sub (Italian BMT), don't get me wrong, but I also liked to branch out, and switch it up from time to time.

This 'sandwich excitement' has followed me into my adult life, and it's that excitement that led me to create a new sandwich for ever week of my training (or beyond, really, I have no problem making that a very 'soft' deadline).

This week has been my first week of training, and ironically enough, I've done borderline NO training. I've only been able to bike to and from work once this week, however the sandwich portion of my training is in full swing. This week, I decided to make a homemade chicken salad. I went a little bit of a spicier route with it than a 'chicken salad' purist would have -- I marinated the chicken in Wegman's Tangy Marinade, and also added a little bit of extra seasoning, most notably some chili powder, to give it a little bit of a kick. I also decided to include some shaved almonds... I've never made chicken salad before, so I'm not sure if that's a normal thing to do... My favorite part of this sandwich ended up being unquestionably the toasted whole grain english muffin, which is a great way to mix up a sandwich. I threw on a thinly sliced tomato (thinly sliced to ensure structural integrity), and then some cut onions and lettuce. Viola! I was super excited to make these sandwiches this week, and I have definitely gotten a few strange looks from co-workers as I take 10 minutes to build these 2 (smaller sized, so I gotta go with 2) well crafted gems, however I have been disappointed somewhat by my results. I think that I overhyped them in my mind. Good sandwiches in general, but not earth shattering like I had hoped for. I will give this sandwich creation a 7.5/10 in the arbitrary scoring system I just now created.