Just thought I'd share a very successful sandwich attempt with you
all. This requires some preparation time (20-30 min?), but is well
worth it. I imitated a sandwich on the California Pizza Kitchen menu.

Roasted red pepper, hummus, and basil leaf sandwich
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1 med sized focaccia bread or crusty-loaf white bread
Olive oil
1 pkg hummus
A couple fresh red peppers, sliced with seeds & stem removed
fresh basil leaves
Salt
Various herbs: oregano, dried basil, marjoram, rosemary, tarragon, etc. 

Directions
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If you have ready-made focaccia bread, heat it in the oven (~350
degrees) while you are cooking up the peppers, but make sure it
doesn't burn.

If you are making your own focaccia, take your loaf of bread, slice it
in half. Then put a little bit of olive oil on the top crust, and
sprinkle on your choice of dried herbs. You might substitute margarine
or butter for the olive oil on the crust. The oil gives flavor and
helps the herbs to stick. Anybody got any low-fat suggestions? Put
this in the oven, and heat. 

Heat some olive oil (1 T or so) on medium high heat in a saute pan.
Put in the red peppers. Saute' until their texture changes from crisp
to slightly tender, but not mushy. Their color should change a little,
too. Add salt to taste. 

When the peppers have reached the slightly-tender-but-not-mushy stage
(aficionados will know what I mean) then add the basil leaves, and
saute' until they just barely begin to wilt.

Take the bread out of the oven, if you haven't already, and spread a
generous portion of hummus on it. Top with red pepper/basil mixture.

Enjoy!

Laura
elsiedee@mit.edu
VSG-RECIPE

VEGAN