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Toasted Potato & Beet Sandwich

A delicious toasted sandwich made with leftover potatoes, herbs, beetroot and sweetcorn.


SANDWICH OF THE CENTURY



To celebrate turning 100 Hellmann's decided to challenge bloggers to minimise the amount of food waste thrown out by using their leftovers in sandwiches.

Their 'Sandwich of the Century' challenge is part of their Love Food Hate Waste campaign.

I'm always up for a challenge, so I decided to make a new sandwich using my leftovers. I saved leftover potatoes from our evening meal and came up with this tasty toasted sandwich.



TOASTED POTATO AND BEET SANDWICH


To create my toastie, I looked in the fridge, to see what I could use up. 

No specially bought ingredients for this lunchtime snack.

I had some leftover cooked potatoes in the fridge and thought why not! I dressed them in dill flavoured mayonnaise, mixed with spring onions.

Alongside the potato I added pickled baby beets for a little piquancy and little pockets of sweetness courtesy of some leftover sweetcorn.

Seasoned  it all with black pepper and toasted until crisp.





MAKE AGAIN TOASTED SANDWICH


I would never have thought to add potato to a sandwich before but it was amazing and such a comforting lunch.

This sandwich is a triumph! It just shows you what you can do with leftovers, so there's no excuse.

Note to self: must try harder!





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Toasted Potato and Beet Sandwich
A delicious toasted sandwich made with leftover potatoes, herbs, beetroot and sweetcorn.
Ingredients
  • 1 leftover cooked potato
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • 1-2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp dried dill
  • a pinch of salt
  • a good grinding of black pepper
  • 2 tsp sweetcorn
  • 3 baby beets, halved
  • 2 slices wholemeal bread
Instructions
1. Cut the potato into cubes and place in a bowl alongside the spring onions, mayonnaise and dill. Season with salt and pepper and mix until well combined.2. If you have a toastie machine, toast one side of the bread, turn it over and top the toasted side with the potato mixture, baby beets and sweetcorn, replace the lid, toasted side down, then pop back in the machine until crispy and golden.3. If you don't have a toastie machine, warm the potatoes before adding them to the other ingredients and place between hot toast to make a sandwich.4. Half and serve while hot.5. Enjoy!
Details
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Yield: Makes 1 sandwich


Disclosure: Hellmanns asked if I would take part in this challenge & sent me a bottle of mayonnaise to use in my recipe. I was not required to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.

9 comments

  1. Sounds yummy! Just my kind of Sunday supper!

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  2. Thanks Elizabeth, it was really, really good. Definitely making this one again.

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  3. What a great use for beets!
    Mary x

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    1. Thanks Mary. I do love beetroot in all it's forms.

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  4. I'm a big fan of toasties and using up leftovers. This looks really tasty.

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  5. oh my goodness Jac, my mouth is watering and I'm 14 again as I reminisce about my potato, mint jelly and beetroot sandwiches!

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    1. Wow, my childhood sandwiches were more like a jam, egg or cheese. Yours was much more exciting!

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  6. That looks amazing, all my favourites in one sandwich. Culinary genius.

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