Spring has sprung!

I love to try to eat seasonally. Fresh food always taste the best and doesn't need a lot of embellishments to be delicious. I make these sammies when we are hanging around the house on a lazy spring Sunday.

Radish and Cucumber Sandwiches

4 radishes, cleaned
1 hothouse cucumber
Thin white bread
Course Salt
1/2 cup cream cheese
Butter
Few sprigs of fresh dill

For Cucumber sandwiches:
1. Peel cucumber and slice into thin rounds.
2. Spread thin layer of cream cheese on 2 pieces of bread.
3. Top bread with cucumber slices in a single layer. Top with fresh (or dried) dill and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

For Radish Sandwiches:
1. Slice radishes into thin slices (rounds).
2. Spread bread with thin layer of butter.
3. Top bread with radish slices in single layer. Top with course salt and pepper.

O-love Tapenade

Grilled Chicken and Tapenade Sandwiches
From Cooking Light June 2007

This is a great recipe to use left over chicken. You can also just broil up a breast or two if you don't have access to a grill.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups diced seeded tomato
2 tablespoons finely chopped pitted kalamata olives
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
5 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil, divided
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Cooking spray
1/4 cup (1 ounce) crumbled feta cheese
4 (2-ounce) ciabatta sandwich rolls, halved

Preparation

Combine first 7 ingredients in a small bowl. Add 2 teaspoons oil; toss gently to combine. Let stand 15 minutes.

Prepare grill.

Brush chicken evenly with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Place chicken on a grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Remove from grill. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing thinly.

Add cheese and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt to tomato mixture; stir gently to combine. Arrange sliced chicken evenly on bottom halves of rolls. Top each serving with one-fourth of tomato mixture, and cover with top halves of rolls. Serve immediately.

Yield

4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)