Tomato sandwiches, hot and cold, can be a breakfast, a snack at work, an appetizer on a festive table, or part of a tasty get-together with family by the lake. You can round them out with all sorts of ingredients, simple and exotic. For hot sandwiches, an oven, grill, toaster, sandwich maker or microwave will do. The main advantage of the dish is that it takes very little time to make — you'll spend more on the slicing.
The five most commonly used ingredients in tomato sandwich recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomatoes | 23 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Hard cheese | 366 | 24.1 | 29.5 | 0.3 |
| Bread | 254 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 49.2 |
| Baguette | 273 | 8 | 3 | 50 |
| White bread | 266 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 48.2 |
For the simplest sandwiches you'll need only: slices of bread or baguette, tomato, salt. To make them juicier and more appetizing, you can add:
- a drop of mayonnaise
- grated garlic
- a piece of cheese
- fresh greens
- ham or sausage
- boiled egg
- cucumber
- pickled onion
The five lowest-calorie tomato sandwich recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwiches on white bread with tuna, lettuce and cucumber | 15 min | 46 | +18 |
| Croutons with baked tomato sauce | 2 h 30 min | 57 | +7 |
| Canapés with fried meat | 10 min | 65 | +22 |
| Chicken and vegetable bun sandwiches | 45 min | 69 | +2 |
| Hot sandwiches with tomatoes and cheese in the oven | 15 min | 72 | +137 |
Hot sandwiches with tomatoes are made like this:
- Put a round of tomato on slices of bread.
- Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
- Bake in the oven or microwave until done.
A good idea for a fitness buffet: use small round rolls and lay rounds of different-colored cherry tomatoes on them — beautiful, tasty and healthy all at once. Instead of rolls, you can use disks of white bread cut out with a glass and lightly dried in a toaster.
Tips and tricks:
- so the tomato doesn't release too much juice onto the bread, use only its fleshy part
- the sharper the knife, the prettier the slices you can cut with it
- tomatoes can be cut not into slices but into pieces, crumbling them onto the bread