The Houstonian Pizza Sandwich: A Tasty Sandwich Invention

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An extraordinary sandwich this was. If it had a family, its cousin would be the delicious Italian sub I made the other day. That is because while I was making the Italian sub, I was so inspired by it, that I decided to try something different using some of the same ingredients. However, while this does have some of the same ingredients as the Italian sub, you'd be amazed how different it tastes. Amazing would also be a good word for how it tastes. What do I call this amazing sandwich? I call it the Houstonian Pizza Sandwich named in honor of my beloved home town of Houston Texas. I want everybody to try this awesome creation so here's how to do it...

Ingredients:

• French bread sliced thin style
• Pepperoni 
• Salami 
• Ragu Pizza Sauce
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Black Sliced Olives
• Banana Peppers

It's hard not to get sandwich hungry looking at that salami.

Part of what's so great about my Houstonian Pizza Sandwich is it's very easy to make. After all, most sandwiches are, and that's one of the reasons I love me a good sandwich.....

Steps:

Cut your French bread thin style, meaning just like you see in the picture. 

Then spread a generous amount of Ragu pizza sauce on one side of the bread. 

After of which, you can simply lay out your toppings of several slices of pepperoni, olives, banana peppers on top and whatever amount of shredded mozzarella cheese you desire. For extra flavor in the sandwich, I put some of the banana pepper juice that the banana peppers resided in when they were in the jar. Wow, did it give the sandwich a nice zesty kick!

Finally you can top all those ingredients with at least 3 slices of salami. Then lightly toast the sandwich in the toaster oven until your cheese melts inside and all those delicious ingredients bond together inside.

Pop that sucker out, and take a bite. You're tasting a wonderfully inspired sandwich named after a city that knows good food. I should know because I'm a foodie that grew up there, and that's probably why I am such a foodie. That's my Houston plug but most of all, I plug this sandwich by saying that I bet if you try this at least once, you'll find yourself coming back to it time and time again. It's really that satisfying and you have to taste it to know what I'm talking about. Why wouldn't it be a super tasty sandwich though, after all, every single one of the toppings and ingredients are tasty right down to the salami and pepperoni.

4th of July: Red, White, & Blue Belgian Waffles

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Happy 4th of July readers! We just started a 4th of July tradition that you may want to incorporate into your family. You'll probably want to after you try out these delectable raspberry (for the red), white (for the batter), and last but not least blue (for the blueberries). There you have it and they are very delicious raspberry and blueberry waffles.

To make these, you're going to first and foremost, obviously need a Belgian waffle maker. Some people might think you need the most expensive brand but take it from me, you don't. We have a very inexpensive one, this one to be exact:          

















Like I said, I don't know how the more expensive ones would be any better but that's besides the point because let me show how easy it is to make these waffles the best you possibly can, in 1, 2, & 3 simple steps but first...

Ingredients:

• Bisquick (easiest option that we always choose) or do a waffle batter from scratch
• Frozen blueberries 
• Frozen raspberries   
• Teaspoon and a half of cinnamon 

Ok, now you can see why we refer to it as red, white, & blue waffles. Yes, we even have a red mixing bowl.

Steps:

1. Heat waffle iron & make waffle mix as directed on box

2. Add desired amount of blueberries and raspberries to waffle mix (we always use more blueberries than raspberries). Don't forget to add your teaspoon and a half of cinnamon.

3. Add 2/3 waffle mix to now heated waffle iron and cook until crispy and golden brown. Important: use Maple syrup to top and of course butter...you can't forget the butter.

For some reason, these Belgian waffles always hit the right spot. Maybe it's the morsels of blueberries mixed in with the fluffy maple syrup drenched waffles, maybe it's the slightly tart taste of raspberries.  However you put it, with all those tasty ingredients you can see why it's hard not to love these spectacular July 4th "even though they are "Belgian" waffles.