I have been on such a sandwich kick lately! I just can't get enough of them. I tell you what, my husband had always jokingly tossed around the idea of having a sandwich shop someday, but since I know that will likely never happen, I'm going to give you our top secret Richardson family sandwich that would be the money maker. You can take the idea and run with it if you want. Two words : spaghetti sandwich. That might not sound like the sexiest sandwich in the world, but I'm telling you --it is the BEST sandwich! It really hits the spot after a long day, but you have to make it just right. Here’s how:

The world's best secret sandwich starts with sourdough garlic bread. My favorite bread is the sliced San Luis sourdough bread from my local grocery store. 

First, I generously butter each slice and top with a hefty sprinkling of my favorite garlic bread seasoning. I’ll put the recipe for the seasoning at the bottom again for you guys--I’ve said it about 100 times before, but this seasoning mix makes the world's best garlic bread! Layer on a cookie sheet and bake in a 400° oven for between 5 and 10 minutes—depending on how crispy you like your garlic bread.

Meanwhile, I make my favorite instant pot spaghetti and I make it extra meaty. I do two pounds of ground beef for a regular size batch of spaghetti instead of one pound.

The spaghetti and garlic bread are each great on their own, but when you add a generous scoop of extra meaty spaghetti between some crusty sourdough garlic bread, it really becomes something exceptional! You should really get out there and try this sometime soon. You’ll never be able to go back to just eating spaghetti with garlic bread on the side ever again!

But….the sandwich obsession didn’t just stop there. My husband and I have eaten quite a lot of sandwiches in the last year with the popularity of spicy chicken sandwiches all over the place. We took the hard challenge upon ourselves to make sure that nobody else’s chicken sandwich beat the Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich. We think that the Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich reigns king far and above all the other chicken sandwiches out there, but that’s just us :) 

Us Richardsons are sandwich people through and through. My husband makes a real mean salami sandwich with extra thick cut Tillamook medium cheese (nothing but the best!!). And heaven knows that a BLT hits the spot every single time. There’s nothing else like it!

I love looking on the Cooking Channel’s section about foods that you’ve been eating wrong. Of course I was intrigued by the title “you’ve been eating sandwiches wrong” and had to see what their tips and tricks were. 

They believe that when you bite down on hefty, classic cold cut with all the fixins, you can often find yourself in a situation where all the toppings slide out and it turns into a big mess. Primarily because of your slippery items like sliced tomatoes, avocados, or cucumbers, you can often find that you lose half your toppings in the first bite. 

They explain that the proper way to build a sandwich is all about how you layer your ingredients. If you are going to use the slippery ones like sliced tomatoes, avocado, cucumbers to make sure you also have some greens with some tooth to them, such as arugula, sprouts, or even some butter lettuce. These have got some friction to them and if you alternate layers of greens with your meats, cheeses, sauces and slippery veggies, you are going to keep everything intact to the last bite.

What is your favorite sandwich to make it home? And what is your favorite sandwich to order at a restaurant? Please let us know if you have any amazing tips for ordering the best sandwich or making sandwiches at home. We’d all love to know—I don’t think I’m the only one obsessed with sandwiches! :)



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