What is a Greek Stuffed Crouton? It's a Vegetarian Sandwich with crunchy toasted bread, stuffed with a delicious Greek Salad!
This weekend on The Kitchen, the theme was everything stuffed. The celebrity personalities were sharing their idea of the perfect stuffed meal & Jeff Mauro offered up a sandwich that he called a stuffed crouton so I decided that was just too fun and would be a perfect choice for a #MeatlessMonday meal.
My version is a Greek Stuffed Crouton that combines your favorite Greek Salad ingredients with crusty toasted bread. Salty feta cheese and olives, crisp romaine, cucumbers, onions and tomatoes - some dressing tops it off and offers you a more substantial meal to enjoy for lunch or dinner.
First take the bread, slice it in half and remove some of the breading - just a bit from the top will provide a good area for the salad to snug into. Then brush it with olive oil, season with salt & pepper and into the oven it goes to make it nice & crispy - just like a crouton.
From there, just pile on the cheese & salad - you'll need to push the top down pretty hard to contain the salad and when you slice it, wrap each slice in parchment paper - contain it like you would a burrito and that will keep all the ingredients in check. Crunchy bread and fresh veggies - this is a delicious meal!
Next time try this Cuban Sliders Recipe!
Greek Stuffed Croutons Vegetarian Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 romaine lettuce crisp lettuce, chopped
- ½ red pepper chopped
- ¼ cup red onion chopped
- ¼ cup kalamata olives sliced
- ¼ cup peperoncino peppers chopped
- 2 large tomatoes chopped
- ½ english cucumber thinly sliced
- 4 oz feta cheese crumbled
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon each - salt & pepper
- 3 tablespoon greek salad dressing homemade or store-bought
- 1 Artisan Style Bread
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Slice the loaf of bread in half and remove some of the excess breading. This will make it easier to stuff the sandwich. Using a pastry brush, brush the olive oil on both sides of the bread and season well with salt & pepper. Place the loaf in the preheated oven and bake until crispy and golden brown - 12 to 15 minutes.
- While the loaf of bread is browning, prepare the salad; chop or slice the romaine, onion, tomatoes, cucumbers & olives and place them in a large bowl. Top with the salad dressing and toss well.
- When the bread is nicely browned remove it from the oven and top with crumbled feta cheese. Add the salad and place the "lid" on the bread. Push down to secure, slice & serve!
- Serve excess salad along with - this makes 4 generous slices.
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Nutrition
**Please note the nutritional information below does not take into account the bread - use your favorite Artisan type bread and add nutritional information accordingly.
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Vicky @ Avocado Pesto says
Greek salads are the BEST! After a vacation trip to Greece back in 2011 my lunch at work would be a Greek salad everyday for months - I was that obsessed. Love the idea of adding all that into a sandwich!
Bowl Me Over says
It's fabulous, you will really enjoy this! Bake that bread until it's nice & crusty and it really makes the sandwich - thanks Vicky & have a great weekend!
Gin says
Wow!! Best sandwich EVER! 🙂
Bowl Me Over says
Thanks Gin - so yummy!!!
Marly says
Can't seem to get enough veggies on our sandwiches either! Great stuff!
Bowl Me Over says
Thanks Marly!
Donna says
Yum, I love this twist on the traditional sandwich - sounds, and looks, delicious! And well it has feta so I am always going to say yes 🙂
Bowl Me Over says
Big fan of that salty bite from feta too Donna, I hear ya! Thanks for stopping by!
Ginny McMeans says
What a gorgeous sandwich. Sandwiches are my favorite thing.
Bowl Me Over says
Thanks Ginny - I hope you give it a try, my hubby and I just love it!!
Mel@avirtualvegan.com says
Now that's what I call a sandwich! It looks lovely and all those flavours and textures sound great.
Bowl Me Over says
Thanks Mel - great crunch and yummy flavors!!!
Healing Tomato says
This is a very delicious looking sandwich. The feta cheese really makes this sandwich. The cucumber and kalamata are making me drool. This is perfect comfort food for me.
Bowl Me Over says
Love the delicious crunch and the salty bite! Thank you Rini!!
Jenn says
I love a hearty loaded veggie sandwich! That bread looks amazing!
Bowl Me Over says
The bread is definitely the key Jenn - I baked it until it was super crunchy, totally makes the meal!
Linda @ Veganosity says
I love the idea of a stuffed crouton. Looks great!
Bowl Me Over says
Thanks Linda!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
Such a fun sandwich! Loaded with flavor!
Bowl Me Over says
Yum, yum, yum!!! Hope you give it a try Rebecca!
Emily says
This sandwich looks so unique and delicious! Anything with kalamata olives is a winning recipe in my opinion, yum!
Bowl Me Over says
Me to Emily - I love that salty bite!!
Sophia @Veggies Don't Bite says
I love a good veggie filled sandwich!
Bowl Me Over says
Me too - so yummy!!! Thanks Sophia!
Sara says
I LOVE this - it's like greek salad in sandwich form! And best of all I have almost everything to make it, after a trip to the store I'm going to make this my lunch!
Bowl Me Over says
I hope you enjoyed this Sara!! We had leftover sandwich for lunch for two days and it kept so well and was just delicious!!
Michelle @ The Complete Savorist says
I really enjoy a good sandwich. Sounds like it would have amazing flavors in each bite.
Bowl Me Over says
Thank you Michelle!!!
Christie says
What an adorable name and a fantastic sounding sandwich.
Bowl Me Over says
Thank you Christie!!
heather @french press says
LOVE this! what an amazing sandwich
Bowl Me Over says
I hope you give it a try - thanks Heather!
Nicole says
I love this sandwich! Packed full of deliciousness 🙂
Bowl Me Over says
It's that crunchy bread, just takes it over the top. Thanks for stopping by Nicole!
peter @feedyoursoultoo says
This is a creation Dagwood would be proud of.
Bowl Me Over says
This is true, he always loved his sandwiches! 😀 Love cartoons!!
Tara says
My tummy is growling looking at this amazing sandwich!!
Bowl Me Over says
Yum, yum, yum, then it must be lunch time! 😀 Good to see you Tara!!