Middle Eastern Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches Recipes

Steps:

• Start a charcoal grill. Grill the eggplant and zucchini until tender, about 4 to 5 minutes per side. Let cool. Cut into 1/2-inch dice.
• Place the grilled vegetables, chickpeas, mint and parsley in a large bowl and toss to combine. In a small bowl, whisk together the tahini, lemon juice, salt and pepper and toss with the vegetable mixture. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
• Cut off the top third of each pita. Fill each one with about 1/3 cup of the vegetable mixture. Top with some of the chopped lettuce and tomato. Serve 2 pitas per person.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Brush eggplant and red bell peppers with 1 tablespoon olive oil; use more if necessary, depending on sizes of vegetables. Place on a baking sheet and roast in preheated oven. Roast eggplant until tender, about 25 minutes; roast peppers until blackened. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and cook and stir mushrooms until tender. Stir crushed garlic into mayonnaise. Slice focaccia in half lengthwise. Spread mayonnaise mixture on one or both halves.
• Peel cooled peppers, core, and slice. Arrange eggplant, peppers and mushrooms on focaccia. Wrap sandwich in plastic wrap; place a cutting board on top of it and weight it down with some canned foods. Allow sandwich to sit for 2 hours before slicing and serving.

Steps:

• Using a pastry brush, brush olive oil on the vegetable slices and the portobello mushrooms. Season them with salt and pepper. Place vegetables on a hot grill and cook until they are tender. Once vegetables are done brush sliced bread with olive oil and grill on both sides. To assemble, slice portobellos into 1/4-inch slices, spread both sides of the grilled bread with Herbed Mayonnaise and then top with 1 slice each of grilled vegetables and a quarter of the mushrooms, and finish off with lettuce and top with remaining piece of bread.
• Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse.