Perfect Picnic Sandwich

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 medium firm aubergine, sliced into rounds
• 1 red pepper, sliced into strips (capsicum)
• 10 baby vegetable marrows, sliced into half inch thick rounds
• 1 slice mild cheese
• 10 slices bread, buttered
• dried thyme
• olive oil
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 put the oven on'grill'.
• 2 spread the sliced marrows evenly on a baking tray.
• 3 cover liberally with dried thyme, pour over some olive oil and sprinkle with pepper.
• 4 leave under the grill for a 5 minutes.
• 5 check if a few have a light brown colour, then using a spatula stir and turn them around a bit in the tray and return to the oven.
• 6 don't let it go soggy, it should only take no more than 5 minutes on each side.
• 7 when the marrows are done, remove them from the tray onto a plate to cool, and put the aubergines in the same tray.
• 8 again, sprinkle on thyme, pepper and olive oil.
• 9 leave under the grill, turning once until done, then remove to cool.
• 10 the peppers goes in the same tray, peppered, thymed and olive oiled, until they are slightly charred, but still red.
• 11 remove and cool.
• 12 to assemble: on a buttered slice of bread, layer marrow, aubergine, pepper and cheese and cover with another layer of bread.
• 13 **pleasenote i didn't do exact measurements as it relies on discretion, your tastes and the size of the veg.
• 14 can be assembled, packed and frozen.
• 15 take out on the morning required- will be perfectly fresh and ready to enjoy in an hour or two.