Vegan Pesto Tomato Mozzarella Sandwich

This vegan pesto tomato mozzarella sandwich is simple, easy, but most importantly delicious and filling! A lot of people don't know about the pesto tomato sandwich and its glory, but we're here to shine a light on it.

Probably one of the most underrated food combos known to human (and dog) kind is the tomato, pesto, and mozzarella combinations. I mean we all know the glory that is pesto, and that it basically goes with everything but even the greats get better when they're combined with something else great!

For the mozzarella part of this recipe we used Miyokos Mozz, we were able to get it in Winnipeg which doesn't have the biggest vegan community so were sure that this recipe will be pretty accessible to most especially if you do a little digging in your local vegan communities! I've made School Night Vegans Mozz recipe before and it was delicious! But it definitely requires a high-speed blender which is going to run you a couple of hundred bucks so we decided to go the more accessible route, but please feel free to check his recipe out and try it on our sandwich!

The ever elusive vegan pesto is another part of the recipe I'd like to talk about. Most people don't even know that pesto isn't vegan in the first place, it has parmesan cheese in it, so we created a basic pesto recipe for this sandwich. Just because it's basic doesn't mean it doesn't taste good! The pesto recipe packs a punch of flavor! It's super easy to make you just have to blend all the ingredients together! We weren't too worried about consistency here because it was going inside the sandwich so we focused more on the flavor. We're in the process of developing a pesto recipe that combines flavor, texture, aesthetics, and might be nut-free so stay tuned for that!

Basil is the main ingredient in pesto. We have 3 full-fledged basil plants at our house right now that we cycle between to keep them healthy and our pesto stocks full. You'd be surprised how easy basil is to keep alive actually! I'd definitely recommend getting a basil plant for a couple of reasons. First, it's cheaper than buying basil any other way. Each of our basil plants cost us $5 and have lasted about 15 pesto recipes so far. Secondly, it's more environmentally friendly buying one plant and reusing it then getting basil in plastic packaging at the grocery store every time you need to use it.

Nutrition of Vegan Pesto Tomato Mozzarella Sandwich

Let's be real this probably isn't the meal you're going to eat if you want something super healthy and nutritious. This is the meal you're going to eat when you want something delicious and filling. But I think you may be surprised by just how much nutrition we're still able to pack in between these buns!

The nutrition information presented here is for all of the ingredients (including monk fruit sugar). I take all of the nutritional information from Cronometer a nutritional tracker website that provides you with a lot of great information, especially regarding micronutrients!

Overall nothing to sneeze at! I get it, this vegan pesto tomato mozzarella sandwich definitely isn't the healthiest choice out there but we're definitely not telling you it's a health food. But if you are going to eat junk food, this is a pretty good alternative where you can still get a significant amount of vitamins and minerals!

I mean significantly more of your b vitamins then you need, lots of vitamin A and over half your daily serving is pretty good for a "junk" food! If you're looking for some a little more on the healthier side be sure to check out our healthy chocolate strawberry banana oatmeal recipe!

How To Make Vegan Pesto Sandwich

This sandwich is a two-part process unless you are able to find store-bought vegan pesto where you live, in which case you can skip part 1!

Part 1: The Pesto.

Step 1. Add all ingredients to a high speed blender/food processor.

Step 2. Pulse the blender for 30 seconds, making sure to occasionally scrape the walls down. Alternatively, just blend it all together for 20 seconds.

Step 3. Set aside.

Part 2. The sandwich.

Step 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2. While you wait for the oven to preheat, on a cutting board slice mozzarella, bread, and tomato slices.

Step 3. Add the mozzarella to the bottom pieces of bread and put all of the pieces in the oven on the middle rack.

Step 4. Monitor closely and remove from oven when cheese begins to melt and the bread starts to turn golden brown. About 5 min.

Step 5. Add sliced tomato, chopped basil and, salt and pepper on top of the bread with cheese on it. Add 1 - 2 tablespoon of pesto to the other slice of bread.

Step 6. Put the pieces of bread together. Cut in half (or don't) and enjoy!

This vegan pesto tomato mozzarella sandwich recipe is one of our favs! It combines so many delicious flavors into one we can't resist it, and usually eat more than one lol

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Kitchen equipment I used:

• Ninja High-Speed Blender – Okay honestly I was team magic bullet for the longest time (who remembers the youtube videos where people would see what they could grind in them?) But I upgraded because I needed more room and power and I'm so happy I did! This is a great alternative to the Vitamix at a fraction of the cost, highly recommend!

• The world’s sharpest knife set - my personal opinion but I have cut myself a bunch of times with them lol
• My bamboo cutting board - I love this cutting board. It's cheap but durable and it looks great so I frequently double it as a photo prop or serving plate.
• Measuring cups I wish I had - so I don't own these but they have a 5-star rating on over 1100 reviews, and they look great so I really want them!