Smoked Salmon Sandwich with Avocado & Pesto {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free}

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These are the best sandwich ingredients if you ask me. And I repeat, for this epic smoked salmon sandwich you’ll need

These Ingredients:

• bread
• smoked salmon
• mayonnaise (my go to mayo is always paleo, either Sir Kensington’s or Primal Kitchen)
• pesto (home made is best)
• arugula
• alfalfa sprouts
• avocado
• cucumber

To assemble this smoked salmon sandwich first toast the bread. I have a tendency to overtoast my bread, and then it’s simply too hard and crunchy to enjoy without ripping up the roof of your mouth, so don’t make that mistake.

Lightly toast the bread and add a spoonful of mayo to one piece, and a spoonful of pesto to the other.

Next start by topping the pesto slice with arugula, alfalfa, smoked salmon, cucumber and avocado.

Instead of arugula and alfalfa you could add spring mix, romaine, iceberg, different types of sprouts, your call. My favorite is the sharp arugula and the earthy crunchy alfala sprouts.

Alfalfa sprouts just make a sandwich in my book; you cannot have a turkey sandwich without them, and certainly not a smoked salmon sandwich.

The cucumber you can slice into rounds, long strips, or do as I did and use a manadolin or vegetable peeler to get super long and thin strips. This adds a nice texture to the sandwich.

For additional flavor make sure to season the avocado with salt, pepper and lemon juice before adding to the sandwich.

Top with the other piece of bread, and voila your smoked salmon sandwich is ready.

Recipe Tips/Alterations:

• use fresh bread and don’t over toast it or it will be too hard and cut up the roof of your mouth
• make your own home made basil pesto
• add alfalfa sprouts or other sprouts of choice
• in place of arugula add spinach, spring mix, romaine, or iceberg
• use fresh and ripe avocados

Just one bite of this sandwich and you’ll be transported to foodie heaven. I don’t normally eat or make sandwiches so any time I do it’s got to be the real deal. No sad soggy turkey and cheese sandwiches over here.
I say if you’re not eating a hot lunch your sandwich better be pretty epic; a poorly assembled minimally filled untoasted sad excuse for a sandwich will simply never do.
With just a few extra minutes and ingredients you may already have at home you can have one of the best sandwiches of your life.And these travel quite well too, and always make for an excellent road trip treat.