Veggie Love, Goat Cheese, Celery and Avocado Sandwich with Walnut Butter and Arugula

Name: Veggie Love, Goat Cheese, Celery and Avocado Sandwich with Walnut Butter and Arugula
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters baby arugula leaves (loosely packed); 1 Tbsp fresh rosemary; 142 grams fresh goat cheese (at room temperature); 2 teaspoons kosher salt (divided, plus more for seasoning); 158 milliliters freshly squeezed lemon juice; 8 slices whole grain multigrain bread; 237 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pinch freshly cracked black pepper (or to taste); 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (optional); 2 Tbsps minced shallot; 59 milliliters walnut oil (or vegetable oil); 473 milliliters walnuts (lightly toasted)

Veggie Love, Goat Cheese, Celery and Avocado Sandwich with Walnut Butter and Arugulan is a vegetarian main course. One serving contains 798 calories, 23g of protein, and 67g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, walnut oil, goat cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.

Instructions

Make the vinaigrette: In a bowl, combine the oil, lemon juice, shallots, and 2 teaspoons salt and whisk until the vinaigrette emulsifies.

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Lemon Juice

Vinaigrette

Shallot

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

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Add the rosemary sprig, cover, and set aside for 1 hour.

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Rosemary

Place the toasted walnuts in the bowl of a food processor and process them until they become sticky or paste-like. It takes a good minute or so for the nuts to release their oils and you may need to scrape the sides of the bowl. Be diligent.

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Walnuts

Nuts

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Add the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and red pepper (if using).

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Red Pepper

Salt

Lay the bread slices on a work surface. Divide the goat cheese in 4 equal portions; spread each portion onto 4 slices bread.In a small bowl, toss the celery in 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette; season with pepper.

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Goat Cheese

Vinaigrette

Celery

Pepper

Spread

Bread

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Place the celery on top of the goat cheese.

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Goat Cheese

Celery

Add the arugula to the bowl used to dress the celery and toss with 1 more tablespoon vinaigrette. Top the celery with avocado slices; season with salt then follow with the dressed arugula.

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Avocado Slices

Vinaigrette

Arugula

Celery

Salt

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Spread about 1 heaping tablespoon (or more to taste) walnut butter evenly over the 4 remaining bread slices. Use these to close the sandwiches; cut into halves, and serve.

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Butter