Month 7 day 1: Nuevo Cubano

I am half-way through the year of magazines! I'm also over the hump of G's internship, so after this month he'll be here to help me eat my way through more recipes. Last month, between vacations and medical tests, was kind of pathetic. I guess I only cooked 8 days.  :-P

This month I have four issues:

• Cooking Light, August 2010
• Cooking Light, August 2011
• Saveur, Aug/Sept 2011
• Every Day with Rachael Ray, July/August 2012

Lately I haven't been that hungry, and also not had that much energy to cook something complicated. But for some reason, all of these issues are full of sandwich ideas, so that's what I went with tonight. 

Tonight I made:

Nuevo Cubano, Cooking Light August 2010

It's supposed to be an update on a Cuban sandwich, but I think ham and bread are the only common ingredients. This one has a black-bean spread (with cilantro, lime, garlic, and chili powder that gives it a nice smokey taste), ham, mango, and provolone. I toasted it in our George Foreman grill instead of cooking it on the stove, but maybe adding the extra olive oil would have been tasty.

This sandwich tasted like something you might find at a cafe. It was pretty good, though not anything amazing. I think the black-bean spread would be a nice dip. I made the full portion (even though I will not be eating four of these sandwiches) and look forward to trying it on pita chips or carrots.