Meatless Monday: Veggie packed sandwich

Article by: Honestly Yum

Ingredients (makes 3-4 sandwiches):

• Ezekiel bread
• 3 zucchini
• 4 yellow squash
• 1 cup of ricotta, liquid drained
• 1 cup of sun dried tomatoes and their oil
• 1 tbs red chili flakes
• 1 tbs fresh thyme, leaves removed
• 2 avocados
• 1 bunch of watercress
• 1 lemon
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Slice squash and zucchini on a mandolin into thin, long ribbons. Sprinkle with salt and cover with the juice of a lemon and put in a colander and allow any excess water to drain.
2. Meanwhile, combine thyme, ricotta and a few pinches of salt and pepper to taste.
3. Combine sun dried tomatoes and red chili flakes in a food processor, with a bit of the oil that the tomatoes are soaking in, and combine until it turns into a paste.
4. Assemble the sandwich with a layer of herbed ricotta, slices of squash and zucchini, a layer of watercress, avocado slices, sun-dried tomato spread.