Easy, tasty summer lunch

July 29, 2015

We were having company for lunch and I wanted make something special that would tempt the taste buds of my friends. Two of them badly need to gain weight and I wanted to be sure they ate, but I didn’t want to slave away in a hot kitchen. I just wanted an easy summer lunch that they’d love. And that’s what I made.

Here’s a lovely open-face summer sandwich that makes a delectable and easy summer lunch. It’s just delicious, judging by the rave reviews of our lunch guests the other day.

Shopping list for this summer lunch

* Sliced sourdough or other good bread. Delicious bread makes a great sandwich!
* Ripe plums, sliced, not too thin
* Goat cheese with honey infused in it
* Fig preserves
* Applewood smoked ham in thin slices. Great ham makes a great sandwich!

Aand when you’re done, this is what it looks like: There’s half a large slice of toasted sourdough below the goodies, you just can’t see it because the ham slice is so large. This summer lunch is served open-face with fork and knife.

We served it with a simple, old-fashioned potato salad (recipe to come) and corn, but could have prepared steamed green beans or some other tasty vegetable. I can’t tell you how much our guests loved this meal!

Lux says:

July 29, 2015 at 8:12 am

I gotta try this. Easy to prepare and looks tasty indeed.

Carol Cassara says:

July 29, 2015 at 9:53 am

It’s yummy!

Marcia @ Menopausal Mother says:

July 29, 2015 at 9:51 am

This would be perfect for our beach picnics! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Carol Cassara says:

July 29, 2015 at 9:53 am

So easy and portable.

Diane says:

July 29, 2015 at 10:51 am

Throughout my life, sandwiches were inevitably PB&J, Sliced bologna or cold cuts, or tuna. Imagine the world my friends are opening up to me! This is yet another example!

Carol Cassara says:

July 29, 2015 at 2:46 pm

I’ll bet the ham you have is great….

Robin says:

July 29, 2015 at 10:59 am

Challenge here in New England is finding RIPE plums!

Carol Cassara says:

July 29, 2015 at 2:45 pm

You can try another stone fruit….

Amy says:

July 29, 2015 at 12:38 pm

This sounds and looks yummy! I’m always on the look out for new lunch ideas. Thanks!

Carol Cassara says:

July 29, 2015 at 2:45 pm

My hard-to-please company was high on it.

- Amy says:
  
  July 30, 2015 at 2:01 am
  
  I can imagine why. Sounds tasty! I love the sliced plum idea. Love plums to begin with, so the idea of adding them to sandwiches is appealing. We have a plum tree in the back yard, so we’ll be using some of them in sandwiches in future, for sure. Thanks!