Last week we talked about how a sandwich spread can add both flavor and moisture to your sandwich. This week I’d like to provide you with a couple of my favorite recipes for easy/quick sandwich spreads. You can turn these recipes into low fat spreads by using non-fat or reduced fat butter, margarine and oils.
The first type of sandwich spread that you can make is a compound mayonnaise. The simplest way to do this buy a low fat mayonnaise and to mix it with herbs and spices. When mixing your compound mayonnaise you will want to adjust the ratio of mayo to herbs/spices to fit your taste. Here are a few ingredients you can add to your low fat mayonnaise to add flavor to your sandwich spreads:
The second type of sandwich spread that you can make is a compound butter. Compound butter is simply whipped butter that has herbs and spices added into it. You can create savory compound butters by adding in ingredients like chives, Italian spices, dill, garlic, mustard and roasted red pepper flakes. You can create a sweet compound butter by adding in ingredients like honey, cinnamon, nutmeg and pumpkin pie spice.
To make your compound butter you will want to bring your butter to room temperature, then blend it using an immersion blender, once soft add in your spices and blend again. Then scrape the butter onto a piece of plastic wrap, form it into a log, wrap the butter and refrigerate it until you need it.
For more recipe ideas visit one of my favorite recipe blogs, 5 Minutes for Mom.