Nurturing my inner... folded

My cousins and I tried a brand of these over the holidays when we were looking to make a fast, no nonsense lunch.  I think the brand was Flatout.  They were whole wheat.  When I got back home, I found ones just like them at my grocery store.  Only these were called Foldits.  Same dif.  A 100 calorie sandwich wrap of sorts.  (They look like the MasterCard logo of two overlapping circles.  Odd, but true.)  Rosemary & Olive Oil was my choice this time.

Good for a lunch on the run, yet simple
enough to make quite fancy.

I baked some premarinated chicken in the oven then sliced it up.  On top of that I added one slice of Canadian bacon (another round item to fit perfectly) that I pan fried for just a couple minutes until warm and slightly golden.  Next layer was slices of an artisan cheese remnant, somewhat like Gouda, that I picked up from a little basket on the corner of the olive bar at my local Whole Foods.  (Which I think is SO cool.  They have smaller bits of cheese that they wrap up and they are only a buck or two.  That way I can try a new kind of cheese without committing to a large block.)  I put that in the microwave, open-faced, for maybe 30 seconds, just to make sure the cheese was starting to melt and the bread was warmed up slightly.  Then topped the whole shebang with a mixture of a little mayo/dijon and a romaine lettuce leaf for some fresh, crisp crunch.

An inside out chicken cordon bleu.

It seems like such a gourmet sandwich, doesn't it, but made with ordinary ingredients.  (And not high calorie items either.)  I had everything in the fridge and just threw it together on the fly.  Seriously, I just came up with all that in about 30 seconds while standing in front of the refrigerator, surveying my shelves for untapped greatness.

A little creative stacking can go a long way when you have the basic tenants of sandwich making as a template.  (And a hungry belly.)