Recipe: Mini Muffalettas

olive salad

🥗Healthier: homemade olive tapenade

💰Cheaper: chopped olives with herbs

Homemade tapenade can be lower in sodium and tailored to taste.

provolone cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: cheddar cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has fewer calories, while cheddar is often less expensive.

salami

🥗Healthier: turkey salami

💰Cheaper: bologna

Turkey salami is leaner, while bologna is often more affordable.

mini sandwich rolls

🥗Healthier: whole grain rolls

💰Cheaper: white sandwich rolls

Whole grain rolls add fiber, while white rolls are typically cheaper.

Start with pickled vegetables and Spanish olives, or use Italian olive salad from a jar.

If using separate ingredients, drain the olives and mix with pickled vegetables.

For a homemade alternative, combine cauliflower, carrots, olives, and celery in olive oil with oregano and garlic, and let sit overnight.

Pit the entire jar of Italian olive salad into a blender and pulse 8 to 10 times until coarsely chopped.

Use Hawaiian sweet rolls for the sandwiches, but other breads can be used as well.

Spread approximately 1 tablespoon of the olive salad mixture on the bread.

Layer Swiss cheese on top of the olive salad.

Add deli ham, then quarter the Genoa salami and add it to the sandwich.

Add quartered provolone cheese on top of the meats.

Optionally, leave out the olives and use just the vegetables with a bit of mayonnaise and mustard for a different flavor.

If desired, use different meats like pepperoni or turkey, but avoid flavored turkeys like honey turkey.

Secure the sandwiches with toothpicks for easy serving.

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