Arugula and Avocado Sandwich With Turkey (Friendship Sandwich)

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By G. Daniela Galarza

This sandwich’s signature is its ratio of greens and vegetables to nutrient and cheese. It’s 4-to-1, greens to protein, and volition marque you consciousness similar you’re eating a salad. It’s inspired by a sandwich made by longtime friends pastry cook Natasha Pickowicz and writer-comedian Alison Leiby. Crunchy and filling, it’s besides an incredibly refreshing instrumentality connected a picnic lunch, 1 that incorporates layers of spirit but doesn’t consciousness heavy. The creaminess of the food and avocado enactment arsenic a dispersed for the bread, negating the request for mayonnaise oregon mustard.

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Adapted from pastry cook Natasha Pickowicz and writer-comedian Alison Leiby.

Ingredients

4 bladed slices Jewish rye bread, semolina breadstuff oregon 2 bladed and crusty sandwich rolls, split
1 ripe Hass avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
2 ounces thinly sliced roasted turkey breast
Fine salt, to taste
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper, to taste
2 ounces (about 2 ample handfuls) arugula, spinach, food lettuce, Little Gem oregon a combination
1 ounce alfalfa sprouts
1 Persian cucumber, thinly sliced connected a bias
2 ounces crisp cheddar cheese, thinly sliced
Pickles, for serving (optional)
Chips, preferably potato, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 sandwich)

Calories
464
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
44 g
Sodium
772 mg
Cholesterol
38 mg
Protein
22 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from pastry cook Natasha Pickowicz and writer-comedian Alison Leiby.

Tested by G. Daniela Galarza.

Published March 10, 2026