How to Make a Tasty Vegan Vegetable Panini

Do you like sandwiches? Of course you do. Who doesn't?

Well, next time you want a tasty hot sandwich with no meat or dairy products included, you can follow these easy steps to sandwich happiness.

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Step 1: Gather Equipment and Ingredients

Here are the things you will need:

Equipment
  pan to sautee the veggies in, preferably something somewhat deep with rounded sides
  pan to grill the sandwich on
  aluminum foil
  cast iron skillet (or something else that is heavy and has a flat bottom)
  wooden spoon
  knife
  spatula (not pictured)
  brush (not pictured)
  grater (not pictured)

Ingredients
  olive oil
  balsamic vinegar
  bread
  vegan mozzarella (We used Follow Your Heart, but there are plenty of options here.)
  pesto
  tomato
  red onion
  zucchini
  sweet bell pepper (we used an orange today, but yellow or red would also be fine)
  portobello mushrooms

CeruleanPhoenix says: Oct 23, 2011. 10:43 AM

This looks so delicious! Please share more of your yummy vegan recipes with us :)

edsobo (author) in reply to CeruleanPhoenixOct 24, 2011. 12:19 PM

Thanks for the props! I threatened to do write ups on our Thanksgiving spread last year, but November is such a crazy month, it got past me.

ship20 says: Jul 18, 2010. 11:56 AM

Thanks soo much for this instructable. I'm a vegetarian and I was looking for some ideas for a quick and healthy snack. This is def worth a try.

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pikagod says: Jan 6, 2011. 9:08 PM

I mean no disrepsect but what exactly is "vegan"? I understand the no meat part, but why? Vegetarians usually have different reasons and I'm curious, because I've never heard about this one....

edsobo (author) in reply to pikagodJan 7, 2011. 11:24 AM

Vegans don't eat meat, like vegetarians, but they also don't eat milk, eggs, honey or any other product that came from an animal. Like vegetarians, there are lots of different reasons ranging from simple preference to nutritional reasons to ethical objections to eating animal products.

Hope that helps. :)

xSTEVOx says: Jul 20, 2010. 6:09 AM

roycetaft says: Jul 18, 2010. 8:44 PM

I am not a vegan, but still I think this looks delicious. I, of course, would add shredded chicken and bacon. Oh! and cheese! :) wow.. I really make stuff unhealthy.

edsobo (author) in reply to roycetaftJul 19, 2010. 7:03 AM

The mushrooms really provide as much protein as this sandwich needs and vegan cheese is actually really good, depending on what brand you get. We've had the best luck with the Follow Your Heart stuff mentioned here and another brand called Daiya. The Follow Your Heart brand has a much milder flavor and is a little difficult to melt sometimes, but Daiya (which is actually our current favorite) has a really cheesy flavor and melts just like it should.

roycetaft in reply to edsoboJul 19, 2010. 10:12 PM

I should really try this. I am very out of shape and could use some healthy eating. My family doesn't exactly eat healthy.

pigpenguin says: Jul 19, 2010. 3:53 PM

Now if all vegan food was that good... I would go vegan haha

abbakus says: Jul 18, 2010. 8:51 AM

Ok, now I'm hungry :-) Nice instructables!

designguy5 says: Jul 18, 2010. 4:05 AM

Looks delicious!

kcls says: Jul 17, 2010. 10:41 AM

Good entry for the sandwich contest! Let me just suggest one thing: Move the 3rd picture in your last step to be your intro picture. That would make it all the more awesome!

edsobo (author) in reply to kclsJul 17, 2010. 11:46 AM

Whoops! Thought I'd done that. Thanks for the heads up.

kcls in reply to edsoboJul 17, 2010. 2:32 PM

You're welcome.