Chicken Pesto Sandwich

*please pin from original recipe, thanks!*

I was hoping to be back today with a photo-liscious post of our anniversary trip to Fredericksburg but after driving, Mother(-in-law’s) Day dinner, and unpacking it was way too late to delve into all of it.  So Wednesday will be the day for that! (hint: there’s LOTS of food pictures…shocking)

So until then, I am sharing this awesome lunch-time recipe for a Chicken Pesto Sandwich from DamnDelicious (yup!).  I am always looking for simple salad-ish things that don’t take much mealtime prep for work and going out in the field and this worked perfect.

But, this was really “Turkey Pesto Sandwich” for me.  I used a rotisserie turkey breast instead of chicken as I usually do.  They have more meat on them and less bones to pick through than the whole chickens.  Instead of working up like a chicken or ham salad with everything mixed at once, this one calls for making up the pesto and the “chicken” mix separately.  Yes, I had to used pizza parmesan, I forgot to get a good chunk to shred :/  It would have taken it from really really good to whoa! if I had had it I’m sure.

I made a sandwich as the recipe instructs but since this was made specifically to take out in the field for lunches, I mixed in the rest of the pesto with the chicken afterwards so it would just be one container instead of two.

I made a few of these last week while we were out doing some beach surveys and they were awesome, they had gotten even better the day or two after I think.  It makes such a difference to have something a little extra “gourmet” out there instead of a protein bar or a PB&J :)