Susan's Big Wonderful Picnic Sandwich

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 loaf french bread
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tomato, sliced thinly, divided
• 4 slices provolone cheese
• 4 leaves lettuce
• 1/4 cup roasted red pepper, slices
• 1/2 cup grated carrot
• 4 slices deli turkey (deli-style)
• 1 medium red onion, sliced

Recipe

• 1 slice loaf horizontally, separate.
• 2 mix mayo and garlic; smear 1/3 over one of the bread halves.
• 3 layer half of the tomato slices over the mayo.
• 4 add cheese, lettuce, pepper slices, turkey, 1/2 of remaining dressing, carrots, onion, and remaining tomato slices.
• 5 spread remaining dressing over remaining bread.
• 6 put the bread back together, wrap tightly in plastic wrap or wax paper.
• 7 place wrapped sandwich on a bread board, put a plate on top of it, and something heavy on top of that--i use a cast iron frying pan (and press it down real firmly, too).
• 8 picnic idea: put sandwich in the bottom of your cooler, and weight it down with picnic stuff -- this will achieve the same results!