Last week, when I was trying to plan the week’s menu and write my grocery list, I threatened that if I didn’t find some inspiration quickly, I was going to serve sandwiches all week. That in itself was all the inspiration I needed, and “Sandwich Week” was born. Now, I was actually threatening to serve cold sandwiches, but no one can run with a theme like I can, so I came up with seven sandwich-based dinners, and seven sandwich-themed desserts, as well!

We started with fish fillet sandwiches for dinner and classic ice cream sandwiches for dessert on Monday:

Night two was the classic American sandwich, the cheeseburger, plus fancy French macarons (a sandwich cookie), made by Ladybug for dessert:

We did have cold sandwiches one night, but I went with a whole sandwich bar theme, with lots of lunchmeat and cheeses, plus breads and spreads, and everyone built their own. I had turkey and gouda on potato bread with hot pepper jelly. And for dessert…well, have you ever noticed how many desserts claim to be pies but are actually sandwiches, like these oatmeal creme pies? Total soft sandwich cookie!

I love breakfast-for dinner, so of course we had breakfast sandwiches. Instead of making scrambled eggs, (which are notorious for escaping the sandwich), like I usually do, I made two six-egg omelettes, and cut each in thirds, making sandwich squares which worked out perfectly…I’ll definitely be using that trick in the future! Chickadee and I also made brownie ice cream sandwiches from The My Little Pony Baking Book for dessert:

You can’t have “Sandwich Week” without BLTs! I added more of my favorite hot pepper jelly to mine…it’s such a good addition to so many things! For dessert, we had the classic sandwich cookie, the Oreo, with a Halloween twist:

On Saturday, I decided that we also needed a special sandwich for lunch, so I made egg salad. We also had some leftover bacon in the fridge, and what goes better with eggs than bacon?

For our penultimate “Sandwich Week” dinner, we had our favorite chicken patties, and for dessert, I made another sandwich masquerading as a pie, pumpkin whoppie pies:

The last day of “Sandwich Week” featured what might be our family’s favorite sandwich, which we have come to call “Stitch’s Sandwiches”…pork tenderloin with Hawaiian BBQ sauce served on Hawaiian buns with bacon, sliced pepper jack, pineapple rings, and a spicy slaw. For dessert, I made my favorite German sandwich cookies, Spitzbuben, filled with strawberry jam:

This was a really fun theme that helped me plan out a week’s worth of dinners, but I’m not going to lie, in the end, it was quite a bit of work! I’ll have to remember that the next time I start making threats when I’m meal planning!