The dining hall food is amazing. I can grab a decent meal whenever I want to, and I’m also amazed by the dessert, salad bar, sandwich bar and toast. However, after eating the dining hall food for more than two months, I’m craving some new variations. I hope this article encourages you to make the best out of the dining hall sandwich bar. These are three toast or sandwich recipes that you can make with the ingredients in the dining hall. 

Peanut butter & apple sandwich

The combination of peanut butter and apple is marvelous. Just grab an apple from the fruit bar and use the bread and peanut butter in the toast bar in the dining hall. 

Total time: five minutes

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread
• ½ apple
• 2 spoons of peanut butter

Directions

1. Put two slices of bread in the toaster for two minutes 
2. Cut ½ apple into thin slices
3. Add peanut butter to a slice of bread
4. Add sliced apples to that bread
5. Put the other slice of bread on top
6. Cut the sandwich in half and enjoy! 

BLT sandwich

This recipe pulls the best out of the sandwich bar. It’s a healthy and gourmet way to eat a sandwich, and all of the ingredients can be hunted down at the salad bar, toast bar and sauce bar. 

Total time: five minutes

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread
• 1 spoon of butter
• 1 spoon of strawberry jam
• 2 leaves of lettuce
• 2 slices of tomato
• 3 slices of  ham instead of bacon (you can also grab bacon on Saturday and Sunday brunch in the dining hall)
• 1 slice of cheese
• mayonnaise 
• ketchup (optional)

Directions

1. Put two slices of bread in the toaster for three minutes
2. Add butter on the outside of the slices of bread
3. Add mayonnaise on the inside of one slice of bread
4. Add strawberry jam on the inside of the other slice of bread
5. For the mayonnaise side, put one slice of lettuce, ham/bacon and cheese on the bread
6. For the strawberry jam side, put the other slice of lettuce and tomato on the bread
7. Add ketchup inside the bread (optional)
8. Cut the sandwich in half and enjoy!

Chocolate & banana sandwich

This recipe is one of the best ways to enjoy chocolate. Just grab a banana from the fruit bar, use the bread in the toast bar and buy a chocolate bar in the cub market or Golden Bear Cafe with your flex dollars. 

Total time: five minutes 

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread
• 1 banana
• ½ chocolate bar
• 1 spoon of peanut butter

Directions

1. Put the ½ chocolate bar in a bowl and melt it by putting it in the microwave for one minute
2. Cut a banana into thin slices
3. Add the melted chocolate to one slice of bread 
4. Add the peanut butter to the other slice of bread
5. Add sliced bananas on top
6. Cut in half and enjoy! 

If you’re tired of eating the same food, try these easy and delicious recipes with the given ingredients in the dining hall. Just tap your Cal-1 ID card and enjoy free sandwiches!