How to Make the Best Cannabis Sandwich For National Sandwich Month

Do we even need a reason to celebrate the sandwich?

Maybe so. Sandwiches are pretty ordinary. We take them for granted because they’re so easy to make. Two slices of bread with some filler food — meat, cheese, peanut butter, ice cream, what-have-you– and viola! You got yourself a rockin’ sock ‘em sandwich.

But what if sandwiches didn’t exist? Of course, that’s crazy talk, but just imagine it. Take a second, close your eyes, and picture what your world would be like if you could never again sink your teeth into a giant, juicy samich. No more peanut butter and jelly. No more grilled cheese. No more hoagies. No more nothing!

Terrible! Awful! The stuff of nightmares! And that, friends, is why we should never take sandwiches for granted. So if August is indeed National Sandwich Month – which, in fact, it is — you’d best believe we’re going to honor that fact by showing you how to make the best cannabis sandwich.

So how’d we wind up with sandwiches anyways?

The sandwich is named after the eighteenth century English aristocrat John Montagu, otherwise known as the “fourth Earl of Sandwich.” The earl, as it turns out, was a huge gambler, and enjoyed long, uninterrupted hours of playing cards…to the point that he wouldn’t even take a meal break.

Sounds like he’d do well in Vegas – or not, depending on how good he was at cards. Did he at least get up to use the bathroom? Sheesh!

Anyways, to keep from starving to death at the card table, he’d ask his servants to bring him slices of meat wedged between two slices of bread. He picked up a reputation for this quirky dining habit, and according to legend, his friends began to order, “the same as Sandwich!” And boom! That’s how we got the sandwich!

The History of the Sandwich

But even though that’s how the sandwich originally got its name, the Earl of Sandwich wasn’t the first person to make use of this concept. Legend has it that the Jewish sage Hillel the Elder would wrap lamb meat inside of matzah bread during Passover and eat it that way – kind of like a wrap! And flatbreads have a long history of being used to scoop or wrap small amounts of food in parts of Western and South Asia and Northern Africa.

Making Cannabis Sandwiches

Now how exactly do you go about infusing cannabis into your sandwich?

The easiest, most straightforward way is to use a cannabis-infused condiment like

• Butter
• Coconut oil
• Mustard
• BBQ sauce

Once you’ve got your favorite condiment, you’re ready to get cracking. Now let’s move on to the recipes!

Grilled Cannabis Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

What You Need

• Two slices of bread
• 1-2 tablespoons of cannabis coconut oil
• Peanut butter
• Jelly (any flavor!)

How to Make It

• Place a pan over low-medium heat.
• Spread coconut oil on to one side of each bread slice.
• On the second side of each slice of bread, spread your peanut butter and jelly, respectively.
• Place one of the slices of bread into the pan with the coconut-oil side face down. Top this slice of bread with the other bread slice with the coconut oil side face up.
• Once the bottom piece is golden brown, flip the sandwich and cook the other side. Once both sides are toasted, your sandwich is ready!

Cannabis Grilled Cheese Sandwich

What You Need

• 2 slices of bread
• 1-2 tablespoons of cannabutter
• 1-2 slices of cheddar cheese

How to Make It

• Preheat your pan over low-medium heat.
• Spread cannabutter on one side of each slice.
• Place one slice of bread into the skillet with the butter side face down. Add the cheese slices.
• Butter the second slice of bread and place it on top of the cheese and bread already in the pan.
• Let it grill until it turns slightly brown then flip it over, grilling until the cheese is melted.

The Cannabis BLT Sandwich

(adapted from Tasting Table)

What You Need

• 2 slices of thickly cut, applewood bacon
• 1 large heirloom tomatoes
• Salt (to taste)
• Mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice
• Zest from half a lemon
• 2 slices of white bread
• 2 slices of butterhead lettuce
• 1 teaspoon of cannabutter

How to Make It

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place bacon strips on a baking sheet and let them cook for 8-10 minutes, until crisp
• Cut 1-2 tomato slices and sprinkle with salt
• Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice and zest in a bowl. Mix well.
• Add cannabis butter to one side of each bread slice.
• Preheat large pan to low-medium heat, then place the bread slices on the pan, butter-side down. Let the bread toast until it turns a crispy golden brown. When finished, place bread slices on a cool surface, butter-side down.
• Once your bacon is fully cooked, wrap it in a paper towel to absorb any residual grease.
• Spread lemon mayonnaise on the untoasted side of each bread slice. Then place tomatoes, bacon, and lettuce on one bread slice, then top it all off with the remaining piece of bread, butter-side up.

Cannabis Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich (serves 4)

(adapted from Taste of Home)

What You Need

• 1/4 cup of cannabis honey mustard
• 4 skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
• 4 sandwich buns
• 1 cup of shredded lettuce
• 8 thin slices of tomato

How to Make It

• Broil chicken 4 inches from the heat for 4-7 minute on each side. Temperature on a baking thermometer should read 170 degrees F. Brush the chicken occasionally with the honey mustard sauce while cooking.
• When the chicken is done, spread the remaining honey mustard sauce on the buns, then add chicken, lettuce and tomato!

The Cannabis Waffle Sandwich

The types of sandwiches you can make just by using cannabis-infused butter, coconut oil, honey mustard sauce, or BBQ sauce are virtually endlessly.

But have you ever had a waffle sandwich? How about a cannabis waffle sandwich?

If not, prepare to enter a world full of fresh, delectable, mouth-watering possibilities and flavors.

How to Make Cannabis Waffles

(adapted from Cloudy Kitchen)

What You Need

• 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup of cannabutter
• 4 teaspoons of baking powder
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of warm milk
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Waffle iron

How to Make Them

• Preheat the waffle iron
• Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a large mixing bowl
• In a second large mixing bowl, beat eggs, then stir in warm milk, cannabutter and vanilla extract. Beat this mixture until it is thoroughly blended.
• Pour contents of the first mixing bowl into the second bowl and mix well.
• Spoon the waffle mix into waffle iron to make your waffles.

This mixture should make between 5 and 6 waffles.

Now that you’ve got your waffles, let’s move on to some epic waffle sandwiches.

Grilled Ham and Cheese Cannabis Waffle Sandwich

(adapted from MyRecipes)

What You Need

• Cannabis waffles
• Dijon mustard
• Sliced deli ham
• Thinly sliced cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter

How to Make It

• Spread one side of each waffle with mustard and the other side with butter.
• Melt remaining butter in a skillet over medium heat. Place waffle in the skillet, butter-side down.
• Place ham and cheese on the skillet waffle, then top off with the remaining waffle, butter-side up.
• Cook until the cheese melts, and the waffle sides are golden, about 3-4 minutes on each side.

Blueberry Ricotta Cannabis Waffle Sandwich (serves 2)

(Adapted from Muscle & Fitness)

This recipe is both delicious and great for people trying to gain muscle weight!

What You Need

• 1 cup of ricotta cheese
• 1 cup of blueberries
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoon of almond butter
• 4 cannabis waffles

How to Make It

• Stir the ricotta, blueberries, honey and vanilla in a bowl.
• Spread almond butter and ricotta-berry mixture on two of the waffles.
• Top off with the remaining 2 waffles and slice in half.

Not gonna lie. Our mouths are already watering just thinking about these sandwiches. We hope yours are too.

We hope you enjoyed our post on how to make the perfect cannabis sandwich for National Sandwich Month! If you want to grab a hold of some cannabutter, cannabis coconut oil, honey mustard, or BBQ sauce, swing by any of our three locations — Las Vegas Strip, Tropicana West, and Henderson — and our dispensary consultants will help you out. Be sure to call us ahead of time to verify that we have these items in stock; they tend to go fast!

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