You guys are going to shun me for this next statement… I do NOT love Thanksgiving dinner. *Zach quickly slams the door in the face of a thousand mobsters with pitchforks and torches screaming for his execution* Â Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Give me a second to explain! So growing up my dad enjoyed turkey dinner so much that we had it at least 2-3 times a month. Let’s see, I lived with my parents for 18+ years… so… add in all my Thanksgivings… that’s… yeah, more than 75 turkey dinners! I totally got sick of it! Now, granted, I won’t turn away any meal and I do actually enjoy turkey dinner to some extent, but it’s not my favorite.
With that bomb-shell out of the way, once upon a time I discovered The Pilgrim. What’s The Pilgrim, you ask? The Pilgrim is a wonderful sandwich made by Great Harvest in Logan, Utah. The Pilgrim somehow manages to pack all of the flavors of Thanksgiving into ONE sandwich. It was a perfect compromise for my lack of enthusiasm for turkey dinners! I know I enjoy sandwiches… I know I like turkey… I love stuffing… hmm… let’s just stick it all into a sandwich! For whatever reason, I absolutely LOVE this sandwich and could eat it every single day of the week (yes, yes, even though I’m not huge on turkey dinner). You can find the ingredients of the original here.
Now, they have some fantastic ingredients that I can’t quite replicate, but I did my best to clone the sandwich with stuff you can get anywhere (especially since I now live 435 miles away and can’t buy that awesome bread). This recipe should make around 6 sandwiches. Here it is!
Thanksgiving Sandwich
Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce
- 2 Tbsp spicy mustard
- 12 slices Sandwich bread I used ciabatta rolls, but you can use any good, moist bread
- 1 lb sliced turkey
- 1 ripe tomato sliced
- 1/2 red onion sliced
- 1 package Stove Top stuffing prepared
Instructions
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Prepare the special-turkey-dinner-sandwich-sauce by combining the cream cheese, cranberry sauce, and spicy mustard. Mix together thoroughly.
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Next, coat each slice of bread with about a tablespoon of the sauce. Assemble your Thanksgiving sandwich by adding 1/6th of the remaining ingredients to each sandwich. You will probably end up having way more stuffing than you need, which is great for leftovers!
Don’t worry I don’t really like Thanksgiving dinner either. 🙂 But, that sandwich looks delicious! I may have to try it out. Megan
wow that sandwich looks fantastic. anything with cream cheese is A OK with me!
That looks really good and hubby is looking forward to one of those after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I neglected to tell him we’re having honey baked ham. Might have to roast a turkey for Christmas this year.
Zach!!! I love your guts!! Thanks so much for the heads up about the blog post about the Pilgrim. I even pinned it:) If you don’t mind I’m going to reference your blog post on my blog. Hey and the next time you’re in town, stop by and introduce yourself and I’ll treat you to a Pilgrim. Great blog by the way. I’ll be checking back frequently:)
I don’t like Thanksgiving dinner either, but I love it in sandwich form. There are two sub shops in Las Vegas that offer this kind of sandwich and one of them offers it year round. It’s a glorious thing.