At the Oh Joy Office, we do something called “family meal” where each of us is assigned one day each week to make lunch for the whole team (I bring lunch on Fridays). It makes it easy to only have to worry about bringing lunch one day a week and then the other days you get to enjoy a surprise lunch that someone else put together. It’s a fun way for us all to think of recipes that are easy to reheat or make in the office with just a microwave and toaster oven! But more than anything, now we all sit down to lunch at the same time everyday and enjoy a meal together. Before this, we’d all eat at random times, pay way too much on takeout, and I’d often be eating at my desk or forgetting to eat…which is never good!

Our new crafting assistant, Jessica, made this sweet potato sandwich the other day for family meal, and we all loved it so much, I had to share the super easy recipe with you here today! I’m not even vegetarian, and I found this to be so good and so filling, too…

Sweet Potato Sandwich

Makes 2 to 3 sandwiches

You’ll need:

 – Sliced Sourdough Bread

– 3 tbs Olive Oil

– 2 tbs Balsamic Vinegar

– 1 tbs Honey

– Goat Cheese

– Shaved Parmesan Cheese

– 1 Roasted Sweet Potato

– Arugula or Baby Spinach

Here’s how:

1. Slice raw sweet potato into medallions about 1/4″ to 1/2″ in width. Drizzle with mixture of honey, olive oil, salt, pepper, and a dash of cayenne pepper (if you like a little spice).

2. Bake the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet at 350 for about 30 min, flipping periodically.

3. Toast sourdough slices. Then use goat cheese as spread on each side of bread, then drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Add arugula, sweet potatoes, shaved parmesan, and salt & pepper to taste.

You can turn it into a regular sandwich or an open-faced sandwich. Enjoy!

{Photos by Casey Brodley, styling by Julia Wester, recipe by Jessica Hong, plates by Oh Joy for Target, napkins from Poketo and Leif.}