Ham and Sweet Onion Sandwiches

  By Curtrise Garner

  

  1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

  1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened

  1/4 teaspoon salt

  2 slices of a large, sweet onion such as a red or Vidalia onion

  2 slices whole-wheat bread

  1/3 pound thinly sliced cooked ham

  

  Finely chop parsley in a food processor, then add butter and salt and blend to a paste. Cut 2 ( 1/8 -inch-thick) slices crosswise from center of onion. Spread a portion of parsley butter on 1 side of each slice of bread. Arrange 1 onion slice on each of 2 bread slices and spread each with the remaining parsley butter, then top each piece of bread with the ham. Enjoy.

  Makes 1 sandwich.

  Per serving: 531 calories; 28 g fat (13 g saturated fat; 47 percent calories from fat); 30 g carbohydrates; 121 mg cholesterol; 3,139 mg sodium; 40 g protein; 5 g fiber.

  10 minutes

  10 minutes to make

  Curtrise Garner of Detroit writes about food, entertaining and etiquette. You can e-mail her at gourmetgroove123@aol.com.