The sandwich is a lunch staple that always satisfies, whether you slather bread with peanut butter and jelly or stack sourdough with Provolone and smoked turkey. It makes a fast, filling and delicious meal, and one you can custom build every time. Prefer more mayo? Go for it! Wanna skip the sauerkraut on your Reuben? We won’t tell!

That’s all to say: the sandwich is well near perfect. So we hope you’ll consider our Curried Chickpea Salad Sandwich less an improvement on this ideal food (how could there be one?) and more a humble contribution to the storied sandwich tradition. That said, it’s a phenomenal sandwich, if we do say so ourselves.

The creamy mayo base is flavored with a turmeric-forward spice blend, which is savory, earthy and comforting. It gives the salad a brilliant yellow hue, too, so it’s as pretty to look at (or post to social media) as it is delicious to eat. Then we packed the salad with fresh fixings like celery, green onion, raisins and pistachios, giving it the sweetness and crunch you’d expect from a chicken salad while keeping it vegetarian. Fresh cilantro and juicy-sweet tomatoes add a brightness, and toasted L&B Artisan Minnesota Nice Multigrain Artisan Bread and crispy spinach add another layer of texture.

The salad only takes 10 minutes to whip up, so it’s almost as quick and easy as stacking up cold cuts, and you can customize it anyway you like. Add more tomato slices or skip them entirely. Double the amount of spinach. Be scandalous and don’t toast the bread — although we highly suggest you do. The crispy multigrain slices with the creamy, slightly chewy salad is unforgettable.