Alternative to sandwiches

Flageolet beans mixed with tuna in vinaigrette. You can throw in tomatoes & spring onions/shallots and some shrubbery on the side, if you find that green is necessary.

I rather like a sandwich but that is because I don’t eat one every day for lunch. and I’ve started to notice that I don’t feel that good after eating too much …this can depend on the type of bread though.
I have started to notice too (after all these years) that eating Weetabix, and Shreaded Wheat gives me the same feeling.
Still love cornflakes and porridge though.

Back to packed lunches what about scotch eggs and “nice” mayo or pork pie and pickles/chutney, or samosas, or a wide-neck flask with hot meat or veg soup/stews and a chunk of bread?

I feel much better if I don’t eat bread, but then slip back into eating it. I wish there was somewhere local that I could get good sourdough from. I’m currently replacing bread with rice cakes.

Join ChatGPT and ask it for ideas.

I’ve just joined and it has supplied me with a list of meals - 3 a day with snack less than 1400 cals for an 80 year old. Even gives you a shopping list.

I like a bunch of deli "Stuff" in the bento box things. Lots of small boxes with a fitted lid to keep everything separated during travel just as you packed it.

Hummus and carrots, pasta salad, fruit all chopped and ready to eat, crackers and dip, salads with dressing separate until time to eat. If you want something hot, get a really good thermos so nothing cools to much YUK. I have had to pack a lunch for 40 years and I don't often have sandwiches, but I still like a good PBJ. I like to make my sandwiches in tortilla wraps. They don't seem to be as messy when I get around to eating them....

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