The last few weeks I have been quite uninspired about what to put on sandwiches, seemingly doing an endless rotation of egg, tuna or cheese with tomato, lettuce or cucumber.
So I googled sandwich fillings and came up with some things it will be a cinch to whip up in the mornings:
How about grilled asparagus, lemon mayonnaise, pecorino and pepper?
Sliced eye fillet, fried egg, lettuce, cheese and aioli?
Or for a quick option "lightly floured and fried calamari" with aioli on a baguette
This one would travel nicely: Tuna melt with mozzarella, artichoke, caper, olive and parsley salad
for the budget option I could do lobster fingers with vanilla bean mayo, wild rocket and grilled prosciutto.
Do you think anyone would notice of the rocket wasn't wild foraged???
I suspect that many of those lunches are prepared by the au pair.
ReplyDeleteMind you I discovered early that there is nothing, but nothing you can swap for a liverwurst sandwich.
yes! i keep forgetting it
DeleteI can’t imagine anyoe noticing, Kylie. The sandwiches sound great but don’t forget about the vegan option.
ReplyDeletePeanut butter & sultanas is what I think of for vegan options! Seriously though, tofu is ok or some of the fake meats are very popular
DeleteSome of the fake meats are ok.
DeleteI think you appear in The Guinness Book of Records in the sandwich making section... and they told us that slavery had been abolished!
ReplyDeletehaha yea I'm probably a sucker!
DeleteI did tell one sullen person to eff off and get their own lunch last week. Apparently I almost got a standing ovation
DeleteI loved as a child pineapple and Miracle Whip Sandwiches along with a boiled egg that I peeled myself. My favorite was a peanut butter, Miracle Whip, and banana sandwich. In the US, there is a move for teachers to remove sandwiches from a child if the teacher deems it is not healthy. Beware.
ReplyDeleteWhen I made hamburgers on the grill outdoors, I made one for each of the three children to take to school the next day. I was a hero on those days!
I have been known to cook extra sausages for sandwiches, they are very popular.
DeletePineapple and miracle whip is something I haven't heard of but I was considering pineapple with cheese today
You are far more adventurous than I am as a sandwich maker. I tend to be very traditional and prefer to use left overs if any in the refrigerator and if nothing is available, egg and mayo or cheese slices with green vegetables etc will be my limit.
ReplyDeleteI won't actually make any of these, Ramana. They sound delicious but too time consuming, not to mention expensive
DeleteI remember taking sandwiches to school but I don't remember what was in them. Beef , pork or ham when it was left from a meal? Maybe jam? No lettuce and tomato for us as we didn't have any.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason jam or peanut butter don't seem good enough any more. They were when I went to school!
DeleteI was a very uninspired sandwich maker in my time and so glad I don't have to do it anymore! A favourite of my daughter's was half a pita pocket filled with tuna or flaked chicken/turkey with tahini and sprouts. Mmmm my mouth is watering!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good! I bought seeds to sprout for sandwiches but I had a couple of failed batches and lost motivation. I won't say I gave up because I have sprouted things with great success in the past, I know I can do it!
DeleteMust try again
Ha ha! It is hard to find a new sandwich option. When our kids were in school fortunately they came home for lunch, but it's been sandwiches for my husband for the past thirteen years (but who's keeping track). He tells me to just make anything because they are all old hat now. So I've given up agonizing and just do the usual (egg, tuna, cheese) and also chicken, ham, or bologna on occasion. I would send leftovers for him to heat but we never have the right amount of leftovers! Either there is enough for another full meal or there isn't enough for a lunch. If I didn't make him a sandwich he wouldn't eat. Is that a factor in your continued involvement, as well?
ReplyDeleteoh boy! leftovers are another whole essay, right?
Deletealso, yes they would forget to eat or just eat garbage if I didnt feed them and I might as well help out, it's not like I'm rushed off my feet
DeleteLeftovers might make a good post!
DeleteI just remembered a combination I had at a little cafe a few years ago - hummus and sliced cucumber on homemade bread. It was tasty and vegetarian.
ReplyDeleteI keep looking at the hummous in the fridge and thinking it might be nice or it might be soggy.....
DeleteA thin layer of butter or vegan butter on each slice would solve that problem right quick :)
Delete"Do you think anyone would notice of the rocket wasn't wild foraged???"
ReplyDeleteOh, definitely. So no slacking off, now! :)
Let me know the best place to get wild rocket and I'll meet you out there! I'll need someone to pick me up when I slide down a river bank or even just trip on my own feet
DeleteI am with Jennifer. If using rocket it must be foraged, preferably under the light of a full moon by virgins!
ReplyDeletecan we substitute iceberg?
DeleteWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???? No Vegemite? What happened to good old peanut butter and jelly? I took lunches from home for years and although both my parents worked they wouldn't let me make my own lunch. I did once; 3 candy bars and a a dime to buy two chocolate milks. One of the nuns called that night--to the shame and horror of my parents!
ReplyDeleteI have done Vegemite! it's no sandwich for a young man, though.
DeleteI guess the nuns weren't keen on candy :)
I think my mother had the right idea. If I wanted sandwiches when I'd left school (I generally stayed for school dinners because I lived too far away to travel home for lunch) I had to make them myself. If I didn't want to make sandwiches then I either bought them (we had 'sandwich shops' which made them fresh to order when I was a young man) or went out for lunch at a café in the city (I worked in the city centre).
ReplyDeleteSandwich shops are one of my fond memories of the employed (rather than self employed) life!
DeleteI never had sandwiches when I was at school, lunch was always provided by the school. I only developed a sandwich habit when I was at work and I was too short of cash to have a cooked lunch so I bought a sandwich. Then sandwiches got expensive so I brought my own sandwiches to work - and still do. Nowadays they're just peanut butter.
ReplyDeletepeanut butter gets a bit boring but it can be hard to think of a variety of vegetarian sandwiches, I know cos I have tried!
DeleteI wonder how many American kids would even eat packaged lunches.
ReplyDeleteDo most American kids have school lunches? I was under the impression it wasn't universal?
DeletePublic schools serve lunch, but kids can bring their own lunch.
DeleteYes, and many of them get free lunches because they're below the poverty line.
Delete"Public schools serve lunch, but kids can bring their own lunch."
DeleteOf course, but I don't recall ever seeing anyone do so, both when I was a student and a teacher. The acceptance of school lunches is helped by the fact that they're cheap even when a kid has to pay for them, and they're easier on parents because there's no preparation involved. It might also be a factor that kids hate standing out, which they would do if they bought their own lunches. I spent my time as a teacher in Mississippi, and I had very few students who paid for their lunches, partly because schools take the word of parents that they're too poor to buy their kids' lunches.
It's amazing how one little post can make you so hungry.
ReplyDeleteNext time I'll do something about chocolate and then you'll know what hungry is!
DeleteI love a good BLT, but I never had sandwiches at school. Now I'm hungry too!
ReplyDeleteBLT is delicious! I have never ever thought to make it for a packed lunch
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