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Delicious Sandwich Recipes

Girl eating sandwich
Sneakys baby and child nutrition

1. Meat the Middle East bagel

Cut a bagel in half, spread with cream cheese, hummus and baba ghanouj, add thinly sliced cucumbers and tomato and if you can a falafel.

2. Britannia garden rolls

Slice piping fresh wholemeal rolls in half, apply a little mayonnaise or soy-mayonnaise, and fill with thinly sliced radishes, English cucumber, English Spinach leaves and fresh or dried dill.

3. Power up

Place the following on a wholewheat flatbread roll or Mexican tortilla: avocado, sliced cheese, alfalfa sprouts, sliced tomato, and a sprinkling of dried parsley, basil, and oregano.

4. Sweet cheeks

Spread cashew or almond paste on the inside of a pita. Add fresh sliced pear (dip into some lemon water to prevent browning) or use a sugar free jam.

5. Genki Asian vegetarian treat

Sauté firm tofu, ginger, and Asian greens (Chinese cabbage, bok choy, etc.) in oil and salt-reduced soy sauce until tender. Add to inside of a pita spread lightly with avo.

6. Avocado Sandwich

Wholewheat bread/multigrain
1 small avocado peeled
1 slice of turkey, chicken or ham
1 small tomato
Add any other vegetable or mushrooms

7. French folly baguette

Cut crusty French bread or baguette in half lengthwise, brush with olive oil, spread on some avocado, fill with thin slices of cheddar cheese and a sprinkling of fresh salad leaves.

8. Baked Tuscan delight

Fill wholegrain bread or rolls with leftover baked vegetables – red peppers, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and sweet potato. Drizzle with cold pressed olive oil and fresh herbs.

9. Mexican wrap

Mix leftover cooked beans, cheese, chopped fresh tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, and chopped fresh basil in a wrap.

10. Vegie dog

Layer a bread roll with cream cheese and avocado, pop a slightly heated vegetarian sausage into the roll add sauces as an option.

11. Vegie-packed salmon salad sandwich

(or dip, or spread, eg. toast pita bread and use it as a dip).
150g can of salmon in water
2 tbsp  mayo
1/3 to 1/2 of a cucumber, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 round wholewheat pita (or 2 pockets)

Combine chopped vegies, mayo and salmon.
Can be spread on pita, stuffed in pockets, or toast bread and use as dip (delicious, healthy, and filling!).


Sensible lunch box tips

With all good ideas there are of course some ‘teething problems’.  You will find a great snack or sandwich idea only to discover that it comes home soggier than your dish sponge: ‘Ugh! I wouldn’t have eaten either!’ you may say.  So here are some tips and tricks that may just help. Fore-warned is forearmed.

  • When using filling that has high moisture content such as tomato, mayonnaise, mustard, salad dressing etc., place between two pieces of lettuce or another ingredient that will hopefully prevent soiling.
  • To cut down on plastic and waste, buy a lunchbox that is airtight so you don’t have to wrap food.
  • Such lunchboxes also allow you to make sandwiches the night before and store in the fridge. They will stay as fresh as if they were in the bread bag.
  • Using these will mean that you can wrap a sandwich in paper towel, for example, so that your child can clean their fingers afterwards.
  • Place lunchboxes and drink bottles into an insulated lunch bag to keep cool.
  • Freeze water bottles (don’t forget not to fill them to the very top to allow the liquid to swell) and place them in the lunchbox or bag to keep lunches cool all day.
  • Alternatively use a frozen brick (water container).
  • Try to chill cooked foods such as egg, bolognaise etc. before packing (the zone for bugs to start is 50ºC to 60ºC – avoid this is the temperature range as far as possible).
  • Encourage children to swish their water around their mouths after eating to briefly wash their teeth.
  • Add a piece of sliced cheese to lunches, especially when you have included something a little naughty. Cheese will help to protect teeth from decay.
  • Bushing teeth after meals is great – if you can get your little one to slow down for that long!
  • Don’t give you child nuts or foods that need supervision if you are unsure whether they are being watched over while they eat.
  • Peel a pear and soak in water that has the juice of ½ a lemon for a few minutes, it wont go brown.

Nice and nutritious

Remember, where possible; try to balance meals and lunchboxes so they have something from each food group. Also remember to keep changing what you put into it each day.  As well as providing carbohydrate, protein and healthy fat, this will ensure a diverse range of nutrients.  The food groups are:

  • Bread, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles
  • Vegetables and legumes
  • Fruit
  • Milk, yoghurt, cheese and fish
  • Meat, poultry, eggs, nuts and legumes

For example, a wholemeal sandwich with turkey, cucumber and cheese, a frozen orange, carrot sticks and yoghurt covers all the bases.

 

This information has been provided by Leanne Cooper from Sneakys baby and child nutrition. Leanne is a qualified nutritionist and mother of two very active boys.