Good morning everyone! We hope you all had a great holiday and are ready to get back to normal life. Even though today is Thursday, it sure does feel like Monday to me.
Today’s Topic: Hubby will be packing his lunch for work more often this year and that means he will be packing a lot of sandwiches. I would love to hear about your favorite sandwich and please give me some fresh ideas on how to keep things interesting with his lunch?
I am a classic girl and I just like one or two pieces of lunch meat, some tomato, cheese and a little lettuce. I am not a huge cold sandwich eater but I do love hot sandwiches from time to time.
Hubby gets bored easily with just lunch meat and cheese. He doesn’t do peanut butter and jelly at all…he thinks that is for kids! He is not a shy eater and will try almost anything at least once.
So…let me hear your sandwich ideas!!! Got any strange combinations, favorites, classics, etc. I want to hear it all so I can make a list and try them out on my “test subject” husband! hahaha!
If we get enough response to this post, I will compile a master list of the ideas and publish on the blog so that others can print it out.
Chicken strips and patties also work…if he likes that he can use Ranch, BBQ, or Buffalo sauces for the condiment. Sometimes just doing flavored pickles or adding spices change it up. My daughter likes to add garlic to her sandwiches. There’s always tuna with frito chips, or a friend of mine likes turkey sandwiches with crushed cool ranch doritos. Grilled cheese with ham or tomato or apricot preserves can also be good. Does he like breakfast sandwiches…eggs and bacon are great alternatives. Use any meatloaf for meatloaf sandwiches.
For a change You could try to add hummus to his sandwich or other vegetarian items such as tofu (perhaps fried) and veggie burgers. You could also give him crackers on the side with all sorts of dips or wrap his meat in kale or or greens. If there is no microwave handy he could carry soups or stews in a thermos. You could stuff a potato or pepper or zucchini. If you like any of these I could give more details
I find that the same fillings can seem a lot more interesting if they’re served on different types of breads, like tortilla wraps, pita pockets, “bagel thin” rolls, etc.
One of my favorite sandwiches is turkey on raisin bread that’s been spread with a little butter (or spreadable butter substitute). The raisin bread takes good old turkey to a whole new level.
Hubby has been adding a lot of guacamole to some of his sandwiches and wraps. Its a good thing that we both love guac and use it quite often.
One that I have been making recently is a tuna fish wrap with tuna salad, finely chopped pickles, lettuce, tomatoes and shredded cheese. Hubby has been trying out fish wraps with beer battered fish fillets (chopped up), lettuce, tomato, cheese and onions.
I will try this idea thanks.
What idea Rochelle? I posted a question asking for sandwich ideas. Do you have one that you typically enjoy?
Oooh! I am so happy to share my husband’s and my latest favorite: Holiday Guacamole Wrap! Take a bit of chopped onion (1/4 cup) and a handful (1/2 cup) of fresh cranberries and pulse them in the food processor for a bit until chunky. Then add some salt, pepper and the flesh of one large avocado and pulse until guacamole-ish – you want some avocado chunks. Split a whole-wheat pita in half so you have 2 rounds, dump half of the avocado mix on each round evenly and roll up. Yum-oh!
I make a FAT BLT, but then I add Danish Blue Cheese (only Danish will do, it has a flavor way better than the French). Then I add some garlic nuggets to mayo, and slather that on. SO good! Sometimes I make a triple decker out of it. I could eat this 3 times a day with no problem at all ! (Ocaasionally a drop of red onion goes on.) Yummy! And I agree with your husband about PB&J….to me that’s not even a kid’s meal, but an after school snack.