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Sandwich fillers
Fed up with boring sandwiches? Try some of these filler ideas for a change!
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Preparation
Egg mayo
2 eggs
mayonnaise
mustard
black pepper (to taste)
chives (or cress)
Tuna mayo
198g tuna in spring water (1x tin), drained
red onion, finely chopped
100g sweetcorn (1/2 small tin), drained
mayonnaise
Crab style filler
crab sticks
apple, chopped
mayonnaise
black pepper (to taste)
Coronation chicken
cooked chicken, chopped
mayonnaise
mild curry powder
mango chutney
sultanas (or chopped apricots or sweetcorn - optional)
Brie & cranberry
cranberry sauce
rocket
brie
Egg mayo
Hard boil the eggs - once boiled, peel off the shell and mash with a fork
Mix in the mayo, mustard and black pepper to taste
Serve on white buttered bread - so simple, so delicious!
Tuna mayo
Drain the tuna and mix with the mayonnaise
Add the finely chopped red onion and sweetcorn
Crab style filler
Cut the crab sticks into small pieces - the smaller the better
Dice the apple into small pieces
Mix the crab and the apple with mayonnaise and season with black pepper
Coronation chicken
Mix the cooked, chopped chicken with some mayonnaise
Add a sprinkle of mild curry powder and mango chutney - taste
Chuck in a few sultanas - if using
Brie & cranberry
Spread bread with cranberry sauce, top with rocket salad and sliced brie
Can be served cold or hot - toasted like a panini
You will need
Sandwich lunch box - And for taking your tasty sandwiches on-the-go we higly recommend this one from Sistema. You can find it at Amazon for £2.49.
Variations
Some more simple ideas:
Meat - wafer thin cooked meats, cubed chicken/turkey breast with tomato and lettuce, ham and cheese, roast chicken & houmous, leftover cold meats (chicken, turkey, meatloaf, sausages etc) with salad, chicken and mashed avocado, cold BLT
Fish - tuna mayo & sweetcorn, tuna salad, sardine and tomato, fish paste and cucumber
Veggie - grated cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, Quorn slices and salad, cottage cheese with pineapple, cheese and grated carrot with a little mayo, veggie sausages, vegetarian pate with cucumber, cheese and coleslaw, egg salad/egg mayo, cheese and pickle/chutney, marmite
Sweet - high-fruit jam/fruit spread, nut-free chocolate spread, honey, treacle, lemon curd
Reviews
Polly L(45)
★★★★★DD loves basic cheese & ham, but I make a posh version for myself with parma ham, salami & gruyere - soooo good!
Reviewed on 25/11/21
Guest
★★★☆☆My DD2 is 4 and allergic to egg. almost all of these fillings contain egg in some form. She can be quite a fussy eater and when eggs are taken out of the equation i feel like im really limited as to what i can try her with :-(
Reviewed on 21/01/15