IS THERE LIFE AFTER BREAD?

[moreless]

So many people struggle to come up with ideas for lunches, when they decide to reduce the amount of bread they eat. No longer can the humble sandwich fill the gap. But have no fear, there's definitely life after bread and I'm here to give you some ideas.

My list is short, compared to the endless possibilities and I hope you'll all chip in with your ideas and favourites.

My pictures described (top left to bottom right) I apologise for the quality! They always look fine until I put them on here!

1. Lettuce boats - using the leaves of little gem lettuce to hold the filling, rather than bread. Mine have scrambled egg and tomato and tuna and cucumber, but honestly, you're only limited by your imagination.

2. Egg wraps - thin omelettes stuffed with whatever you fancy, rather than wraps. Mine have cheese, ham and tomato and salmon and cream cheese with garlic and herbs.

3. Dips and crudites - I have cream cheese, pate, guacamole and hummus.

4. Selection of spicy meats, cheeses, olives and pickles.

5. Soup - any kind, mine just happens to be chunky beef and vegetable.

6. Salad - not just a couple of lettuce leaves with a few slices of tomato and cucumber, but an explosion of taste, texture and colour. See just how much variety you can get into it.

7. Roasted veg - add some crumbled feta, smoked mackerel, or whatever you like.

8. Crustless quiche/omelette/egg muffins, with any filling.

9. Meat loaf - which can be sliced and eaten cold.

All of these suggestions can be packed up and taken to work with you. Find a selection of cheap containers, with individual compartments and nothing needs to get ruined en route. A wide necked flask for leftovers is a good investment and if you have access to a microwave, you're laughing, because you can batch cook, freeze and zap.

You can find the recipes for coleslaw and mayo, my soup, egg muffins and meatloaf in the Recipe section of Topics, along with many, many others.

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Let's just see how many brilliant ideas we can come up with

[Lytham 3 stone]

Where's my knife and fork????

Might even pick a couple of those over my beloved Scotch eggs ! x

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Lytham]

I just wish we could add pictures to replies.

I had a feeling you might mention scotch eggs

[Lytham 3 stone in reply to moreless]

Ha ha ! Do you have a spare room to rent? x

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Lytham]

LOL!

[Nomash]

My daughter makes some very nice low carb flat bread (very very nice flat bread) they go particularly well with left over curry for lunch. I like to add in some salad for extra crunch.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Nomash]

That sounds good, Nomash

It would be great if you could post a recipe, particularly if you have a picture, then we can all have a go

[Nomash in reply to moreless]

Oo! Now you're asking. I am willing, more than willing. But able?

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Nomash]

You can do it, it's really easy

[Nomash in reply to moreless]

It will be separate to this though won't it because I can't post a picture as a reply.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Nomash]

That's right, then you can just put a link on here, so that it's easy for everyone to find

[Juppy]

Thanks so much for sharing! Such great options! Way better than the humble sandwich!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Juppy]

Thanks Juppy, any ideas that you have to add?

[Juppy in reply to moreless]

My favourite are leftovers from a diet doctor keto recipe! Keto pizza does nicely! But if I don’t have leftovers I tend to buy something out or make a salad or omelette at home. I will definitely want to try these out!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Juppy]

Pizza slices would make a great lunch on the move

[Lytham 3 stone]

The Scotch egg can't be left out! lol x

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[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Lytham]

Definitely not!!

[Hidden]

This is brilliant. I’d like to steer my husband to lower carb but he is very dependent on taking sandwiches to work.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Hidden]

My hubby takes all of the above to work and prefers it to sandwiches now. Not all at the same time, mind you

[Hidden in reply to moreless]

I think he isn’t quite in the LCHF place yet. He eats LCHF for supper with me but I think I’ll need a couple of months & another stone off me to persuade him. Then I think he’ll be up for shrinking his tum in the same way.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Hidden]

Softly softly catchee monkey

[Hidden in reply to moreless]

Yep

[Hidden in reply to moreless]

Love your profile pic btw

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Ooh, what a spread!

I've never liked wraps, always thought it was like eating a face cloth but those thin omelette ones look great. I probably wouldn't have them at home but for a packed lunch. I made a meatloaf this week and that will do ages - with hot veg or a salad.

Now I just have to find where among my enormous pile of bookmarks to save this

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

I've never liked ordinary wraps either, these are much nicer

LOL! It's not so bad putting something in, it's less easy finding it again!

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to moreless]

It's in the LCHF folder so it's in good company

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

Perfect!

[Smithy999 in reply to BridgeGirl]

Meatloaf sounds a great idea, what recipe do you use?

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Smithy999]

Just my own, Smithy999. healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

[Smithy999 in reply to moreless]

Fabulous, thank you 😊

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Smithy999]

You're very welcome, I hope you enjoy it

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Smithy999]

It's great for freezing

[Hidden]

Loved this! Very inspirational!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Beee

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Never need a sandwich for lunch again!!

All fabulous ideas that look a lot tastier than 2 slices of bread with potted meat spread on them!!!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Steelad, but it's funny how we get stuck with an idea and can't seem to think outside the box

[IndigoBlue61]

Brilliant post 😊. That’s my meals sorted for the next few days! 😊

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to IndigoBlue61]

Thanks IB, I hope you enjoy them

[Gizmocat Moderator 13kg Maintainer]

Ooh! Some yummy lunch ideas. I get stuck for different things for lunch. I'll be trying some of these.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Gizmocat]

Oh that's good Gizmocat, glad to have been able to help

[19sunflower]

Hi moreless

Totally love lots of these options and great to see them all in one place and have one's memory refreshed. Yummyyyy👍

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to 19sunflower]

I'm glad they've been helpful, 19sunflower

[TheAwfulToad Visitor]

Not sure how I missed this. Just posting a reply to bump the thread up to the top - more people need to see it!

It's funny how much of British life revolves around sandwiches (made with sliced white "bread", of course, and often crammed down in 10 minutes at your desk). What we need, I reckon, is a revival of proper lunchtimes - the way the French and the Spanish do it. Just taking the time out to eat some actual food at midday instead of the fastest possible option must surely do some good for the national health and stress level.

Of course, if you're an LCHF adherent, lunch is probably going to be no more than a cup of coffee and a scotch egg, cos you just aren't hungry

[Joliv61 Visitor]

Bread and pasta are my Achilles heels..especially bread..so this makes for interesting reading. Thanks.

[DenLawley]

I have the omelette filled with tomato, onions peppers and bacon medallions or ham x then have side serving of salad it’s really filling x

[Racheller]

You are very creative 😊

Love this post

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Racheller]

Thank you Racheller

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Thanks again for this, moreless. I've been sharing this post recently so I thought I'd add a couple of things to it.

Poached egg on courgette: I slice the courgette diagonally, quite thick, fry in olive oil or butter on a griddle pan to give it some stripes, add a few chilli flakes and then poached egg on the top.

I used to be a big sandwich eater (every way you can put those words together) but now my lunch is usually egg-based, particularly frittata. My favourite is red onion, red pepper (or any colour I have in), chorizo, halved cherry tomatoes, a couple of eggs, topped with cheddar and finished off under the grill

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

I know what you mean, BG, I could eat anything between two slices of bread

Nice editions! Poached egg on griddled courgette/aubergine/butternut squash/avocado is deeelishus!

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to moreless]

I'll try aubergine

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

Here's another recipe I shall be trying dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto...

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to moreless]

That looks great, and very easy. I thought at first it said five cheeses but it was five ingredients

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

5 cheeses would be good too!

[Rhys00]

is there a recipe for egg warps? kinda want to try this. is it good cold?

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Rhys00]

The egg wraps are just very thin one egg omelettes. Beat the egg with a little milk, salt and pepper, then fry. They are good cold.

[Rhys00 in reply to moreless]

What size pan? Only got a big one

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Rhys00]

That's fine.

[Sleepy101 Restart April 2024]

I used to love a salad for lunch I need to get motivated to actually Prepare for lunch at work the next day. I used to do it! Given me some inspiration

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Sleepy101]

I'm glad to have been able to help

[SquirrelNutkin Healthy BMI]

I have just been given this link by Subtle_badger in the Healthy Eating Forum when I was asking about picnic lunches, and it is so good I thought I would bump it up the feed here for people who might not have seen it or forgotten it.

[CheecheeJ]

Great Post with some good ideas. I like the sound of egg wraps. I've just discovered sweet potato flatbreads. They also make a good pizza base. I followed the recipe from slimmingeats.com.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to CheecheeJ]

Hi and welcome, CheecheeJ

I love egg wraps, but I find sweet potatoes rather high in carbs, here's my pizza recipe healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

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[CheecheeJ in reply to moreless]

I just saw the heading life after bread and thought yes sweet potato flatbreads are that. Thank you for the recipe.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

I'm just bumping this up the newsfeed as I often share it with people and it deserves to be seen

My latest favourite frittata is courgette, mint and goat's cheese

[OrlaithB]

Great ideas here thanks moreless 😊

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to OrlaithB]

You're welcome, OrlaithB. If you come across any others, feel free to add them

[Misswizzes 3kg]

Thank you so much for sharing……I love these and they all look delicious 😋

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Misswizzes]

My pleasure Misswizzes

[aprild]

Thank you for my start off ideas , much appreciated

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to aprild]

You're very welcome aprild