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To wonder what people trying to reduce UPFs eat in adult packed lunches and sandwiches?

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Ka1eChip · 05/08/2025 18:34

I’m not going nuts as regards this and have always cooked from scratch but trying to reduce the amount of processed food we eat .Breakfast and dinner are easy but sandwiches and packed lunches I struggle with.

Can you get low processed bread( if so where) and what about fillings? Cheese sandwiches are dull, processed meat is a clear no and then tuna you can’t eat in abundance… What else do you be put in a packed lunch?

What do other people have?Is 1 or 2 processed items a day (eg a yog and granola bar) ok.

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TianasFlight · 05/08/2025 18:39

BlueJuniper94 · 05/08/2025 18:37

Easy to make bread in a breadmaker. Then hummus, again, easily homemade and freezeable in batches, lovely with roast veg, or Grated carrot and spinach. Homemade pesto. Roast chicken with beetroot and or roast sweet potato chunks, roast and or onions...or salad leaves. Swap bread for grains, cous cous, quinoa, barley, rice

You must have a lot of spare time.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 05/08/2025 18:39

Bread machine bread and egg, tuna, nice ham, smoked salmon, leftover roast chicken or beef, home made hummus or other spreads made from mashed up pulses.

BlueJuniper94 · 05/08/2025 18:38

My favourite lunch is leftover dinner though. Minimal effort.

BlueJuniper94 · 05/08/2025 18:37

Easy to make bread in a breadmaker. Then hummus, again, easily homemade and freezeable in batches, lovely with roast veg, or Grated carrot and spinach. Homemade pesto. Roast chicken with beetroot and or roast sweet potato chunks, roast and or onions...or salad leaves. Swap bread for grains, cous cous, quinoa, barley, rice