Ham and Cheese Sandwich

[PinkOnWednesday]

Would you agree a ham and cheese sandwich is a healthy lunch?

It's fine.

The salt alone is not healthy.. 🤣🤣🤣

Wrong audience, op. You'll be told to have a HUGE salad instead

With some salad or a piece of fruit, absolutely fine.
With a chocolate bar and a packet of crisps, not so great.

A piece of fruit or salad doesn't change the composition of a cheese and ham sandwich...
Op hasn't said she's having crisps and chocolate as well

No idea as I only ever have ham and cheese in a toasty (and not often)

Never appealed to me in just two slices of bread and butter.

White bread, highly processed ham and a cheese slice? Nothing else. It won't kill you but it's certainly not adding anything to your life. You'd eventually get scurvy. Eventually getting scurvy is my benchmark. But if you ate porridge and fruit for breakfast and chicken and veg for dinner? Fine. No scurvy.

Brown seedy bread, ham that's not full of nitrates and salt, real cheese and a salad/fruit on the side? Healthy. No scurvy.

No way! Needs some fentanyl and a joint to go with it. FFS, yes, it's fine.

No, it’s not a balanced meal if that’s all you’re having. Needs a bit of fruit and veg. Also no if it’s white bread, slightly better if wholemeal.

@Thisismytimetoshine

A piece of fruit or salad doesn't change the composition of a cheese and ham sandwich... Op hasn't said she's having crisps and chocolate as well

It changes the composition of the MEAL though. From no vitamin c to some. It doesn't change the risk of processed meat. I eat it BTW I just don't think processed ham is 'healthy'. It's clearly not.

@PinkOnWednesday

Would you agree a ham and cheese sandwich is a healthy lunch?

Not without further information.

Not particularly but if you’re gonna do it do Serrano ham, manchego, olive oil, and something like sourdough.

In actuality for my diet can’t have bread and depends on carb content of ham

No. It's not healthy. It's also not a can of Monster and a bag of crack.

As long as you’ve made it with naice ham, it is fine!

As a meal on its own with a varied diet it's fine in my book.

Why are you asking?

I ate one yesterday and I died, so proceed with caution.

Seriously though, it depends on how much cheese etc but I prefer a cheese and ham toastie anyway.

I wouldn't say it's healthy but I do like a good ham and cheese sandwich so I will eat one occasionally. My kids eat them every day for lunch because it's the only sandwich they'll eat.

Some posters eat so little that the thought of bread and cheese sends them over board. Cheese and ham is calcium fat and and protein bit of bread is carbs so a balanced lunch stick a bit of tomato on it and tere you go.

Use wholemeal bread, add some sliced tomato and I'd say it's fairly healthy.

It's healthier than a bag of chips and a deep fried Mars bar.

Without mustard or chutney? Boring.
Now and again, in moderation, if you’re not coeliac, or on Keto, or trying to lose weight or whatever, it’s fine. Everyday, dull and prob not so healthy.

MrsTerryPratchett

Do you come from a long line of sea-faring folk?

This is the most MN thread there has ever been because you have got literally every possible answer on it.

@IHaveBrilloHair

I ate one yesterday and I died, so proceed with caution.

I was there. She got instant scurvy. The doctor asked, 'Was it white bread?' When I cried, 'Yes!' he just shook his head and said there was nothing more they could do.