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Cheap lunches for summer hols

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Silverbirch2 · 25/06/2022 09:47

Cheap ish lunch ideas for summer hols please. Gluten free ideas welcome! I dont mind baking etc but want to be a bit organised for these starving dc at home all day or picnics out.

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AtleastitsnotMonday · 25/06/2022 17:42

Fritata is good, uses up any odds and end in the fridge and keeps for a couple of days.
Tuna pasta with sweetcorn, peppers, celery (gf pasta)
Sweet potato salad with chopped bacon.
Sausage rolls or cheese straws.

2reefsin30knots · 25/06/2022 17:49

Hmm gluten free makes it tricky.

When DS was younger I would buy enough stuff to make a picnic lunch every day (for all 3 of us as DH and I are teachers) and we'd have it at an NT place or the beach etc.

We'd have ham/ cheese sandwiches, an apple and an orange, a packet of crisps, a biscuit bar and juice made up in water bottles.

Not mega healthy, but dirt cheap. Just load up the veggies at dinner!

Calphurnia · 25/06/2022 17:50

Rice salad
Eggs in many and varied forms!

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FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 25/06/2022 17:53

Boiled eggs and chicken drumsticks can be cooked in bulk and kept in the fridge for a few days. Great for picnics on the park or an at home lunch. Just serve up with some cherry tomatoes, cucumber and fruit.

Omelettes

Scrambled egg/beans/tinned tomatoes/ mushrooms on gluten free toast

Silverbirch2 · 25/06/2022 18:32

Good ideas, thank you

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verytired42 · 25/06/2022 18:42

‘Pinwheels’ - gluten free tortilla with soft cheese spread on it, then rolled up, then cut into sections. Also can insert ham, or grated cheese and marmite, or peanut butter.
savoury crepes - grated cheese +/- ham
boiled egg with (GF) soldiers.
baked potato with tuna mayo or baked beans
GF pasta with tomato and basil sauce & grated cheese. Can pimp by adding olives or ham or tuna or whatever.
Hummus and veggie stick wrap (another use of tortillas above)

Silverbirch2 · 25/06/2022 18:44

@verytired42 thanks, pin wheels are a good ideas!

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