Breadless lunches? What do you do?

[BroccoliSpears]

I find it easy enough to come up with a hot meal every evening, but I tend to resort to bread based meals at lunch time and I have vague, free-floating guilt that I ought not to give 17-month-old bread every day.

Any vegetarian bread free lunch ideas?

Minimal faff please. lunch preparation cuts into my nap-time mumsnetting.

quiche - you can make or even buy good ones.

Lentils - make a large pot and warm them up and add stuff

Tabbouleh

Pasta salad? Cook a bit extra the night before, chuck in a little oil and vinegar/lemon juice, cubes of cheese, halfed cherry tomatoes, red pepper. I'm sure I did this for dd from around that age.

crackers/oat biscuits/ricecakes/digestives

cruties and peanut butter/dip

soup

noodles

pasta

egg and soldiers (my kids love this - very messy!)

baked beans on toast

scrambled egg on toast

use left-overs from the night before for minimal flaff, just cook a little bit more, for the next day.

Savoury rice.
Pasta salad.
Scrambled eggs/omlette.
Home made beans.
Cheese/meat and salad.

Ooh - pasta salad is a good idea.
And quiche, although she eats quite a lot of eggs as it is.
Will try her with rice cakes.

At the moment we do beans on toast, egg on toast, avo on toast, sandwiches, bread and cheese and salady stuff, crudites... leftovers sometimes.

All good ideas, thank you!

Cous cous and bulgur wheat are quick and easy and work like pasta in salads. Trty quinoa also - for a gluten free lunch!

Cereal in a tupperwear bowl with carton of topping on the side. (And don't forget the spoon!)

Potato salads are yummy.

Beans and lentils are great for salads, soups, and dips, as well as veggie 'loaves' which you make like meatloaf.

You could even put a baked potato in her lunchbox and it would still be warm at lunch, but so would everything else....
try putting it in her pocket - cider with rosie style.

Shrooms, surely her 17 month old doesn't actually have a lunchbox yet?

Oh yeah, lol! Hmm. Not great reading by me...
In that case, definately don't put the hot potato in her pocket

pita bread pockets?

with houmous or peanut butter?