What do your children have in their sandwiches?

[MoosMa]

DD1 has just started preschool and takes a packed lunch but I have no idea what to put in her sandwiches. So far I've come up with.... ham but she can't have that every day, so what else can I put in?

She can't eat cheese btw.

Marmite
Tuna mayo
Smoked salmon
Hummus
Peanut butter (check with pre-school if allowed)
Chicken

jam (or fruit puree)
marmite
houmous (a bit messey)
egg mayo
tuna mayo
chicken
banana and honey) (might go a bit brown)

urrmmmm..

peanut butter ( you may not be allowed that in school though)
jam
chocolate spread
salami
egg mayo ( mine don't but freinds dc's do)
tuna mayo (ditto)
spready cheese like philly. (I know your dd can't have cheese but I'm just saying whay my dc's have)
marmite

great minds eh:

oh, if peanut butter isn't allow, the health food shops often do cashnew nut or hazlenut which might be OK?

Pitta filled with salad, houmous and falafels. Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels. Tortilla wraps with chicken, roasted peppers, mild salsa and sour cream. Or he takes pasta salad, or a pot of houmous with carrots, cucumber, red peppers etc, a small youghurt and fruit salad.

DD can't have eggs at nursery because a little girl there has an egg allergy, so might be best to check first

same as comeoveneer, also pittas filled with grated apple and carrot mixed with cream cheese or humus, taramasalata and cherry tomatoes, pear and apple spread, banana and honey, tuna mayo with crated carrot and sweetcorn. Also, pink sandwitches- grated cooked beetroot mixed with cream cheese or sour cream or humus...the possibilities are endless!

I will do plain cucumber
ham and cucumber with/wo mayo
plain ham
ham with mayo
chicken salad
chicken sweetcorn mayo sandwich or pitta
ham sweetcorn mayo sandwich or pitta
chicken salad tortilla wraps
pasta salads
salad potatoes
cucumber sushi

any kind of nuts and nut spreads, and chocolate is not allowed

Jam
Spam

But not ham

Thanks all, I might have to do some experimenting, I have no idea what houmous, falafels or taramasalata are...

OMDB, they sound a bit messy, DD1 is only 2.5 and tends to eat sandwiches from the top down (bread, cucumber, lick salad cream off ham, ham, bread!)

What's cucumber sushi??

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ham
cheese
cheese and pickle
ham and pickle
chicken

anything like cucumber, tomato or lettuce is taken out and left on the plate

sounds odd but grated carrot and hummus is good, kind of gives body to the sandwich. tuna mayo, egg mayo. those are the usuals around here. along with the mainstay, ham. cucumber also allowed by ds.

Hummous is ground chickpeas with tahini (sesame paste) garlic, oil, lemon juice and any other flavourings you feel like adding. It is delish and so healthy.

My kids like the following:

Peanut butter/almond butter and banana/raisins
Hummous and grated carrot and spinach
Linda mccartney sausages and salad
Soya cheese and pickle
Grilled courgette and hummus
Butter beans with pesto
Grilled smoked tofu made in to eggless egg salad with vegan mayo and spices
Curried tofu and veg mayo
fake ham or tofurky with salad
Falafel (like burgers made of chickpeas)
vegan choc spread with peanut butter (very occasionally!)

Also I like to vary the bread so they'll have any of those fillings in pitta, on a bagel or in a wholewheat wrap.

Blimey you lot are inventive!

My dd will only eat ham, cheese, cheese spread or smoked salmon!!!! I go for varying the bread!! I use different bread/ bagels (although the first time she thought it was a doughnut and didn't eat it!!) / wraps/ pitta bread. I fill little tiny tupperware boxes with little things (carrot sticks/ a wee crispy cake, a couple of midget gems/ dried fruit) for her to investigate.

dd has become a nightmare, cheese spread and white bread, she will not have any bread with bits in now.any healthy cheese spresds out there?

I suppose you could blend cheese with milk?

My DS is the same, he'll only eat ham sandwiches. He went through a very brief period of having cucumber in it too but that didn't last long. Its not good for him I know but what do you do if they won't eat anything else

butter/marg/blank they hate things in by the time it's lunchtime doesn't taste the same.

Moosma, i meant cucumber in the rice roll, but i'll do salmon sushi, avocado ..
cucumber roll