Work Lunch

Eating the same thing at work day in day out can be very tedious. But thats what the majority of people do who only have the time to quickly grab a sandwhich from the cafeteria or local shop. Well lunch doesnt have to be tedious it can be fun, nutritious and inexpensive.

Roasted Vegetable and Chicken Tortilla Wraps

This lunch is really quick and easy to make the night before you have work.Quarter 1 red pepper and 1 red onion. Put them in a bowl and drizzle over some olive oil and balsamic vinegar, add salt and pepper and make sure the vegetables are well coated in the dressing. Transfer to a baking tray and roast in a hot oven until slightly charred. While the veg are cooking, grill a chicken breast. When cool, slice into strips. Mix the roasted veg with 1 tsp pesto. Take the roasted veg, the sliced chicken breast and 1 or 2 flour tortilla to work with you. To make the wrap, lay out the tortilla and fill with the roasted veg and the chicken, and salt and pepper to taste. Carefully fold in the sides and roll up. Add a mixed leaf salad if you like.

Parma Ham Ploughman’s Lunch

Get the best Parma Ham you can, some sun-dried tomato chutney, a hunk of parmesan cheese, some sourdough bread and a pile of rocket leaves. Make it all look wonderful on a plate.

Meatloaf Sandwich with Onion Jam

Don’t make a meatloaf especially for this sandwich, but if you do happen to have some leftover I can’t think of a better way of using it up. If you don’t have any meatloaf, you can use any leftover meat: chicken, lamb, beef or pork. Buy a pot of onion jam (you can get it from a speciality food shop) and spread it thickly onto a sliced white cob loaf then top with the meatloaf or cold meat.