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Forget soggy sandwiches and bruised bananas, your lunch is about to get a whole lot more exciting with our lunch recipes for salads, sandwiches and scotch eggs
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Make this vibrant frittata packed with spring greens and crispy chorizo for an easy Spanish-style lunch
Vegetable Frittata Recipe Try our quick and easy frittata with roasted red peppers, spring onions and punchy pickled jalapeños. This vibrant vegetarian meal makes for great leftovers to brighten up lunchtime at work
All the comfort of pizza but ready in a flash and healthier, too. These 5-minute flatbread pizzas are a great recipe to have on had midweek.
Lunch sharer recipes
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Throw together this quick and easy pasta salad using leftover chicken, tomatoes and greens for a protein-packed lunch or midweek dinner
Take your pasta salad to the next level by adding sweet diced tomatoes and mozzarella cheese balls for a light veggie dinner
Low-Gi and full of fresh, punchy flavours, this prawn fettucini dish is the perfect lunch or a light dinner, plus, it's ready in just 15 minutes.
Pasta and noodle recipes
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Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe with Cheese Dippers Check out our tomato soup recipe with cheesy marmite sourdough dippers. This easy vegetarian soup is enough to serve four and ready in 30 minutes
A broccoli soup is a wonderful winter soup to quickly whip up when you need some green vegetables and you’ve had enough of all that Christmas turkey and ham! If you have any leftover Stilton, you could use that here instead of the dolcelatte.
This super-quick chicken and pea broth recipe is ready in 15 minutes and is under 300 calories - perfect for a midweek meal.
Lunchtime soup recipes
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This celeriac and sardine toasts recipe is quick and easy and under 300 calories - perfect for midweek
This 10-minute sardines and pepper on toast recipe is a really quick and easy idea for a midweek meal.
Broad Bean Toast Not a fan of the classic beans on toast? Try our greener healthier version, broad beans on toast. This recipe is quick and easy to rustle up, ideal for when you're short of time
Open toast recipes
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Sweet potato jackets with smoked mackerel and dill yogurt
Tex-Mex tortilla baked egg cups
Pork and lemongrass meatballs in lettuce cups
Lunchtime snack recipes
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Give your basic omelette a lift with this quick and easy idea packed with crunchy spring onions, shredded carrot and fiery ginger
Smoked trout and pea frittata with parsley and red onion salad Ready in under 30 minutes, this smoked trout frittata is quick and easy to make and doesn't require many ingredients
Kedgeree omelette Kedgeree is a classic dish of curried rice, flaked, smoked fish and hard-boiled eggs. In this version, we've updated the classic by substituting the boiled eggs for an omelette to wrap the Kedgeree in.
Brunch recipes
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For this recipe, we took a classic grilled (read: fried) sandwich and made it even better by stuffing it with soft cheese, chillies and garlic. You won't go back to a normal grilled cheese once you've tasted this.
Grilled cheese is one of the most comforting, healing dishes out there and only uses a few ingredients. The same applies for eggy bread, so it made sense to Dan Doherty to combine them. Eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner, though maybe not every day.
The Cubano sandwich This is an iconic food-truck sandwich in the US using Cuban mojo pork. It take a while to make but it's a great casual entertaining idea.
Toastie recipes
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What a way to make cauliflower shine! Roast your florets with ras el hanout, dried cranberries, dates, nuts and pomegranate seeds, then drizzle the whole lot with a tahini and mint dressing
On the table in 15 minutes, this nutritious salad is packed with greens and tossed in fresh pesto
Perk up a pack of breaded chicken with one of these inventive ideas
Super salad recipes
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This sarnie hails from Louisiana, which is famous for deep-frying its plentiful seafood and stuffing it in baguettes with loads of hot sauce
Deli-style tuna ciabatta
Falafel with Avocado Hummus Recipe and Broad Beans Check out our quick and easy vegan baguettes. These simple sandwiches are packed with creamy hummus, vibrant broad beans and flavoursome falafel, a perfect lunchtime meal.
Lunchtime baguette recipes
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Liven up your lunchbox with one of our inspired wrap fillings. Perfect for picnics and parties, we have everything from tex-mex chicken to colourful rainbow veg
Easy Quesadilla Recipes Looking for easy and exciting lunch ideas? Get inventive with your quesadillas with our finger-licking filling recipes
Lunchtime wrap recipes
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A classic coronation sarnie taken up a notch. Spices, garlic and ginger bump up the flavour, along with tangy pickled onions and crunchy poppadoms
Try all of the good stuff in the deli section stuffed between springy focaccia slices
Protein- and iron-rich lentils are a vegetarian’s saviour. The tinned brown type smoosh together nicely in this colourful quesadillas recipe
Alternative sandwich recipes
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