Tuna salad

Quantities to be decided by you, depending on how many you are feeding. Canned tuna in brine is a useful lunchtime protein stand-by.  You can vary the accompanying salads e.g. green bean, tomato, black olives, red onion and romaine lettuce, OR celery, spring onion, carrot, capers, crispy salad leaves and a hard-boiled egg.

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Grilled vegetable salad

Quantities to be decided by you, depending on how many you are feeding. Red peppers Courgettes Aubergine Balsamic vinegar Olive oil Garlic Fresh basil Olives Canned artichokes Parma ham (stripped of fat)   Indulge in a salad of marinated, grilled vegetables.  Grill and skin the peppers.  Pan-grill the courgettes and aubergine, and toss everything together [...]

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Lemon and olive oil coleslaw

Quantities to be decided by you, depending on how many you are feeding. Coleslaws dressed in lemon and olive oil are good – use red cabbage, carrot, spring onion, apple and walnuts.  Don’t add any dried fruit, as it’s too high in sugar.  Try eating with sliced, skinless, smoked duck breast.

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Leek vinaigrette salad

Quantities to be decided by you, depending on how many you are feeding. Leek vinaigrette is good for salad-based packed lunches.  The night before, blanch some extra leeks, pat dry and mix into a vinaigrette.  The next day, pack a spare hard-boiled egg (excess breakfast), or some ham, and a bag of mixed salad leaves.  [...]

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Guacamole and crudites

Quantities to be decided by you, depending on how many you are feeding.   Pack homemade guacamole and a selection of crudites such as celery, peppers, carrots and cucumber, and either some large cooked prawns or some cold chicken.

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