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These recipes for lunch have been put together with a hectic lifestyle in mind. You can make these meals the night before and take them with you to work, to the gym or wherever, you want.

Assorted Sandwiches

Favorite breads to be used:

Country Life Performax Bread
Multi-grain bread
Breads containing white flour may be high GI - look on the label for the ingredients before your purchase the bread.
Breads containing oats.

Notes:

When you're looking for a good bread, look for one that contains flours made from different cereals.

No butter or margarine are used with these sandwiches. We opt for a thin spreading of mashed avocado instead.

Filler Recipes:

Basic Salad Sandwich Filler

Sliced tomato
Lettuce
Low fat or no fat cheese
Fresh asparagus
Grated carrot
Alfalfa Sprouts

Chili Chicken Filler

Cooked lean chicken meat
Thin spreading of sweet chill sauce
Lettuce

Pizza Filler

2 low fat ham slices cut into large squares
Sliced tomato
Low fat or no fat cheese
Crushed pineapple
Chives
Thinly sliced and diced capsicum or red pepper
Thinly sliced mushrooms
Sliced black olives

Try Out This Recipe For Lunch!

Oodles of Noodles

1 teaspoon of Olive Oil
1 clove garlic
Whole meal fettuccine pasta
1/2 onion diced
5 slices low fat ham cut into strips
60g or 2 oz. low fat grated cheese
50ml tomato paste
2 teaspoons beef stock powder
1 teaspoon of corn flour
1 can of drained mixed beans
1 cup of water

Place whole meal fettuccine in a saucepan of boiling water and cook until tender. Remove from heat and drain.

Place olive oil in fry pan and heat for a couple of seconds. Place into the fry pan the onion, low fat ham and garlic (crushed) and cook until the aroma's mix.

Add the tomato paste, beef stock powder, water and mixed beans.

Combine corn flour with enough cold water to form a paste and add to the fry pan.

Cook until all is combined and the fluid has reduced and thickened. Add the fettuccine and low fat grated cheese. Cook until the cheese is melted and combined with mixture.

Serve immediately with warm crusty bread.

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