Recipes for cucumber hummus sandwich, ham pinwheels, chicken and broccoli alfredo sliders

Lunch box sandwiches don’t have to default to ham and cheese or peanut butter and jelly.

There are plenty of options to mix things up and keep them interesting. Ditching the sliced bread is a good place to start. Consider making sandwiches on a piece of baguette (or multiple smaller sandwiches on thin baguette slices). Or if crusty bread isn’t your kid’s thing, try folding or rolling the fillings in a piece of lavash or naan flatbread.

Also get creative with fillings. Sliced meats can be combined with yogurt or cream cheese spreads, and cucumber sandwiches can be made more nutritious and filling by adding hummus.

Cucumber Hummus Sandwich

Start to finish: 10 minutes

45 ml (3 tbsp) hummus

1 piece naan flatbread

15 ml (1 tbsp) honey

1/2 small cucumber, sliced

Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Spread hummus over half of the naan. Drizzle honey over the other half of the naan. Arrange cucumber slices over hummus, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Fold naan in half to form a sandwich.

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Makes 1 serving.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 360 calories; 80 calories from fat (21 per cent of total calories); 9 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 60 g carbohydrate; 11 g protein; 7 g fibre; 510 mg sodium.

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Ham Pinwheels

Start to finish: 10 minutes

45 ml (3 tbsp) vegetable cream cheese spread

1 rectangular lavash flatbread

3 slices deli ham

50 ml (1/4 cup) sliced roasted red peppers

Spread cream cheese over lavash. Arrange ham over cream cheese, leaving 2.5 cm (1 inch) of cream cheese exposed on each end.

Arrange roasted red peppers across 1 end. Starting with end that has roasted red peppers, roll up lavash. Use cream cheese at the other end to hold the roll-up together. Trim ends and slice roll into 2.5-cm (1-inch) thick slices to form pinwheels.

Makes 1 serving.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 470 calories; 190 calories from fat (40 per cent of total calories); 21 g fat (11 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 85 mg cholesterol; 48 g carbohydrate; 23 g protein; 3 g fibre; 1,420 mg sodium.

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Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Sliders

Start to finish: 10 minutes

125 ml (1/2 cup) cooked broccoli, chopped

50 ml (1/4 cup) prepared alfredo sauce

6 small baguette slices

125 ml (1/2 cup) cooked chicken meat (such as from a rotisserie chicken)

3 slices mozzarella cheese

In a small bowl, mix together broccoli and alfredo sauce.

Arrange chicken over 3 of the baguette slices. Top with broccoli-alfredo mixture. Top with a piece of cheese, cut to fit, and remaining bread.

Makes 1 serving.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 550 calories; 120 calories from fat (22 per cent of total calories); 13 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 73 g carbohydrate; 34 g protein; 6 g fibre; 1,710 mg sodium.