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Meal prep sandwich recipes

These sandwich fillers also work great on top a salad of leafy greens or even on a jacket potato. These recipes make delicious meal prep lunches that will keep in the fridge for 3 days.
Green goddess chicken
by Helen Upshall

Vibrant in colour and flavour, this green goddess chicken is ideal for topping a crisp, green salad, jacket potato or as a sandwich filler.

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Chicken tikka-style sandwich filler

by Helen Upshall
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Veggie Caesar sandwich filler

by Anna Shepherd
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Smoked mackerel with horseradish, thyme and beetroot sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Egg salad sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Vegan ‘tuna’ sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Tuna butter bean sandwich filler

by Helen Upshall
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Coronation chickpea sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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‘Chicken mayo’ tofu sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich

by Amanda Grant
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Curried egg mayo sandwich

by Portia Spooner
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Cannellini, cottage cheese and walnut dip

by Elly Curshen
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Spanish-inspired frittata wrap

by Laura Wingrove
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