Re: Lunch Menu Ideas Needed
Agree with Lusi. You have two salads…when one is more than enough. You can replace the pasta salad with a main course pasta dish such as lasagna, or ziti or spaghetti, etc…something easy to make. I’ve made the online revipe for the Sbarro’z zitt…and it’s just mixing ricotta cheese with seasoning, marinara sauce, coat the pasta,add shredded cheese…and set to bake. Very little prep time. Or you can do any pasta dish you find easy…it doesn’t even have to have an italian flavor to it. The pasta can have a Desi flavor or a Chinese one, etc.
^That way…you’ll have two hearty main dishes for lunch: baked chicken and pasta. You’ll have a salad. You can keep the roast potatoes. The sandwiches…imo …aren’t necessary as the rest if the meal if pretty filling. But if you want a bread item do rolls instead…get some premade Pillsbury ones and bake; saves time. They’ll make a nice accompaniment. Or get a loaf of french bread or garlic bread from the supermarket and cut loaves and put em in a basket.
Or totally replace sammies with soup. So, then your menu will include 2 main dishes, a salad, roast veggies, and soup. That sounds balanced. Or cut soup out and replace with a bread. Or if the bread is easy to get…then have soup AND bread.
For dessert… Bake some brownies. Get the box mix…it can be a really decadent/rich variety like Girardelli’s brownies. Get a tub if ice cream. A bottle of chocolate/caramel syrup. And have people assemble their own Sundaes. The only thing you’ll have to is bake the brownies. Saves time.