When I was in high school, I was allowed $5 per week for lunch money. No, I didn’t live during the Depression. Let’s just say frugality runs in my veins. Take it up with my dad.
Due to my limited budget, I learned to compensate by packing a lunch. Pops didn’t mind springing for groceries. Thankfully, my girlfriends brown bagged it as well. We enjoyed creating all sorts of yummy sandwiches. While I didn’t have this recipe back then, I think it’s probably one that some of us would have enjoyed. (Jen doesn’t do mayo.)
It’s a FishFamily favorite. Hope you enjoy it!
Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Serves 6
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced
2 ribs celery, chopped
1/2 c. cheddar cheese cubes
1/2 c. mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
1 T. lemon juice
1/4 t. dried dill weed
salt and pepper to taste
6 onion rolls
6 lettuce leaves
In large mixing bowl, gently combine chicken, celery and cheese. In small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, dill weed and salt and pepper. Pour dressing over chicken mixture and stir gently to combine. Chill. Divide mixture amongst onion rolls and top with lettuce leaves and the tops of the buns.
For a boxed lunch, I usually pack the salad in a plastic container with the lettuce and rolls in plastic bags. This keeps the sandwich from getting soggy as it sits.
What do you like to pack for lunches? I’d love to see what packable meals you make!
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My son ins’t in school yet, but I make my husband lunch every morning. It’s very unexciting, but he requests it every day…pbj! I just give him some different chips/crackers each day, and throw in some yogurt and granola-ish bars or a peice of fruit. Then top it off with a few snacks and drinks. He’s still a growin’ boy! (And by “growing” I mean expanding!)
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I pack hubby’s lunch for him everyday and, usually, it ends up being leftovers and some kind of little snack. I’m not married to guy with a huge appetite and he’s a bank manager so, well, he’s at a desk all day!
Leftovers aren’t too exciting, but I do periodically tuck little love notes in there. I recently discovered he has saved them all (from all these years!) in the corner of one of his drawers… I found that sweet.
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Fun! I don’t have a post about this, but my Hubs takes his lunch to work. Standard Turkey Sandwich, yogurt, granola bar and piece of fruit. I send a GFCFSF snack with my oldest to preschool. I would send healthier snacks for him anyways, cuz lets just say the PK snacks are loaded with white flour and HF corn syrup. Yuck! No thanks!
Your recipe for chicken salad looks delish!
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I pack a lunch for my husband every day. I try to mix it up so he doesn’t get bored. Actually, I don’t pack him a lot of sandwiches because he isn’t a sandwich guy. Last night I made him steak and corn for his lunch today.
He likes hot meals, not cold and he HATES leftovers.
What is a frugal gal to do? I grew up on leftovers and sandwiches. Sigh. But I love him so I figure out ways to make lunch interesting. I like to see what I can make that will make his co-workers drool with envy
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Oh, and I love chicken salad! Except we eat ours on tostadas…what can I say, I married a Mexican! I love the crunch it gives to an otherwise squishy meal
Try it sometime, you might like it.
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I don’t have any particular
recipes for our lunch. he doesn’t mind leftovers and has a microwave at his office so he likes hot meals if possible.
In the summer I put frozen fruit in too and it is just thawed when he is ready for it and it cools him off when he has to work in the warehouse in the heat of summer.
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This is the hardest one. I have meat and potatoes guys and a picky 8 yr. I have just got her to try apples here at christmas. My teen is not picky, but the rest are.
I have the hardest time finding snacks for after school and I hate to see them snack on chips or go through the cabinets looking for something quick when I am fixing supper.
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Do you ever make chicken salad from chicken you’ve thawed from the freezer?
I’ve craved my chicken salad like no tomorrow this time while pregnant! And I’ve made it a LOT.
However, I’m afraid to make it with chicken from my freezer in fear that it would be a ’soggier’ tasting chicken (if there is such a thing!).
Have you tried it? What do you think, oh Freezer Cooking FishMama?
-Lauren
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Jessica Fisher Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
@MamaLaundry, I think it would be fine. I can’t remember if I’ve done it before. I know that I always planned to, but don’t know if I actually did. How’s that for super helpful?
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MamaLaundry Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
@Jessica Fisher,
Haha – very helpful!
I’ll give it a try in the next few days and let you know!
-Lauren
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