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Lunch

Whether you're lunching at home or at your desk, there's no need to be bored with the same old sarnies. Here are some ideas to keep lunchtime fresh and flavoursome.
Warming soup recipes

There's nothing quite like a comforting bowl of hot soup on a cold day.

Recipes include

  • Spicy parsnip, carrot, red lentil and harissa soup
  • Soothing chicken and pearl barley soup
  • Chestnut mushroom soup
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Lunch recipes

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Cheese, courgette and honey pie

by Georgina Hayden
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Smoked mackerel, horseradish and beetroot sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Mackerel pasta salad Niçoise-style

by Sophie Gastman
Light meals & snacks

Butter bean, tuna and parsley salad

by Elly Curshen
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Savoury breakfast flapjacks

by Anna Shepherd
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Quiche Lorraine

by James Martin
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Easy Caesar salad

by Hugo Harrison
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Charred sesame green beans bowl

by Zena Kamgaing
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Chicken soup

by The BBC Food team
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Easy gyoza soup

by Rebecca Sargent
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Leek and potato soup

by The BBC Food team
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Smoked mackerel and roasted new potato salad

by Elly Curshen
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Lentil and bacon soup

by The Hairy Bikers
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Air fryer pork steak sandwich

by Jules Mercer
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Baked chicken breast

by Justine Pattison
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Red lentil dal 

by Saskia Sidey
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Easy no-yeast pizza

by Lisa Faulkner
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Pumpkin soup

by Annie Rigg
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Butternut squash soup

by Mary Berry
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Mushroom doner

by Sabrina Ghayour
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Sriracha ‘honey’ tofu rice bowl

by Rhian Melvin
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Crispy chickpeas on green toast

by Dr Rupy Aujla
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Garlic mushroom frittata

by Justine Pattison
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Egg salad sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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