THE ART OF THE SANDWICH
Women's Health South Africa|January - February 2024
You can instantly up your meal game by piling *all* the produce between the bread. The experts in the WH Test Kitchen show you how with these five delish deckers. Say hello to the new healthy heroes.
THE ART OF THE SANDWICH

The Tinned Trendsetter

  • No-Cook Salmon Salad 
  • Tomato slices
  • Spring onion

No-Cook Salmon Salad

In bowl, combine 170g can salmon (drained) with 2 tsp olive oil, 1 tsp white wine vinegar, and pinch salt. Toss with 50g green beans (thinly sliced) and 1 spring onion (finely chopped), then fold in ½ cup rocket (chopped).

The Green Goddess

  • Yoghurt Goddess Spread (right) 
  • Hard-boiled or jammy eggs 
  • Avocado 
  • Seedless cucumber 
  • Sprouts 
  • Salad greens

WHILE WE STAN A GOOD SALAD, THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT BITING INTO A FULLY-LOADED SANDWICH. With its slightly toasted bread and tower of fillings, a sandwich can deliver the components of a complete meal. It’s satisfying, easy to customise (and transport!) and often downright delish. Yet this solid solution doesn’t have the same health halo as some of its midday counterparts. But that’s really because we haven’t been giving it enough credit, nutritionally speaking.

“Sandwiches are the absolute best – I’d even go so far as to call them the ultimate ‘power lunch’ order,” says dietician Jaclyn London, author of Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked) and podcast host of The Business of Wellness. But it all depends on what you actually put between those two slices of bread.

This story is from the January - February 2024 edition of Women's Health South Africa.

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