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Lunch recipes

Sandwiches, salads and bowls that travel and reheat well. 422 recipes, in a suggested order.

Soups, wraps and boxed lunches you can make the night before sit here alongside the sandwiches. Before you make a batch for the week, check the storage note at the foot of each recipe. It says how many days the dish keeps in the fridge and whether it freezes.

The 422 recipes come from 53 cuisines; the largest groups are American (144), British (46), French (29), Italian (27) and Australian (19). Of these, 134 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Banana Sandwich (5 min), Cheese and Pickle Sandwich (5 min) and Ham and Cheese Sandwich (5 min). For 123, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 334 easy, 82 medium and 6 hard.

As written, 152 are vegetarian, 47 vegan, 103 gluten-free and 146 dairy-free. Another 24 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.