Between the slices.There are only so many things you can put between two slices of bread. And sometimes it feels like you grew tired of most of them in the middle of the fourth grade. Worse yet, you may actually miss some of your old favorites--like egg salad Egg salad is part of an Anglo-American tradition of salads involving a high-protein or high-carbohydrate food mixed with seasonings in the form of spices, herbs, and other foods, and bound with an oil-based dressing. or ham or peanut butter--that you've kept out of your lunch bag because you don't want too much fat or salt or cholesterol. Don't despair. Well, despair if you want to. Just don't give in and settle for Lunchables for your kids or a Big Mac for yourself. Here are our suggestions for renovating the old standbys ... and rustling up a few newcomers. At least we think they're new. For all we know, you've been eating them since junior high. The Usual A tuna tuna or tunny, game and food fishes, the largest members of the family Scombridae (mackerel family) and closely related to the albacore and bonito. They have streamlined bodies with two fins, and five or more finlets on the back. salad sandwich with 700 calories? A chicken salad sandwich with half a day's fat? That's what we found three years ago when we analyzed sandwiches from restaurants like Wall Street Deli and Schlotzsky's (April 1995, cover story). A typical restaurant sandwich ranges Coordinates: The Sandwich Range is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States, north of the Lakes Region and south of the Presidential Range. from six grams of fat and 370 calories (for turkey with mustard) to 63 grams of fat and 975 calories (for overstuffed o·ver·stuff tr.v. o·ver·stuffed, o·ver·stuff·ing, over·stuffs 1. To stuff too much into: overstuff a suitcase. 2. To upholster (an armchair, for example) deeply and thickly. tuna salad with mayo on the bread). And no matter what sandwich you pick, expect at least a third to a full day's sodium before you touch the pickle pickle, general term for fruits or vegetables preserved in vinegar or brine, usually with spices or sugar or both. Vegetables commonly pickled include the beet, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, olive, onion, pepper, and tomato. . What are restaurants doing wrong? Most haven't discovered the low-fat luncheon meats and mayonnaises that crowd the aisles of just about every supermarket north of the Rio Grande Rio Grande, city, Brazil Rio Grande (rē`  grän`dĭ), city (1991 pop. .Subway is the most notable exception. Its heavily advertised line of six-inch subs with no more than six grams of fat didn't get there with fatty meats (or with cheese or oil). And the chain uses light mayo in its tuna and other salads and always asks if you'd like light or regular mayo on your sub roll. Nice goin'. (See back cover.) Most restaurants compound the problem by trying to give you your "money's worth." Translation: They stuff their sandwiches with far too much meat, mayonnaise-drenched salads, or other fillings. What ends up getting stuffed, of course, is your stomach. Are people less generous when they make their own sandwiches? One can only hope. In our chart, we assumed that some folks pile on four ounces of meat or other filling when they pack a lunch (because that's what many sandwich shops do and we can't come to your kitchen to measure). Here's how to turn a typical sandwich into a healthier sandwich. You'll find the recipes for all the sandwiches in bold on page 11. Vegetable Sandwiches Vegetable sandwich is the most common type of sandwich in India. It is a purely vegetarian item (though not vegan if butter is used), and is often seen prepared and served fresh by roadside vendors as well as in many restaurants. Never heard of a vegetable sandwich? In restaurants, the "veggie" is usually heavy on cheese or dressing. You can make the most delicious Artichokes, Etc. sandwich by stuffing a toasted whole wheat pita (pocket) bread with chopped marinated artichoke hearts Noun 1. artichoke heart - the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant , red onion, and any other vegetables you're in the mood for. (Yes, the artichokes are expensive and the marinade has some oil, but the cost--to your pocketbook or waistline--is small if you only use three or four per sandwich.) Be bold
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Hardy perennial plant (Armoracia lapathifolia) of the mustard family, native to Mediterranean lands and grown throughout the temperate zones. Its hotly pungent, fleshy root is used as a condiment and is traditionally considered medicinal. Heaven. Cucumber and tomato in a garlic yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk. yogurt Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world. dressing? Try our Right-on Raita rai·ta n. An Indian salad made with yogurt and chopped vegetables or fruits, such as cucumbers, spinach, or bananas. [Hindi r . Unlike most sandwiches, our veggie versions supply at least a serving of vegetables and all the fiber, vitamins, and phytochemicals that come with them. All for just 200 to 300 calories and less than seven grams of fat. Unfortunately, you'll still get quite a bit of salt. Two slices of most breads will cost you anywhere from 150 to 500 milligrams of sodium. Pitas generally run in the low 300s. Check the label. Bean Sandwiches Hummus hum·mus also hum·us or hom·mos n. A smooth thick mixture of mashed chickpeas, tahini, oil, lemon juice, and garlic, used especially as a dip for pita. is a Middle-Eastern spread made mostly of chickpeas (garbanzo garbanzo see chickpea. beans). It's easy to whip up your own with a food processor, but it's easier to pick some up from your supermarket's refrigerator case. A three-tablespoon shmear shmear n. Slang Variant of schmeer. Noun 1. shmear - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer" schmear, schmeer adds less than 250 calories, six grams of fat, and 450 mg of sodium to your pocket bread. For crunch, add chopped cucumber, tomatoes, and scallions or red onions. That's what we've done in our Hummus Among Us. Peanut Butter It's cheap, requires no refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. , and kids (not to mention ex-kids) love it. But a sandwich with just two tablespoons of peanut butter--it's easy to use more--will run you 20 grams of fat, four of them saturated. Most meat and cheese sandwiches are worse, but you could do better. You can get away with just one tablespoon ta·ble·spoon n. Abbr. T, tbsp. A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters. tablespoon a household unit of volume or capacity; equivalent to three teaspoons or approximately 15 milliliters; in metric of PB by spreading it thinner. And switching to a reduced-fat peanut butter cuts a quarter of the fat. As for the jelly jelly /jel·ly/ (jel´e) a soft substance that is coherent, tremulous, and more or less translucent; generally, a colloidal semisolid mass. : Try half a sliced (or mashed mash n. 1. A fermentable starchy mixture from which alcohol or spirits can be distilled. 2. A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl. 3. A soft pulpy mixture or mass. 4. ) banana instead. Our Nutty Banana has half a serving of fruit. Cheese & Cream Cheese It looks so innocent. But two ounces of almost any cheese means 16 grams of fat, ten of them saturated. That's half a day's sat fat. And if those two ounces are process cheese (three slices), you can count on 900 mg of sodium--twice that of most other cheeses. What to do? First, use less. If you add tomato, lettuce lettuce, annual garden plant (Lactuca sativa and varieties) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), probably native to the East Indies or Asia Minor, possibly as a derivative of the widespread weed called wild lettuce (L. scariola). L. , onion, and other veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. , you could easily get away with one slice of cheese. Second, try a reduced-fat cheese like Jarlsberg Lite or Cracker Barrel This article is about the restaurant-and-store chain. For the unrelated company marketing cheeses bearing the "Cracker Barrel" trademark, see Kraft Foods. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. Reduced Fat. That'll lop off Verb 1. lop off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" chop off, cut off abscise - remove or separate by abscission roach - cut the mane off (a horse) at least a third of the fat ... but none of the flavor. Third, give a low-fat or fat-free cheese a whirl. To some people, they're fine. To others, they're anything but. You be the judge. Cream cheese is a different story. Ounce for ounce, it's fattier than regular cheese. Each tablespoon has five grams of fat--three of them saturated. And many delis smear smear (smer) a specimen for microscopic study prepared by spreading the material across the slide. Pap smear , Papanicolaou smear see under test. it on their bagels like it's going out of style. Try a fat-free version. They aren't as creamy cream·y adj. cream·i·er, cream·i·est Rich in or resembling cream. cream  i·ly adv. as the real
thing, but they're not half-bad.Egg Salad Eggs are loaded with cholesterol, something your arteries could do without. Make your egg salad sandwich with two eggs and two tablespoons of regular mayo and it could easily ring up nearly two days' worth of cholesterol--plus a third of a day's saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be and half a day's total fat. Solution: Can the yolks. Our Sort-of-Egg Salad sandwich has no cholesterol and just four grams of fat. Tuna & Chicken Salad What's in a tuna sandwich? It depends on who makes it. It's not unusual to use 2 1/2 ounces of tuna (about half a six-ounce can after draining) and three tablespoons of regular mayo. And it's not unusual for that to come to nearly 600 calories and 40 grams of fat--six of them saturated. So much for low-fat fish. Cut the mayo in half and the fat will follow. Better yet, switch to two tablespoons of fat-free mayo. The calories drop to around 300 and the fat to a mere five grams. Chicken salad is the same story--two or three ounces of chicken breast is harmless until you dump in three tablespoons of mayo to moisten it up. Fat-free mayo can slash the fat. But don't stop there. You can make chicken, tuna, or any other salad better by adding vegetables. Mix in some chopped tomatoes or cucumber or shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. celery celery, biennial plant (Apium graveolens) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), of wide distribution in the wild state throughout the north temperate Old World and much cultivated also in America. or green pepper. With chicken salad, try chopped grapes Grapes - A Modula-like system description language. E-mail: <peter@cadlab.cadlab.de>. ["GRAPES Language Description. Syntax, Semantics and Grammar of GRAPES-86", Siemens Nixdorf Inform, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-8009-4112-0]. , apples, or apricots. You'll get flavor ... and phytochemicals. Turkey & Chicken If you want a low-fat sandwich, turkey breast or chicken breast is a safe bet. The processed slices have more sodium than slices of leftover roast turkey from last night. But even with a hefty four ounces of meat, the fat should stay at seven grams. If your chicken or turkey breast is processed, cut back to two ounces to keep the sodium in check. Make up the difference with lettuce, tomato, and onion. If you need more oomph, use mustard, but each teaspoon tea·spoon n. Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters. teaspoon a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters. will add anywhere from 50 to 130 mg of sodium. Luncheon Meats Even two slices (usually two ounces) of bologna Bologna (bōlô`nyä), city (1991 pop. 404,378), capital of Emilia-Romagna and of Bologna prov., N central Italy, at the foot of the Apennines and on the Aemilian Way. will run you 16 grams of fat. At most delis, of course, a two-slicer would be laughed out of the kitchen. Chopped ham, corned beef, and turkey bologna aren't quite as fatty as regular bologna, but why bother with the usual stuff when you can get low-fat versions? Your supermarket should have dozens of deli meats with no more than two or three grams of fat per two-ounce serving. Some are fat-free. And the meatless soy-based "deli slices" at your local health food store are also worth a roll in the pita. Don't laugh. In just a few years, most soy-based bolognas, hams, and turkeys have gone from nearly inedible to much closer to the real stuff (just don't look too closely at their color). Slap them between two slices of whole wheat and you may be pleasantly surprised. (We'll rate them in an upcoming issue.) Just keep in mind that processed meats (or meatless deli slices) are loaded with sodium. So you can't just pile four or five ounces into your sandwich. Our advice: Stick to two ounces. Check the label to find luncheon meats (or non-meats) that have less than 500 mg of sodium. (Be careful. Some meats use a one-slice serving size. Be sure to double--or triple--the sodium numbers before you figure out how much it will add to your sandwich.) Or just stick with Healthy Choice. Any food with "healthy" in its name or on its label can't contain more than 480 mg of sodium per serving. Some of Oscar Mayer's and Louis Rich's meats can hit 700 or 800 mg. BLT 1. BLT - /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ Synonym for blit. This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt. It refers to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operation done on pre-paged versions of ITS, WAITS and Okay, so you're not going to pack a BLT "to go." The next time you're having lunch at home, remember to make it a TLT--that is, a turkey, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. Start with just two slices of turkey bacon, use low-fat mayo on whole wheat toast, and load up on lettuce and tomato. RELATED ARTICLE: Hold the Pickle Many of the sandwiches in this chart were made with four ounces of meat or two ounces of cheese. That's slightly less than what we were served in 1995 at sandwich shops in several cities. The amount of filling in each sandwich is in parentheses See parenthesis. parentheses - See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. following its name. All the sandwiches were made using large (1.4-ounce) slices of whole wheat bread wheat bread n. A bread made from a mixture of white and whole-wheat flours. or a whole wheat pita. (Check the label for lower-sodium breads.) Unless noted, they have no mayo, mustard, cheese, oil, or dressing. The chart includes a handful of healthier sandwiches we created (they're in bold--the recipes are on p. 11). "Best Bites" (*) have no more than nine grams of total fat, three grams of saturated fat, and 600 milligrams of sodium. "Better Bites" ([check]) can have up to 1,000 mg of sodium (many are simply ordinary sandwiches with less filling). Within each category, sandwiches are ranked from least to most saturated fat.
Sandwiches Calories Saturated Fat
(grams)
* Right-On Raita (see p.11) 210 0
* Horseradish Heaven (see
p. 11) 220 0
[check] Bagel (4 oz.) with fat-free
cream cheese (2 Tbs.) 330 0
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Roast Turkey Style (2
oz.--4 slices) 250 1
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Three Peppercorn Style
(2 oz.--4 slices) 250 1
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Chicken
Breast (2 oz.--6 slices 260 1
[check] Yves Veggie Deli Slices
(2 oz.--4 slices) 260 1
* Sort-Of-Egg Salad (see p. 11) 250 1
* Cucumber & Friend (see p. 11) 230 1
* Artichokes, Etc. (see p. 11) 260 1
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Honey Ham (2 oz.--6
slices) 260 1
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey
Breast & White Turkey
(2 oz.--6 slices) 260 1
[check] Tuna salad (2 1/2 oz. tuna
& 2 Tbs. fat-free mayo) 310 1
Louis Rich Oven Roasted
Deluxe Chicken Breast
(4 oz.--4 slices) 320 1
* Hummus Among Us (see p. 11) 290 1
[check] Chicken salad (2 1/2 oz.
diced chicken breast & 2
Tbs. fat-free mayo) 330 1
Oscar Mayer Deli-Thin
Roasted Turkey Breast &
White Turkey (4 oz.--9
slices) 310 1
Sandwiches Total Fat Fat (% of
(grams) calories)
* Right-On Raita (see p.11) 2 9
* Horseradish Heaven (see
p. 11) 2 8
[check] Bagel (4 oz.) with fat-free
cream cheese (2 Tbs.) 2 5
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Roast Turkey Style (2
oz.--4 slices) 3 11
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Three Peppercorn Style
(2 oz.--4 slices) 3 11
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Chicken
Breast (2 oz.--6 slices 3 10
[check] Yves Veggie Deli Slices
(2 oz.--4 slices) 3 10
* Sort-Of-Egg Salad (see p. 11) 4 14
* Cucumber & Friend (see p. 11) 5 20
* Artichokes, Etc. (see p. 11) 5 17
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Honey Ham (2 oz.--6
slices) 5 17
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey
Breast & White Turkey
(2 oz.--6 slices) 5 17
[check] Tuna salad (2 1/2 oz. tuna
& 2 Tbs. fat-free mayo) 5 14
Louis Rich Oven Roasted
Deluxe Chicken Breast
(4 oz.--4 slices) 5 14
* Hummus Among Us (see p. 11) 6 19
[check] Chicken salad (2 1/2 oz.
diced chicken breast & 2
Tbs. fat-free mayo) 6 16
Oscar Mayer Deli-Thin
Roasted Turkey Breast &
White Turkey (4 oz.--9
slices) 6 17
Sandwiches Sodium (mg)
* Right-On Raita (see p.11) 370
* Horseradish Heaven (see
p. 11) 520
[check] Bagel (4 oz.) with fat-free
cream cheese (2 Tbs.) 750
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Roast Turkey Style (2
oz.--4 slices) 800
[check] Lightlife Smart Deli Meatless
Three Peppercorn Style
(2 oz.--4 slices) 820
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Chicken
Breast (2 oz.--6 slices 890
[check] Yves Veggie Deli Slices
(2 oz.--4 slices) 940
* Sort-Of-Egg Salad (see p. 11) 600
* Cucumber & Friend (see p. 11) 560
* Artichokes, Etc. (see p. 11) 590
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Honey Ham (2 oz.--6
slices) 890
[check] Healthy Choice Deli Thin
Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey
Breast & White Turkey
(2 oz.--6 slices) 890
[check] Tuna salad (2 1/2 oz. tuna
& 2 Tbs. fat-free mayo) 930
Louis Rich Oven Roasted
Deluxe Chicken Breast
(4 oz.--4 slices) 1,740
* Hummus Among Us (see p. 11) 460
[check] Chicken salad (2 1/2 oz.
diced chicken breast & 2
Tbs. fat-free mayo) 710
Oscar Mayer Deli-Thin
Roasted Turkey Breast &
White Turkey (4 oz.--9
slices) 1,790
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