Menus For Lunch Or Substitutes For Dinner

Grated Cheese with Apples and Buttered Bread. 1. Grate two to four ounces of Swiss or American cheese and carry in a glass jar or paper bag. At lunch-time peel one or two apples, cut them up in small pieces and mix with grated cheese. Eat with buttered bread.

Meat Sandwiches with Olives and Mayonnaise Dressing.

2. Prepare a salad from left-over meat, mixing with olives and dressing, or slice the meat and put between layers of bread, and mix the olives with mayonnaise dressing.

Scrambled Eggs on Sandwiches, and Cherries.

3. Eat the cherries at the beginning or at the end of the meal; lettuce is a good addition.

Ground Nuts with Apples and Raisins.

4. Grind six to twelve nuts in the morning and keep in a jar or paper bag. At lunch-time cut one apple into small pieces, add twelve raisins and the ground nuts. Eat with or without bread and butter. It is best to use only one kind of nuts at a time. Celery is also a good addition.

Nut and Date Sandwiches.

5. Remove the stones from one-half dozen or more dates, cut the dates into small pieces and mix with one-third or one-half the amount of chopped or ground walnuts. Spread on buttered bread or eat the bread with it. Apples combine well with it, either as a substitute for bread or in combination with it. In place of whole nuts, nut-butter may be used; the latter should always be diluted with an equal amount of water.

Figs, raisins or dried currants can be used in the same way as dates. Lettuce and celery are good additions.

Tomatoes with Popcorn, Bread and Butter.

6. Prepare a salad with tomato and lettuce, or strain some canned tomatoes. The latter can be carried conveniently in a small Mason jar. Always open the jar a little, if left to stand in a store or office, so the air can circulate through it. Take one cup of tomato juice in. combination with one-half pint or more of warm, buttered popcorn. Eat bread and butter with it, if desired.

Egg Sandwiches with Watercress and Olives. 8. Slice some hard boiled eggs and lay on buttered bread. Mix some olives and watercress with mayonnaise dressing, and serve with the bread. Egg sandwiches combine well with sliced or potted ham, or with anchovy or herring - butter, or with apples.

Cottage or Cream Cheese Sandwiches.

9. Spread thin slices of rye or black bread with cheese. Combine with apples or olives, with or without lettuce and mayonnaise dressing.

Cabbage Salad with Bread, Butter and Bologna.

10. Prepare the salad in the morning, mix with mayonnaise dressing and carry in a glass or jar. Prepare the bread with butter and thin slices of bologna or ham. Eat the cabbage salad as an entree or with the sandwiches. Hard boiled eggs are a good addition.

Potato Salad with Black Bread and Butter and Bologna.

11. Serve the salad as an entree. Prepare thin slices of pompernickle with butter and bologna or ham, and combine with hard boiled eggs. Nuts may be substituted for eggs.

Peanut and Olive Sandwiches.

12. Remove the stones and cut the olives into small pieces, mix with diluted peanut butter, and season with lemon.

Spread on rye bread.

Egg Sandwiches with Ham or Chipped Beef.

13. Chop some ham or beef very fine. Prepare some eggs for scrambling, mix with the meat and finish like scrambled eggs. When cold spread on sandwiches.

Raw Beef Sandwiches .

14. Wash some freshly cut round-steak, dry and scrape. Spread on buttered triscuit or soda cracker. Combine with lettuce and French dressing. Serve at once.

Sandwiches with Sausage.

15. Spread thin slices of rye or black bread with butter. Cover with liver sausage, blood sausage or metwurst. Goose fat or leaf lard can be substituted for the butter or be omitted. Combine with tart apples. Onions and lettuce is also a good addition.

Meat Sandwiches with Tomatoes and Cucumbers.

16. Cut some cold boiled or roasted lean meat into thin slices and lay on buttered bread. Eat cucumbers with it.