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Lunch

Here's everything you need to make your best lunches. Use our make-ahead lunch ideas if you're in a hurry and creative ways to change up your lunch box routine to banish sad desk lunches forever. If you've got a health goal you're working toward, try our healthy lunch options with ideas that go beyond sandwiches and salads (though we've got those, too).

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Turkey Muffaletta Pan-Wiches

Get a head start on party prep when you refrigerate assembled sandwiches up to 8 hours. Pour the butter mixture over just before baking.
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Cubanos

Take advantage of leftover Cuban pork roast to fill a delicious take on a Cubano sandwich. Obviously, you'll need to add mustard and pickles to the already flavorful roast for classic Cuban sandwich flavors.
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Eggnog Dream Bars

Eggnog isn't just for drinking as this Christmas cookie recipe proves. There's no actual eggnog in it, but it's got the milk, nutmeg, and rum (if you like) among its ingredients.
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Pomelo Margarita Bars

Food writer and recipe developer, Danielle Centoni, took advantage of in-season produce to make these pomelo bars. They're a nice change up to your usual lemon bars. If your store doesn't have pomelo, you can swap in pink grapefruit.
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Turkey-Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

We think grilled cheese could use an upgrade from just bread and cheese, don't you? To makeover this crowd-pleasing sandwich just a little, we added sweet onion, apple slices, turkey, and apple jelly to the cheesy filling in the center.
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No-Bake Irish Cream Pudding Bars

Give the oven a break! These no-bake bars require only a stove top to melt chocolate and chilling time for pudding to set up.
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More Lunch

Apple-Brown Butter Bars

Even the brown butter used in this apple dessert recipe is extra special. It's spiced with your favorite fall spices (cinnamon and allspice). Drizzled atop this layered dessert it adds gooey enticement.
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Roasted Root Vegetable Soup

Because pureed soups are too dense to get hot enough all the way through to kill bacteria during processing, this homemade canned soup is stored with chunky veggies. Instead, you'll blend it whenever you're ready to open a can for dinner.
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Italian Focaccia Sandwich

Tired of regular white bread? Take your Italian sandwich to the next level by making it on focaccia! You don't have to bake your own bread, but this tasty Italian sandwich would be even better with homemade focaccia.