Nutritionists Are Obsessed With These 50 Bread Alternatives—#17 Will Completely Change How You Eat Lunch

Below is a comprehensive list of 50 healthy alternatives to bread. These options span vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and other nutrient-dense carriers that can replace bread in sandwiches, wraps, and meals.

1. Lettuce leaves (romaine, butter, iceberg)

2. Collard green leaves

3. Cabbage leaves

4. Swiss chard leaves

5. Nori seaweed sheets

6. Rice paper sheets

7. Coconut wraps

8. Almond-flour wraps

9. Cauliflower thins

10. Cauliflower sandwich flats

11. Cauliflower pizza crust (used as a base)

12. Portobello mushroom caps

13. Grilled eggplant slices

14. Grilled zucchini slices

15. Sweet potato slices (baked or toasted)

16. Plantain slices (baked)

17. Jicama tortillas

18. Tortillas made with cassava flour

19. Chickpea-flour flatbread (socca)

20. Lentil-flour wraps

21. Quinoa-flour tortillas

22. Brown rice cakes

23. Quinoa cakes

24. Oatcakes (savory)

25. Whole-grain crispbreads (e.g., rye crispbread)

26. Buckwheat crepes

27. Amaranth flatbread

28. Teff injera (traditionally fermented)

29. Sourdough rye crisp slices

30. Sprouted-grain tortillas

31. Sprouted-grain muffins (savory)

32. Seed crackers (flax, chia, sesame)

33. Flaxseed wraps

34. Chia-seed flatbread

35. Hemp-flour wraps

36. Paleo nut-and-seed bread alternatives

37. Vegetable patties (e.g., beet or carrot patties as carriers)

38. Black bean patties (thin)

39. Falafel patties (flattened)

40. Tempeh slices (grilled)

41. Firm tofu slices (grilled or baked)

42. Kimchi pancakes (savory and thin)

43. Egg-based wraps (e.g., egg crêpes)

44. Frittata sheets cut thin

45. Thin omelet rounds used as wraps

46. Protein pancakes (unsweetened)

47. Avocado halves (used as carriers)

48. Cucumber boats or long slices

49. Bell pepper halves or slices

50. Butternut squash slices (roasted)