Snack

Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate

Name: Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 30 g Cheddar; 40 g Lean ham, sliced; 60 g, about a third of a medium apple Apple; 30 g Gherkins; 1 stick, about 40 g Celery; 1 tsp (6 g) Wholegrain mustard

Cheddar, ham, apple, gherkins and celery with a blob of wholegrain mustard. The pub plate without the bread, butter and chutney. 213 kcal.

Calories: 213kcal
Protein: 16g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 9g

Per serving, makes 1. 5 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Milk
Celery
Mustard

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Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate

Ingredients 1 to 6 for ham and cheddar ploughman's plate arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 30 g Cheddar. 40 g Lean ham, sliced (Cooked deli weight, as sold.). 60 g, about a third of a medium apple Apple. 30 g Gherkins. 1 stick, about 40 g Celery. 1 tsp (6 g) Wholegrain mustard

Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate, preparation step 1: Cut the cheese into a few thick pieces rather than slices; this is a plate for eating with your fingers. — Step 1. Cut the cheese into a few thick pieces rather than slices; this is a plate for eating with your fingers.

Ham and Cheddar Ploughman's Plate, preparation step 2: Fold the ham, cut the apple into wedges and the celery into batons. — Step 2. Fold the ham, cut the apple into wedges and the celery into batons.

The finished ham and cheddar ploughman's plate. — Step 3. Put it all on a plate with the gherkins and the mustard on the side.

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Ingredients

Cheddar30 g
Lean ham, sliced40 g
Cooked deli weight, as sold.
Apple60 g, about a third of a medium apple
Gherkins30 g
Celery1 stick, about 40 g
Wholegrain mustard1 tsp (6 g)

Method

Cut the cheese into a few thick pieces rather than slices; this is a plate for eating with your fingers.
Fold the ham, cut the apple into wedges and the celery into batons.
Put it all on a plate with the gherkins and the mustard on the side.

Worth knowing

A pub ploughman's runs to 80 g of cheese, a bread roll with butter and a sweet chutney. Here it is 30 g of cheddar, a slice of ham and the pickles, at 213 kcal.
The mustard is the sauce. Chutney would add about 30 kcal a tablespoon, mostly sugar.

Other snack recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every snack under 300 calories a serving.

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