Here's an idea - lentil salad. Boil the lentils, filter(?) it from the water (which you don't need) and add salt, pepper, fine cut parsley, olive oil and vinegar. Add diced ham, boiled eggs too, also diced in not too small dices. Voila. 
I'll take a look through some of my cook books for other salads.
Oh, and about the sneezing - play it safe and take a couple of Aspirin C's when you get back. There is an epidemic, after all.