Packed Lunches for School
Icemaiden
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Back to school on Tuesday :j DS 14yrs has asked if he can take packed lunches instead of having school meals due to him attending various activities at lunchtime. He usually takes £1.50 per day for a canteen style meal which he picks himself.
Other than sandwiches, what can I send him with that will fill him up, give a bit of variety and keep within the budget?
Thanks in advance.
Other than sandwiches, what can I send him with that will fill him up, give a bit of variety and keep within the budget?
Thanks in advance.
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How about a plastic container with a pasta salad in it?
How about a snack pot with a serving of beans and sausages in it?2008 Comping ChallengeWon so far - £3010 Needed - £230Debt free since Oct 20040 -
Try leftover quiche and pizza,or little pizzas made with pitta or muffins.What about little pie/pasties filled with veg and cheese sauce and/or bacon/ham?
Or you could try rice salads,pasta salads.If you've got a wide necked thermos you can put baked beans in or leftover casseroles or soups.HTH0 -
Salads are a good idea. Also try fruit - bananas and apples are good for filling up. Include something naughty as well, like a choc-chip muffin or a chocolate bar/biscuit. Yogurts are good too - especially Muller Corner yogurts as they contain more than a standard pot. They also act as a kind of "drink" if you like.0
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Mine love boiled pasta, tinned tuna and mayoniase mixed together. Add in chopped salad veg, sweetcorn or anything else he might fancy!
They like HM Dairylea Lunchables - a tupperware box of crackers, cubes of cheese, pieces of ham and salad.
Or a ploughmans - bread bun, cheese cubes, apple wedges, salad and pickleHere I go again on my own....0 -
Filled flour tortillas - cold chicken and salsa, tuna and sweetcorn.
Pitta breads filled with what ever you've got.
HM sausage rolls - add veg to the sausage meat to add a differnt flavour"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.0 -
We have a wide necked flask and my son takes those tins of beans with veggie sausages and spaghetti bolognese in it. He also loves those packets of pasta in cheese sauce (not OS) I know, but they are only 51p each from Sainsburys.
They have gone a bit soggy by lunchtime, but are still hot and he is hungry enough to eat it. He calls it "prison food"
Also those really cheap packets of noodles but I dont cook them just put the boiling water in and them still dry - they are cooked by lunchtime again a bit soggy but he says he doesn't mind that. Of course your lad may be a little more discerningGrocery Challenge £139/240 until 31/01
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DD used to have packed lunches but now has school dinner as we get them free being on Income Support. She used to take roast chicken chopped with either rice or pasta, chicken leg, cold sausage rolls, boiled eggs (stinky though), cheese and apple chopped up and crackers, boring rolls or sarnies. Also used to take a yogurt, fruit, water or weak squash, flapjack and crisps.
DD doesnt like all salad but eats a little lettuce, so when making a roll or sarnie used to put a little in there too
Are they fussy eaters? My dd is..lol!!
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Why dont you ask him what he likes? Instead of him chucking it away becosue he dosent like it?I'm not poor i'm just skint0
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Icemaiden, I used to be awful as I didn't - and still don't - like sandwiches - especially several hours after they've been made, so my mum used to make me a tuna and pasta, ham and rice etc salad for several days of the week - she could make it one night and keep it in the fridge and it would do several days.
How about showing your son this thread - or at least telling him all the ideas and asking him what he'd like to try. If things take a bit of preparation perhaps you could do it together so he learns some cooking too.Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
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