Freezing Sandwiches

karren

ive read previousy that people make up thier lunches and freeze ahead,
as time is precious at the moment as trying to juggle everything, can i ask what sorts of things people freeze?
ie sandwiches what sorts (ps dd will only eat ham!!)

can you make suggestions?

ellawood

Ham is fine i used to make a bag of rolls worth with ham cheese is also fine but salad does not freeze well chicken is ok#not tried egg

BessieBooBoo

Hello!

We've tried the following:

Corned beef
Ham & mustard
Cheese & pickle
Roast beef (sliced leftovers)
Pre-cooked sandwich meat - turkey, chicken, ham

And then add say, a whole tomato, fruit, yogurt to the lunchbox so it's not just protein. No problems with these, and, in summer it keeps things from going dry or curling up.

HTH

BBB

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karren wrote: »

ive read previousy that people make up thier lunches and freeze ahead,
as time is precious at the moment as trying to juggle everything, can i ask what sorts of things people freeze?
ie sandwiches what sorts (ps dd will only eat ham!!)

can you make suggestions?

We have a thread full of advice and tips on freezing sandwiches so I've added your post to it so that you can read through the replies.

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whitegoods_engineer

I always aim to take sandwiches to work with me but usually fail to get round to making them the night before.

Would it be possible to make, then freeze sandwiches in batches?

I could take one out first thing, and it could thaw naturally during the morning and would then be ready by the afternoon.

I just wonder whether this would work. I know some items shouldn't be frozen once defrosted, so this could be a problem, I suppose!

This could be a real moneysaving thing for me, I just wonder about the pros and cons.

mandragora_2

It's the best thing you could do - I heartily recommend it! I did it for years for the whole family - every Sunday was a sandwich-making festival, then I'd freeze them in 'pairs' in cling film, so that as you take one out, that's one round of sarnies. (If you're a teenage boy, obviously, you take out several more rounds than just the one!) Obvious things - cheese is great; ham ditto; any cooked cold meats - Sunday roast leftovers were always popular. I added whole grain mustard to the meat sarnies to spice it up, as otherwise they can be quite bland. Things like tomatoes, cucumbers and anything that will turn to mush on defrosting is a non-starter, but there's nothing to stop you bunging a cucumber in the fridge at work and adding a few slices each day, or putting a tomato in your bag along with the sarnies. In the 'lunches' drawer of the freezer I also used to keep packs of choccie biscuits (such as Kit Kats) as my lot saw any lunchbox without a treat in it as a dreadful punishment. This meant that they lasted a bit longer, because they weren't on show all the time and also because a frozen solid choc biscuit is less appealing to a grazing teenager than one that's just there and ready to eat straight away.

Edited to add Try these sites:
http://www.favoritefreezerfoods.com/frozen-sandwiches.html
http://food.unl.edu/fnh/freezing-sandwiches
http://www.frostbitefood.com/2012/01/tips-for-making-and-freezing-sandwiches.html

brightonman123

any fridge / storage facilities, at work?


They might be in better condition, made fresh!

jlhmd666

mandragora wrote: »

It's the best thing you could do - I heartily recommend it! I did it for years for the whole family - every Sunday was a sandwich-making festival, then I'd freeze them in 'pairs' in cling film, so that as you take one out, that's one round of sarnies. (If you're a teenage boy, obviously, you take out several more rounds than just the one!) Obvious things - cheese is great; ham ditto; any cooked cold meats - Sunday roast leftovers were always popular. I added whole grain mustard to the meat sarnies to spice it up, as otherwise they can be quite bland. Things like tomatoes, cucumbers and anything that will turn to mush on defrosting is a non-starter, but there's nothing to stop you bunging a cucumber in the fridge at work and adding a few slices each day, or putting a tomato in your bag along with the sarnies. In the 'lunches' drawer of the freezer I also used to keep packs of choccie biscuits (such as Kit Kats) as my lot saw any lunchbox without a treat in it as a dreadful punishment. This meant that they lasted a bit longer, because they weren't on show all the time and also because a frozen solid choc biscuit is less appealing to a grazing teenager than one that's just there and ready to eat straight away.

Edited to add Try these sites:
http://www.favoritefreezerfoods.com/frozen-sandwiches.html
http://food.unl.edu/fnh/freezing-sandwiches
http://www.frostbitefood.com/2012/01/tips-for-making-and-freezing-sandwiches.html

That is a really helpful post, thanks My lot have just switched from school dinners to lunch boxes and this will save a lot of time in the mornings

whitegoods_engineer

brightonman123 wrote: »

any fridge / storage facilities, at work?


They might be in better condition, made fresh!

Many thanks for the replies. Very useful!

I'm 'on the road' (white van man) all day long so no fridge.

Obviously fresh would be preferable, but I don't want to have to do this each day.

I like the idea of making a good number of different sandwiches, frozen and ready to just 'grab and go' every morning.

This would seriously save me about £3 a day, even taking into account the cost of bread and fillings!

Tillytrotter1

This is what I do for my husband's lunch box and he says there is no difference in taste. Just make sure you wrap them tightly in cling film. I usually cook a gammon or a chicken cut it up and make up the sandwiches, just did this on Monday and got 2 weeks worth of sandwiches from a medium chicken. I suppose the sandwiches are a bit samey but he doesn't seem to mind and it saves him making them up each night.