Packed Lunches for School

livinginhope

soba wrote: »

Hi would you have the recipe for these please?

I got the recipe for the bars off here,but have modified it slightly here goes

1 cup sugar (4oz)
1/2 cup marg
2 eggs
1 cup flour (I use plain wholemeal flour)
2 tsps mixed spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup of porridge oats
2 apples (grated)
1/2 cup of coconut

Put all ingredients except apples and coconut in a bowl,mix up then stir through the apples and coconut,put into a greased tin,I use a large oblong pyrex dish 10'x5' very approx! bake 180 C for about 25 mins,cut into 12 bar shapes,more if you want small ones,less if you want big ones :rolleyes: ,very simple and the kids love them

LIH

bigpaws23

This sounds great, LIH. Thank you! I'll do those tomorrow.

I've made the weetabix brownies from this thread already!
They went down well but I forgot to cut them before they cooled, so now they crumble which means we're eating plates of delicious crumbs. Ah well

Frugal_Fox

Our packed lunches are just a variation on a theme!

Either pasta salad or HM sandwich - typical filling of cheese, ham, chicken, marmite, jam etc
Always a piece of fruit - they love kiwi
Dried fruit or seeds
HM yogurt

I estimate its less than a £1 per child per day. I get my meat from the butcher or deli counter and have it sliced wafer thin - then I can take advantage of any offers.

I try to put in something sweet twice a week - either HM popcorn, flapjack or a fairy cake etc.

morganb

I am going to make those apple and coconut bars later ... I dont' think many of them will get to go into lunch boxes on Monday, though!
I have a recipe for bitesize veggie frittatas ... I will post it this afternoon, have to dash to footie practice now.

morganb

bigpaws23 wrote: »

've made the weetabix brownies .. but I forgot to cut them before they cooled, so now they crumble which means we're eating plates of delicious crumbs. Ah well

What, smothered in lovely warm custard as well?? Think I might deliberately forget to let them cool in that case ...

bigpaws23

morganb wrote: »

What, smothered in lovely warm custard as well?? Think I might deliberately forget to let them cool in that case ...

Oh Gosh! You've been in my kitchen LOL
Hubby said to me; these would be great slathered in custard, so yep, crumbs and custard all around
I'm going to start the other recipe now. Mmmmmmmmm.......

Bigpaws x

morganb

Here's a recipe for mini veg frittatas, ideal for lunchboxes.
Makes 12
250g baking potatoes
125g frozen mixed veg
little oil for brushing
75g cheddar / gruyere / emmental cheese
6 eggs
150ml milk
salt and pepper
vegetable sticks

Set oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5
Scrub potatoes, cut into small squares
Bring potatoes to boil with the frozen veg
Cook for 4 minutes until potatoes are tender; drain them
Use a pastry brush to grease a muffin tin
Grate the cheese and divide into the muffin holes along with the veg
Beat eggs, milk and salt and pepper into a jug; pour equally over the potatoes and veg
Cook for 10mins until eggs are set

Delicious! 12 meals worth (admittedly it's a bit pricier with 6 eggs but a good way of using up left over veg from Sunday dinner as well)
Enjoy!

nodwah

someone back there said kiwis, do you slice them into a plastic bowl or something?

lil_me

I slice them and put in a small pot when my son takes them. Got 4 pots (which were baby food pots) in one of the £1 shops which are an ideal size. I buy a large bag of raisins and refil the tubs, or dry my own fruit cheaper than the little boxes.

My son likes the Humzingers fruit strings and the fruit bowl fruit flakes but added to lunches every day makes it expensive.

Frugal_Fox

nodwah wrote: »

someone back there said kiwis, do you slice them into a plastic bowl or something?

Actually I just slice them in half and give the children a spoon each - they then just 'scoop' out the flesh at school and return the 'manky' skin to me later!!!