Packed Lunches for School

Becles

vodkaqueen75 wrote:

the only cakes i have ever cooked are those noddy/scooby doo ones in the packs

They are basically your dry ingredients in the boxes. If you can cook them, you can attempt baking from scratch. Have a look on here:
http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm and try some of the things marked with a yellow square (the easiest!).

Give it a go and I'm sure you'll do fine

mgardner

vodkaqueen75 wrote:

wow, thank you all for your responses, i have wrote everything down and over the weekend am going to taste test them with different things to see what they will eat!
to be honest i have never baked a cake i really wouldnt know where to start embarrasing isnt it, although it would be great fun to make biscuits as i have a 3 year old at home and he would love to cook these things with me! the only cakes i have ever cooked are those noddy/scooby doo ones in the packs
i will hunt around for some recipies and will do this! also i will buy some tubs or cheese and raisins ect, where could i get small ones for lunch boxes though?

and, can i ask if anyone knows how to keep chopped up apples form going brown as they always come home with half eaten apples so was going to give them half of one each everyday instead, and they get the free fruit at school also.
Thank you again xx

I think its a dash of lemon juice that stops apples going brown, best wishes mary

Spendless

Just be careful if putting nuts in their lunchboxes, just in case there is anyone in school with a nut allergy. Perhaps check first.

I've made a batch of fairy cakes before and frozen them.

loopylass

my children are not allowed to take cakes or biscuits to school
they take fruit and ive got little pots to put grapes and raisins in
crisps and chocolate (trying to find ideas so they dont need to take them)
sandwiches and sometimes a yogurt
has anybody got any ideas so i can ditch the crisps and chocolate fairly cheap as ive got 3 who goes to school and 1 at college(3 days a week)

Thankyou

Spendless

loopylass wrote:

my children are not allowed to take cakes or biscuits to school
they take fruit and ive got little pots to put grapes and raisins in
crisps and chocolate (trying to find ideas so they dont need to take them)
sandwiches and sometimes a yogurt
has anybody got any ideas so i can ditch the crisps and chocolate fairly cheap as ive got 3 who goes to school and 1 at college(3 days a week)

Thankyou

They allow crisps and chocolate but not cake . Surely the school dinner kids get the choice of a sponge pudding?

what about breadsticks,crackers, cheese cubes, pot of jelly.

across

they could even help you make the biscuits or cakes my little girls are 2 and 4yr old and already love baking with me they dress up in fifi apron outfits and roll biscuits etc!!
i think this post is great it has certainly given me ideas for when they start full time at school i all your pack lunches sound brill! well done! have fun! :T

boiler_man

mae wrote:

How about making banana flapjacks very easy to make?

125g butter or marg
3 tbsp sunflower oil
125g demerara sugar
2 tbsp maple syrup (you can use golden syrup but I think maple healthier?)
1 or 2 very ripe bananas (or 100g chewy banana chips)
200g porridge

melt butter, oil, sugar syrup over a low heat. Mash your bananas with a fork and add to the pan or add you banana chips snipped into small pieces. Add the oats and stir well. Put the mixture in a tin and press down evenly. Bake for about 20 mins 180C/350F/gas 4. Let it cool for 10 mins then cut into about 12 flapjacks.

Read this post earlier today and immediately went and cooked these (with slight adjustment due to having some wrong ingredients) with dd1 - they came out great. So easy. 1st time that I've cooked flapjacks. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

By the way dd1 loves them - would be fantastic for lunchboxes.

Instead of sandwiches, why not try tortilla wraps for a change? Or cold HM pizza? Would also recommend peeled raw carrots as a healthy snack.

Ganyam

vodkaqueen75 wrote:

hi, i have 3 sons 2 of which are at school, tehy take a packed lunch every day but i have found i am spending a lot of money on their lunches can anyone advice on what i can be giving them instead
heres what they have

1 x sandwich
1 x apple/banana
1 x drinky yoghurt
1 x cheese string
1 x kit kat/school bar
1 x drink (i make myself in own sports bottle)
1 x pack crisps
1 x box raisins


crikey writing that down it looks a lot but they eat it all and are hungry when they come out of school!! they are aged 8 and 5, also i have to buy these in packs of 10 so i find i am buying 3 x 4 packs of the drinky yoghurts to last mon - fri

all advice very much appreciated!!

Karen x

Try doubling there sandwich's and take the raisins out, i for one no that one round of sandwiches arn't filling but two are.... just an idea..

loulou6

vodkaqueen75 wrote:

wow, thank you all for your responses, i have wrote everything down and over the weekend am going to taste test them with different things to see what they will eat!
to be honest i have never baked a cake i really wouldnt know where to start embarrasing isnt it, although it would be great fun to make biscuits as i have a 3 year old at home and he would love to cook these things with me! the only cakes i have ever cooked are those noddy/scooby doo ones in the packs
i will hunt around for some recipies and will do this! also i will buy some tubs or cheese and raisins ect, where could i get small ones for lunch boxes though?

and, can i ask if anyone knows how to keep chopped up apples form going brown as they always come home with half eaten apples so was going to give them half of one each everyday instead, and they get the free fruit at school also.
Thank you again xx

Try lemon juice with the apples or put in a tub with pineapple or kiwi, should stop them going brown
Could try mixing with value fruit cocktail drain alot of the juice off first leave the apple quite chunky and perhaps give them a plastic picnic fork to eat with.

Glad

there are some great ideas here for children's lunch boxes