Is Soreen Malt Loaf healthy?

no.1swimmum

This thread has reminded of my son having his lunchbox inspected by the head and his homemade chocolate muffin taken away because he had that and a penguin in there, this prompted a visit to see - as only the week before I had had a letter from the school health officer and I quote 'your son is emaciatingly underweight' - :mad:. I know that he is underweight he has issues with food which stem from a problem with his mouth when he was a baby and not weaning like a normal baby - he would only eat certain foods - I never pander to it, for example he dislikes potatoes do I still give them to him yes and he knows that he has to eat one piece.

On my visit I took the recipe for the muffins and laid into the head - you see they were a recipe from a book for swimmers (eldest son hence the name no.1swimmum) and contained no chocolate only cocoa powder, no sugar only honey and were half flour and half cornmeal - so promptly told him never to inspect my sons lunch again until he had trained and qualified as a nutrionist and also until the school canteen stop serving donuts and iced cake with custard for those on school dinners.
Guess what he never did it again - he knew not to cross a Mum on a mission!!!!

threemuttleys

I find it interesting that the schools have these policies in place, yet whenever I have been to a school fete or whatever, the place is jam packed with cakes, biscuits etc...and a friend with a child at said school, says that they always have cake sale on a friday...double standards!

Buttonmoons

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Have you tried warming them up by pouring boiling water into them and screwing on the lid whilst you heat up the lunch? Just like you do a normal vacuum flask.

Only asking cos a friend in RL had the same issue and was about to bin hers when I asked how she was heating hers up.

Cue laughing and head -slapping, because as she pointed out, if she had been heating up soup she would have been heating up the flask in the normal way.

I've tested mine - and I can put hot food into a hot flask and it is still ho enough to eat at 3pm.

MG

Ahhh see Ive never used a vaccumn flask before So pour boiling hot water in it....pour it out? Put the food in and then microwave? Sorry, Im a bit dense with complicated matters like a lunchbox :rotfl:

gingin_2

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Ahhh see Ive never used a vaccumn flask before So pour boiling hot water in it....pour it out? Put the food in and then microwave? Sorry, Im a bit dense with complicated matters like a lunchbox :rotfl:

Leave the water in for about 10 minutes with the lid screwed on tight and heat the food seperately. I cook the food on the hob rather than the microwave as it stays hotter if it is brought up to boiling point

Memory_Girl

What gingin said:D

You can microwave in the flasks as well - but TBH I like the food to be piping hot so I heat it up separately so that it is completely defrosted and hot throughout before packing it in to the pre-heated flask.

MG

Evansangel

pukkamum wrote: »

Interestingly enough after i commented on this thread wondering if the lunch box wars were a ruse to get parents putting their kids on school dinners and that there had been a lunch box survey at our school last week, we recieved a letter from school today asking people to check if they were entitled to free school meals as the school gets £488 per year to spend as they like for every child registered with free school meals!!!!!

How long before the kids lunches are policed which they aren't at the moment making it 'easier' for parents to put kids on school meals thatn follow all the 'rules'?

I was reqding up on schools in my area (way advanced, she's only 20 months!) and one website said if you are entitle to free school meals to apply even if you are doing a PL because of the free money they get.

kathie1101

gingin wrote: »

Leave the water in for about 10 minutes with the lid screwed on tight and heat the food seperately. I cook the food on the hob rather than the microwave as it stays hotter if it is brought up to boiling point

Memory_Girl wrote: »

What gingin said:D

You can microwave in the flasks as well - but TBH I like the food to be piping hot so I heat it up separately so that it is completely defrosted and hot throughout before packing it in to the pre-heated flask.

MG

Thank you both of you, I will try it that way and see how I get on with it. Spag bol for tea tomorrow, so will put some leftovers in it on friday and see how it goes.

Evansangel wrote: »

I was reqding up on schools in my area (way advanced, she's only 20 months!) and one website said if you are entitle to free school meals to apply even if you are doing a PL because of the free money they get.

Yes, we are always being sent letters from school asking us if we don't claim free school meals but if we are entitled to them can we register for them as the school gets extra money. Not sure that I actually agree with the principal of it, but if the money is available to the schools I don't suppose you can blame them for trying to claim it.

Invernesschick

I am a school cook and have found this entertaining reading. Altho we do not have any say what goes in the menu I always cook everything from scratch if I can as I love cooking. We do have guidelines unfortunately and there is a strict budget but I feel on the whole the school meals are ok-ish.
The packed lunches are a different matter altogether. We have no say (nor should we) in what parents put in them but I've had my eyes opened in the 5 years I've been a cook as to what some parents deem to be a lunch.
I know the system is different in Scotland, it's all local authority run but some of us care about putting out good food and we're not all nazi's - honest!!

cef66

I think that sounds like a great healthy, balanced lunch - I only wish my child's was as good. He goes to a 'healthy eating' school and always has a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar with his sandwich and fruit, as do most children in his school, and it has never been queried. I would mention it to the teacher when you drop her off as it's totally wrong for a child of that age to have her lunch commented on like that. Perhaps you could ask what the school policy is ? Hopefully the teacher would then have a word to the relevant person so the comments aren't made again. (I've just bought some raisin loaf for my son to have for a snack after school as a 'healthy' substitute for chocolate or sweets.)

RacyRed

I've been reading this with growing horror!

No 4 year old should be made to feel bad about their lunch box.

From the sound of it we are going to replace the potential diabetes problem with an anorexia/bulimia one instead.

Children checking the size of their tummies after eating some chocolate? OMG! What the hell are "we" doing :mad:

I'll help with/back the campaign mentioned earlier. This has to be stopped NOW!