givingkids sandwiches for tea....

[FineFigureFio]

is it okay?

I have been doing this as they both have a cooked dinner at lunchtime at school and nursery. But I have just thought maybe I should be giving them a cooked dinner

opinions please

[misdee]

i'd give them sandwhiches at tea time if i felt they had a large enough dinner.

[nutcracker]

When mine were on dinners they either got soup and bread or something on toast like egg, beans, spaghetti etc.

[nutcracker]

For tea when they got home i mean.

[Blackduck]

As long as lunch was/is substantial enough...

[KateandtheGirls]

I don't see a problem with this at all.

[Fimbo]

My dd has a hot dinner at school on Fridays as she has dancing which begins round about tea-time. I give her sandwiches for her tea before she goes - she loves having a "picnic" tea every week!! It certainly does her no harm and I always give her some fruit as well.

[AuntyQuated]

i find that school dinners aren't adequate enough to be counted as main meal of the day. fresh veg are a rarity and even what they call fresh veg i would say it has little nutritional value as it has been boiled to bits then kept warm for bloody ages.

[iota]

I always give mine a cooked dinner as they used to sometimes not eat the lunch at nursery. Now ds1 is at school he has to take packed lunch, so I still cook dinner at night for them - whether they eat it is a different story

[fairyfly]

depends what you put in the sandwiches

[PlainFlum]

Do picky picky dinners. They were mine and my brothers favourites. Chunks of: Cheese, apples, nuts, grapes, sultanas, carrots etc all in a bowl.

We had them in front of the telly. Maybe thats what made it so good.

[FineFigureFio]

they eat cherry tomatoes, cucumc=ber with them and today they have asked for some chips with them ()

then they eat a satsuma each and either half an apple or a banana
and a yogurt
washed down with a glass of milk

I am having paranoid moments just lately

[fairyfly]

i think its fine, i do a few grapes, a lump of cheese, some seeds, yoghurt, carrot sticks, hoummus and a sandwich, it is really balanced, hot food isn't as good as raw veg anyway

[Tommy]

DS1 had what Fairyfly's has twice a day for a whole year.... he survived. I think you're right - the cold snacky bits often seem more healthy thatn the "hot" waffles etc he likes for lunch!

[starlover]

sounds absolutely fine to me! as long as they get a balanced, nutritious diet then it makes no difference whether it's hot or cold!

[roisin]

Mine always have sandwiches for tea, (or sometimes breakfast cereal) with bits on the side: tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, pickled onions, etc. They also have fruit and yoghurt for tea every day as well.

A 'cooked tea' is not necessarily more nutritious simply because it is warm.

[AuntyQuated]

so do you all have sandwiches too?

[weightwatchingwaterwitch]

I think it's fine.

[SPARKLER1]

Yep - I'd give them sandwiches. How wonderful for you. I wish my teatimes were so easy. Don't you just hate trying to decide what cooked food to give them everyday?

[fairyfly]

i dont have sandwiches too no, i have rice cakes. I also do cook , not always though, just when in the right mood

[ThomCat]

Yes Sparker I do!

Lottie won't eat sandwiuches. Will eat a dry crusty roll or bit of french bread or a bit of toast and marmite but never eaten a sandwich. Have even made those pinwheel sarnies with every filling you can dream of but they all got thrown back at me.

[lou33]

no problems at all with doing it here.

[iota]

didn't mean to sound sanctimonious re cooked tea - tonight's cooked tea will consist of Alphabites, hot dogs, cucumber and carrots - hardly Anabel Karmel is it?

[lowcalCOD]

no ds2 wont do sarnies eiterh
do eggy bread when really cant be arsed

[lowcalCOD]

no ds3!

[tamum]

Blimey, that sounds fine to me Fio! I cook tea because mine have packed lunches, but that is the only reason. Have a look at MI's thread if you want cheering up