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to think this is a perfectly good sized lunch?

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FenellaFellorick · 06/06/2015 17:54

For my 15 and 16 year old sons?
(If not a very healthy one but that's not my question Grin)

Ham and cheese salad sandwich, a frube and a wafer bar.

I am doing the next 2 weeks packed lunches for the freezer and this is being hotly contested in my house right now Grin

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FenellaFellorick · 08/06/2015 08:01

ah well, tell him thanks but don't worry. They've been taking them for months and nobody has cared yet.

Horrible if some kids are like that though. Over a frubes. Sad That's bullying, isn't it? I'm glad nobody at my kids' school seems to care.

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PuntasticUsername · 08/06/2015 07:35

DH suggests that any teenage boy taking a Frube to school is likely to attract unwelcome comment. The phrase he used was "check you out, with your strawberry jizz-stick".

Just saying.

BertrandRussell · 08/06/2015 07:35

My teenager can, and sometimes does, get his own lunch. And he has made other people's too, on occasion. Making a packed lunch isn't rocket science. But I do usually make his for him. Because learning about people doing favours and being kind to each other is much more important, and harder, than leaning about making sandwiches.

Wellwellwell3holesintheground · 08/06/2015 07:21

Motherofdragons - the pp said her son ate 3 frubes at once. Slightly less than one normal sized yoghurt.

Zoneout · 08/06/2015 07:17

Op

I've just read the full thread and was going to post

SquigglyLine Sun 07-Jun-15 16:31:21
Op, you seem like a lovely, good-humoured person. Wish I knew you in RL!

But give the poor boys some food (grin)

mrsmugoo · 08/06/2015 06:58

My 15 month old eats a whole sandwich, a banana and a fromage frais for lunch!!

findingmyfeet12 · 08/06/2015 06:56

I've never frozen sandwiches (but would try it if I needed to save time).
I do freeze bread and cakes though and they taste fine.

Redglitter · 08/06/2015 06:36

My mum and I used to make up a sandwich mountain on a Sunday night. Enough for 4 of us for the week. They all got bagged up and frozen.

they'd get taken out in the morning and were totally defrosted by lunch time. Bread was lovely and soft and the sandwiches tasted fine.

I'd forgotten all about that. I should maybe start doing it again

aderynlas · 08/06/2015 06:27

Hi Fenella, just to say your post about Gene Hunt being rhyming slang made me laugh. I think your boys packed lunch looks fine, another vote for adding some fruit too.

Aussiemum78 · 08/06/2015 01:56

Oh and I freeze as well. Occasionally sandwiches but always with muffins, cakes and biscuits. A piece of cake thawed in the fridge overnight is much fresher than 3 day old cake or bread.

Aussiemum78 · 08/06/2015 01:53

My 13 dd has a sandwich, a recess item (a baked thing usually) and fruit. She can add more fruit or rice crackers if she wants.

Personally if they are hungry I'd Add 2 pieces of fruit. Their lunch has enough processed stuff already.

Tizwailor · 07/06/2015 17:55

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frumpet · 07/06/2015 17:49

I quite often buy reduced sandwiches for work , freeze then and get them out when I want . Avoid egg and seafood , other than that they are generally fine as long as you pop them in the fridge when you get to work and allow them to defrost properly . 29p for a sandwich versus £2.50 at work Smile

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FenellaFellorick · 07/06/2015 17:48

Grin why thank you squiggly (cheque's in the post; ) )

I get a mixing bowl, chop salad into tiny bits, grate cheese into it, chop ham into small bits, add a squirt of salad cream and mix it all up. Thin scraping of butter on the roll, spoon the mixture onto the roll, wrap it in clingfilm, squeeze it so there's no air and put it in the freezer. Thinking of it, the fact that gf bread is a bit dry is probably an advantage.
I just asked my eldest what his sandwich is like. He says it tastes great and fresh.

But I'm not sure we can trust him. He eats marshmallow and peanut butter sandwiches.

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whois · 07/06/2015 17:40

Don't really see why the OP is getting so much stick for making their sandwiches, she wasn't really complaining about that!

Ham or cheese sandwiches freeze fine, I used to have cucumber or baby toms separate tho. Mum used to do it so you didn't have to worry about having fresh bread rolls all the time.

TheBobbinIsWound · 07/06/2015 17:34

Back to the freezing part.

I froze egg sandwiches once.
That was BAAAAAAD!!
Tuna, cheese, ham (naice of course) and mustard all good.
Egg. BAD!!!
OP. What do you put in to bind the salad part please because I think salad cream was the start of the failfest in my freezing sandwiches!!!

SquigglyLine · 07/06/2015 16:31

Op, you seem like a lovely, good-humoured person. Wish I knew you in RL!

Fluffy40 · 07/06/2015 15:42

I've s small appetite and it still looks stingy.

Teenagers need lots lots more.

MrsNextDoor · 07/06/2015 15:25

OP don't worry about making their lunch for them. I'm NT and my Mum made mine till I was about 23!....Oh and look...I've still turned out as a responsible adult. Grin

BreadmakerFan · 07/06/2015 15:22

Yogurt, babyish?

My DD won't drink milk, DS won't eat pot yogurt. If they have the odd frube I'm happy. Frubes freeze well too.

BreadmakerFan · 07/06/2015 15:18

That is not enough for a 14-15 year old. My ten year old eats more than that!

He has a wrap with chicken or ham
Two lots of fruit - one fresh, one dried
Cheese item
Frube
Crackers/crisps once a week/mini pack of biscuits etc
Olives

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 07/06/2015 15:14

I make my dh's sandwiches every day for work and he fills up the car as I loathe doing it. We're both quite capable of doing it ourselves it's just nice to do things for other people.

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FenellaFellorick · 07/06/2015 15:11

I would LOVE to have a dil to complain about my sons. I would make her sandwiches too if she wanted. Grin

However, the future for my children will not likely include a wife. Or children.Or a high flying career. Or a mortgage.

My eldest can look forward to a flat probably if he gets sw to come in and make sure everything's ok. My youngest will live his entire adult life in a group home with 24/7 support.

That of course was completely irrelevant to my question, which was a simple gathering of views on lunch size, so there was no reason at all to explain it in my op since I wasn't seeking opinions on whether I should make their lunches but you can never tell what people are going to ask, so I've answered everything that's been asked.

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Gabilan · 07/06/2015 14:46

Lucy the OP explained why her boys aren't making their own lunches - it's on page 2 if you're showing 25 messages per page.

Ketchuphidestheburntbits · 07/06/2015 14:45

That looks like a small lunch for a teenaged boy. I eat more than that for lunch and I'm a middle aged woman (never been overweight).

Op, I know you said that your sons don't like fruit but if you put some fruit into the lunch bag they will probably eat it if they are hungry enough!