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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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Cath40t · 08/06/2015 21:34

My son (17) would be happy with a lunch this size......with a drink of something......he's not very active though.......and like me he doesn't like to eat a big meal all at once.....he eats smaller amounts but more often.....
Not all teenage boys eat bucket fulls of food......

hennaoj · 08/06/2015 21:23

If those are the Glutafin rolls, aren't they part baked and need heating in the oven so that they are edible? I'm a coeliac and would certainly not eat ones that had been frozen and not reheated in an oven. The Newburn bakehouse sandwich thins are nice for sandwiches and so are the wraps (the wraps get reduced in Tesco quite often and freeze well).

Cake is a much needed item for coeliacs, there's nothing like a good gluten free cake with your lunch. ;-)

johnwinstonlennon · 08/06/2015 21:17

I'll add another sandwich, maybe a smaller one -no time for 2 large ones maybe?-, and a yogurt or a fruit.

melonribena · 08/06/2015 20:11

Squigglyline, you can get gf sausage rolls in the frozen section of Sainsburys.

I buy them for my friends little girl who is coeliac and she loves them!

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ginslinger · 08/06/2015 17:10

But Fenella - why aren't they making their own sandwiches? Grin

Sallystyle · 08/06/2015 16:55

My mum made my lunches at that age and I had no special needs.

I manage to feed five children and I am a great cook.

Who would have thought that I would have turned into a productive adult when my mum made my packed lunches??

I am quite shocked I can make it through the day really.

NoIsNotACompleteSentence · 08/06/2015 16:41

OP, have you considered letting them shop for and make their own lunches? I feel sorry your DC, to be honest...

There, is that better, Fenella? Grin

ohhello · 08/06/2015 15:58

I sometimes wonder if I am accidentally saying "would you like me to chop up a frog and put its arse in your lunchbox"Grin

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FenellaFellorick · 08/06/2015 15:14

Grin nah, I don't mind. You never know what's going to interest people or what they're going to want to talk about.

Nobody's calling me names or felt sorry for my kids or anything, everyone's been fairly reasonable, on or off topic.

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GreenPetal94 · 08/06/2015 15:09

Sandwich looks good. Wafer bars and frubes are both small low calorie foods. How about chocolate bar / biscuit and full-fat yoghurt? And fruit if they will eat it. Or if they like the frubes just more than one frube? That's assuming your sons are growing like weeds and dead thin like my teenage boys.

Also life is too short to over stress about food, good luck with keeping them happy.

StoneFoxMama · 08/06/2015 14:58

I don't think I've ever seen an op have to labour an irrelevant point so many times, fen I commend your patience I can't believe you haven't imploded!

SpottyTeacakes · 08/06/2015 14:57
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isntthatafont · 08/06/2015 14:57

(and on that note, I don't envy anyone feeding teenage boys)

SquigglyLine · 08/06/2015 14:56

Hey! I started the Fenella fan club WAY back up the thread, guys. Get in line! Not the well-named Iamadaftcoo though. You're barred :)

isntthatafont · 08/06/2015 14:56

"They trickle feed and graze all day. Proportional to their overall size they have very small stomachs and most of their digestion takes place in the hind gut. They don't, or at least shouldn't, binge eat large amounts. I think you were drawing on the expression "so hungry I could eat a horse". Here endeth the lecture"

Well, you think the wrong thing, then, I was using the well-known English idiom "to eat like a horse". Horses eat much more than people, do so constantly, and are expensive to feed, which is why the saying is used to describe people doing the same thing. Glad I could help. :)

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 08/06/2015 14:54

OP has a well-honed sense of tolerance and good humour - I'm also in your fanclub, Fenella!

CornChips · 08/06/2015 14:54

Oh and OP, I'd add some grapes and/or dried fruit too.

CornChips · 08/06/2015 14:53

I agree with Wellwell. Grin

actually, this thread has just made me think about my DM refusing to make me a packed lunch from a very early age, and also refusing to show me how it was done. (I was pretty young, 8-9 I think). In addition, I was prohibited from taking food for myself as she was obsessed with my weight and control. So I used to go to school with an apple and would scavenge food from friends. Got quite a reputation for it too. I just feel a bit sad as I am realising that some of this was quite abusive. No wonder I have so many food issues now!

SpottyTeacakes · 08/06/2015 14:51

What Wellwellwell said Grin

I can't see the photos but agree that it just needs a little bit more (fruit and flapjack or cheese etc).

Wellwellwell3holesintheground · 08/06/2015 14:46

OP I am developing a crush on you and your aura of calm.

findingmyfeet12 · 08/06/2015 14:45

I think it's ok to give them a bit more - I think I usually eat a bit more than that at lunchtime.

As others have said, maybe some fruit or a flapjack?

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 08/06/2015 14:44

Here's the list of the "sweet treats" that Genius do - you can find Genius in most supermarkets, I think, but probably not the full range. I'm really lucky to be able to get it in Australia, was thrilled to find it in our freezer section! Grin

KitZacJak · 08/06/2015 14:43

I think the baguette itself looks quite big. I would probably just add some fruit or salad to pad it out/make it more healthy.