come and help me make a list of fillings for sandwiches to freeze

[Cappster]

I am going to have an exciting night of freezing sandwiches for packed lunches because the kids like different ones and I can't be tossed

I have

Potted chicken
Ham

er, that's it

dd1 likes tuna but I can't freeze mayo - any suggestions for nice tuna sarnie that will freeze?

or any other fillings that might work?

oh that's a really good idea with the oil and veg

I'd just read that you can't freeze mayo because it separates

this is the potted chicken by the way

utterly lovely

yes dd1 loves it

Cheese and marmite
Ham and cheese
Peanut butter
Mexican tuna (tuna with olive oil, olives, red peppers, sweetcorn finely chopped). Well not the sweetcorn obviously

I have never had an issue with mayo splitting either

I didn't know you could freeze sandwiches

Cheese
Marmite
Chocolate spread (those are mine, all mine)
Jam
More cheese
More marmite

My children like their lunches, erm, simple.

Sorry, not much help!

Sorry but I have to ask

Why would you freeze a jam sarnie? Doesn't it take a minute to make?
Is it the fear of running out of bread?

That potted chicken looks great.

It depends how much you have to do in the mornings bigchris. If you're making packed lunches for several children, even four jam sandwiches takes 10 mins.

Another thicko here.
Freezing sandwiches has never occurred to me. What a fantastic discovery.

Do you get them out of the freezer the night before, or put them in the lunchbox frozen??

Doesnt the sandwich come out yucky if frozen. Being thick here - do you literally just get a couple of bits of bread, spread with butter, slap a slice of cheese in, put in a freezer bag and freeze?

It sounds too simple to work.

no, not yukky. And yes, that simple. Why on earth not?

sometimes it's the simple things that allude us ... I always freeze bread but never ever considered freezing a sarny although to be fair I don't really have the need at the moment

I ate frozen sandwiches for most of my school years (once they had been defrosted). My mum worked and she would make them on a Sunday evening. We would choose one and take it out the freezer when we left for school. It defrosts in a couple of hours. It's not quite as nice as a freshly made sandwich but not far off. Especially if you make it with really fresh bread.

I had NO IDEA you could do this. Amazing. Just amazing.

Annabel Karmel actually says to do this in her lunch boxes book (had a flick through once in WH Smiths) I was freeze a sandwich! Fab if you have to do lots.

I have no suggestions though

Cappster - dont know why not. Its just one of those things that I automatically think wouldnt work. No idea why.

Perhaps I will try it.

I do this. When I was pg with DD someone suggested freezing sarnies for DH while I was in labour, so you can just grab them all ready to go. Then when I started making lots of packed lunches I remembered the idea.

I would make them all on Sunday night and do the tuna mayo ones for Monday and leave them in the fridge, then freeze the freezeable ones.

I also look out for the sliced meats on the deli counter that are going out of date - they're ok to freeze so you can get some good bargains. Ham, haslet, pork, chicken roll etc.

I've also discovered (by way of testing it on DH and his friend!) that cucumber and tomato are ok too. And mustard, pickle etc to liven up cheese, ham etc

Hummus
Peanut butter
Mushroom pate
Meat pate
Bean salad
Sausage and mustard
Ham and cheese
Ham and mustard/pickle
Cheese and onion

I don't necessarily always butter the bread for sarnies when we are eating them fresh but when I freeze sarnies, I always butter both sides - then it doesn't get soggy from any defrosting moisture

I mostly just make sandwiches the night before though if for a lunchbox.

Freezing sandwiches! Brilliant!