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If your kids have school dinners, what do you do them for tea ?

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nutcracker · 06/03/2006 17:58

Dd's are starting school dinners tommorow and I need ideas of what to give them for tea.

So far I have thought of stuffed jackets, soup and beans/scambled egg on toast.

Anymore ?

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sparklymieow · 06/03/2006 17:59

I do a proper meal, spag bol. or shepherds pie, chicken curry, mine are always hungry lol

freshstart · 06/03/2006 18:00

I dont alter what I give them - they still get a proper meal

Twiglett · 06/03/2006 18:00

well I give them what I fancy making to be fair

today DS (who has school dinners) said he ate pasta and bread (just pasta and bread) they don't stand over them and make sure they eat a balanced meal .. so for dinner he had steak, chips and veg .. and he's on his 3rd pear

last week .. chicken casserole and rice, hummous and pitta bread, sausage casserole etc

hth

batey · 06/03/2006 18:01

Me too, portions are really small and dds don't always eat it all. They are always starving!!

charmkin · 06/03/2006 18:01

Eggy bread/ french toast, pancakes, toasted sarnies.

Thought the whole point of school dinners was to not cook again...

daisy1999 · 06/03/2006 18:04

for those of you whose kids have school dinners - what are they like?

beetroot · 06/03/2006 18:06

Mine have proper tea, they are styaving when they get home.

school meals: slad bar, choice of theree differnt foods and vege option

Feistybird · 06/03/2006 18:08

dd eats a full meal - today, jacket spud with cheese and sweetcorn and baked beans on the side, followed by rice pudding and jam.

Could be spag bol, pasta, lasagne...etc etc.

DumbledoresGirl · 06/03/2006 18:09

Mine have school dinners, but I still have one little one at home and dh and I still need a meal (we have always eaten whatever the children are eating) so I am afraid I still cook in the evening like a lot of other people here. As ds3 doesn't eat very well however, I do sometimes just do them a boiled egg or similar as I reckon ds3 will get as much nutrition from that as anything else and I know the older ones have already eaten a proper meal at school.

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nutcracker · 06/03/2006 18:16

Oh, not much point in me changing them to dinners then really.

Mind you suppose I still won't be buying lunch box stuff so will save there.

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nutcracker · 06/03/2006 18:17

We always just had a sarnie for tea.

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charliecat · 06/03/2006 18:21

My mate gives her kids a lunch box type diiner now her kids have school meals but they are constantly saying they are hungry so I dont think it works that well!

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nutcracker · 06/03/2006 18:22

Will have to see how it goes i think.

Don't think dd2 will eat a full meal if she has had a dinner at school.

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iota · 06/03/2006 18:23

I always had a proper cooked dinner after school when I was a kid, and had a cooked dinner (lunch?) at school

DumbledoresGirl · 06/03/2006 18:24

If they are all at school, eating school dinners Nutty, what is wrong with just a sarnie at night?

DumbledoresGirl · 06/03/2006 18:26

I wonder how a packed lunch compares cost wise with a school dinner? 2 of mine want to go back to packed lunches and, while I don't want the phaff of making them, I can't help but think packed lunches are cheaper than school dinner. Melas round here are £1.40 each. Surely a sandwich, a biscuit/packet of crisps and some fruit will cost me less than that?

SorenLorensen · 06/03/2006 18:27

Doesn't make any difference to what I cook in the evening tb, I still do a proper dinner - though ds1 has just switched back to packed lunches, gah.

charliecat · 06/03/2006 18:28

Depemds how much you spend whilst going to get the fruit crisps etc.. I seem to spend 15 quid just by walking througha supermarket for bananas.

LIZS · 06/03/2006 18:29

Usually they still get a hot meal as I'm cooking anyway but if we are in a rush after a playdate or have something on in the evening, for example, I don't feel bad about it being a plate of plain pasta with cheese or a light tea. What you are planning sounds fine.

DumbledoresGirl · 06/03/2006 18:31

As I have three school aged children, I buy multi packs of everything and don't fall for the scam of buying 20 raisins in a tiny box when I can buy 1kg packets for a few pence more and put some in a tub for my children. Plus, I only shop when I am doing the weekly shop anyway.

Has anyone actually costed it out? packed lunches v school dinners I mean.

SorenLorensen · 06/03/2006 18:32

Ds1 had smoked salmon sandwiches in his packed lunch today - how posh is that ?

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nutcracker · 06/03/2006 18:34

Dsgirl - Was wondering if sarnies would vbe enough.

Think i'll have to do more than a sbnack but maybe less a whole meal.

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DumbledoresGirl · 06/03/2006 18:37

The other thing I do my children is things like nuggets and beans, macaroni cheese etc. Some might consider those normal meals, but what I mean is I don't worry about providing a totally balanced meal as I reckon they are getting that at school (I know, ha ha, they probably aren't, but I can but hope).

mykidsmum · 06/03/2006 18:48

Mine have sandwhiches/toast/yoghurt fruit etc in the evening nutty< i send them hot dinners when we have clubs in the evening that way a quick tea and we can be back out the door again.

bobbybobbobbingalong · 06/03/2006 18:56

Whatever you are having?

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