Batch Cooking for School Lunches: How Prepping in Advance Makes Mornings a Breeze

[muabannhadat678]

Happy Meal

 

[shloppysloppy]

What are your quesadilla fillings please?

 

[soulrevive]

I'd like to do this (freeze sandwiches at least) but I currently have no freezer space

 

[plumfustion87]

Takes me 5 minutes to put a ham sandwich together, throw some fruit, crisps and a yogurt in a lunchbox. No prep required hahah

 

[melissa569]

@plumfustion87 haha this

 

[bobwahr]

My kids would go off it all after a week.
But honestly go you!! Amazing job xx

 

[clementpulaski]

Defrosted sandwich can’t be plesant

 

[christian7praisejesus]

@clementpulaski that’s what I was thinking. Don’t they go soggy?

 

[clementpulaski]

@christian7praisejesus I’d have thought they would too

 

[joseph30]

@clementpulaski nope. I tried it once. Tried eating it myself. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[clementpulaski]

@joseph30 I have just asked my husband about frozen sandwiches and his response was ‘does the person doing this have a really fat dog and really skinny kids? No way they are not getting rid of them somehow!’

 

[betterpromises]

@clementpulaski we tried and tested ham, cheese and cheese and ham and they’re absolutely fine. I used to throw out loads of bread and ham and now I just make up some sandwiches and freeze in individual bags.

 

[lineman75]

@clementpulaski Have you never brought extra bread and stored it in the freezer? The only time the sandwiches would go soggy is with tomato or a wet filling in them. I wouldn't make 4wks worth though lol

 

[clementpulaski]

@lineman75 no I don’t do that but obviously you’d have to defrost the loaf before you use it and if it’s premade into a sandwich then you’d have to taken them out a day before to defrost in which case the bread sitting defrosting with filling in will go soggy. And baring in mind you’d have to remember to take them out to defrost I’m not sure much time is being saved all to have a soggy sandwich that would have taken 2 mins to make fresh

 

[lineman75]

@clementpulaski if your making toast there's no need to defrost it, put it straight in the toaster. As for the bread, why would it go soggy if it's defrosted??? Have you never brought burger buns that are not being used straight away, or pitta bread, naan or wraps that go in the freezer until your ready to use them? I've not made sandwiches and put them in the freezer so i can't really speak on that, but if i were too it would probably just be something like ham... definately not tomato. Obviously, it works for the lady that posted originally - it's each to their own

 

[clementpulaski]

@lineman75 but that’s the point the toaster defrosts the bread with dry heat left to defrost with a filling in at room temp will definitely impact the sandwich and it seems alarmingly some are putting the sandwiches straight from the freezer into the lunch box! Which is a serious risk of getting food poisoning if its not defrosted properly

 

[radovan80]

@lineman75 that’s what we do. Bread is kept in the freezer til it’s needed. Making sandwiches using frozen bread is way easier…no more ripping the bread with the cold butter and is in perfect condition for lunch. Saves so much waste. I think the OP is super organised and in honesty, I’m a little jealous! I don’t think the sandwiches would be soggy at all and the risk of bacteria during the short time the food is out of the freezer before being eaten at lunch time (kids leave for school between 7 and 8 and have scoffed it by no later than 12.30/1…) in a lunch box, often kept in a dark locker til it’s time to eat.

 

[carpen6738]

@radovan80 I make packed lunches with frozen bread as well, by lunch time it's defrosted and ready to eat, so much better than warm ham sandwiches.

 

[lineman75]

@clementpulaski left to defrost on its own it makes absolutely no difference to the bread, its still perfectly fine.... i havn't got the time to go shopping for a fresh loaf every other day. Its one of those things, if you don't try it you don't know

 

[rabbie77]

@clementpulaski I thought this, but had some cheese sandwiches left over from a party(not put out) and thought what a waste. So wrapped in batches of 4 triangles chucked in the freezer and took a bag out the night before I needed left in fridge and they were perfectly fine defo not soggy cause I would have gagged . Tasted absolutely fresh. I do freeze bread anyway and that never goes soggy either.