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

[amanda10271]

@pierre99 have you tried freezing one? It might work! My Mum froze allllll the fillings

 

[pierre99]

@amanda10271 I haven’t tbh, didn’t think the jam would freeze and was worried it would just go limp and wet!

 

[tlctugger]

@pierre99 i wouldn’t risk freezing my ADHD son’s jam sandwich!

 

[goofguru]

@tlctugger this!! everything could be the same but it's not worth the risk!

 

[amanda10271]

@pierre99 haha probably!!

 

[honkytonkangel]

@amanda10271 So did my Mum, must have been a thing then. They were never frozen by the time you ate them

 

[amanda10271]

Jeanette Herrington I always thought that - how quick they defrosted!

 

[svitkona]

I've sighed a huge sigh of relief that my oldest has decided on school dinners!

 

[godsson708]

@svitkona same here

 

[luckycookie51]

Packed lunches are the worst! I hate doing them. But I’ve just Ed worked out that school lunches for my 3 will be costing me about £200 a month so think I need to bite the bullet and make the sodding sandwiches!!

 

[pazu]

This is a blinding brilliant idea

 

[mtsweat]

I often meal prep on a Sunday, while cooking a roast, I prep the meat and veg for quick and easy meals after work, also clean all fruit and put into Tupperware ready for lunchboxes. Makes life a little easier during the week.

 

[bolestansvet]

My mother in law used to do this. At one point she was making them for 7 people so I guess it was necessary! I don't have enough room in my freezer or I'd do the same.

 

[sleepingpillson]

What do I do to help school mornings run more smoothly you ask?
I pay for school lunches

 

[holybibletrivia]

Kids make their lunches the night before or they have school dinners
Everything ready the night before including bathed, fresh uniform and bags packed ready to go.

 

[sarah92083]

I save time by getting them to make it themselves
Also nobody in this house will eat bread that’s been frozen and we don’t have the freezer space anyway.

 

[greenbiscuit]

Not specific to this post, but I don’t understand the crust less quiche thing; isn’t that just an omelette?

 

[joshua1988]

@greenbiscuit near enough

 

[profsanctvs]

@greenbiscuit thought it was a frittata

 

[greenbiscuit]

@profsanctvs Yeah, I meant a Spanish omelette type thing, not a thin omelette