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highland lass30162
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Latest post on 25 October 2011 - 11:22
Heres our new fav Sweetcorn pancakes 100g Plain Flour 1tsp Baking Powder 1 Egg beaten 150ml Milk 1 Large tin Sweetcorn drained 2 Spring Onions chopped Salt and pepper if you want Put all into bowl and mix. Use non stick pan and little cooking spray. Cook like regular pancakes on a low heat. Makes about 12. I double recipe and freeze in ziplock bags. Night before just stick it in the fridge. Can add cheese or grated courgette. Taste fab, quick to eat and don't give you greasy fingers.
Phokoje10217
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 06 September 2011 - 10:17
thanks so much for the input guys, its been so helpful i have now put together a shopping list cheese (sticks, triangles, cream, normal) yogurts cold meats crossaints (minis) bread (or mini rolls) fruit (grapes, bananas, cherries) vegetables (baby carrots, peas, sweetcorn) chicken nuggets granola bars weetabix minis i think that should be enough for a week of experimentation! thanks again everyone :-)
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 21:28
I am always amazed how little children eat at school. Parents pack enough food for a week sometimes! The reality is that there is usually very little time to eat and kids want to play. I would just pack a small snack. Young kids take ages to eat generally, especially without mum to hold it, put it in, unwrap etc. As others have said it is best to include something that has some carbohydrate in (bread roll, sandwich, croissant etc), chopped fruit or veg, water to drink etc. It can be very frustrating spending ages on deciding what to send in only to find it returned in a hot squidgy mess at the end of the day! I still find it hard to get my eldest to eat a packed lunch and he is 16! Just feed them up at home on whatever you choose at the end of the day!
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 20:29
I teach preschool (3 year olds) and where I work we also have a "healthy snack policy" that makes chocolate, potato chips, and fizzy drinks forbidden. (Although, I will allow chips, a cookie, or cupcake if the child has something else first as the parents tend to send "lunches" instead of snacks. So if the child eats their sandwich, fruit, and veggies then they are allowed the "treat". I never allow them the fizzy drinks though because the kids who tend to bring these already have a bit of excess energy and don't need any more!) Anyway, here are some of the items that I have seen my students bring: - chicken nuggets - noodles/rice - crackers with cheese and cut up pieces of meat - sandwiches (cheese, jam, meat) - veggies: baby carrots, cucumber, corn on the cob (I'm not kidding -- one student brings it every day) - fruit: strawberries, bananas, apple slices, oranges, grapes (just make sure you cut it up for them as it is unlikely that a classroom geared towards child safety is going to have a sharp knife in it for the staff to be able to cut food up) - granola bars - yogurts - hardboiled eggs (which tend to stink up the whole classroom, but are a healthy option) - cereal and milk
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 17:51
Cream cheese + corn flakes on sliced bread Chicken and cucumber sandwhich chicken nuggets pasta with cream cheese n peas or tomato sauce weetabix minis - the choco one :D
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 17:01
thanks K3, much appreciated :-)
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 16:54
Lexiej, our creche doesn't put anything to refridge and I pack all in a "cool bag"... In the hotter months I even added an extra frozen "cool brick" between the bread boxes, but that took a lot of space... Family, Milly, Phokoje - email sent! HTH, success!
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 16:50
Oh no ! I am so spoilt with school lunches right now. I am so bad at order and routine this is going to be such hard work for me when I arrive ! Silly question but I assume there is no form of refrigeration at school, that their food just sits in their lunch box all day ?
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 16:05
<prints off the thread> thanks danlou, it is helpful :-) also, respek man, respek to the organisation of it all. <am not telling DH i got this off the internet. he can just think i am in fact, a genius>
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:57
I also use a rotating "schedule" where I put in one each of the following for the snack box: Fruit - eg. chopped pineapple, chopped orange, chopped kiwi, whole banana, apple slices, with a disposable fork Dairy - eg. yogurt, cheese stick, sliced cheese with crackers or yogurt drink with disposable spoon if needed Bread - eg. muesli bar, home made muffin, mini croissant, banana bread, etc The lunch box is usually just a sandwich, I rotate through turkey, cheese or vegemite. On PE type days I'll allow a frozen juice which should thaw out by 12ish. It's typed out and on the fridge so DH and I do it as we're loading the dishwasher of an evening. That way there's no guess work or antagonising and I always have the ingredients on hand. If I've been sick or run out of something I just sub a different day. I usually mark them off with a highlighter so I know what I've done. It's the same thing for dinners, but that's another post.... :) HTH!
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:33
Hi K3, me too please - larmers2000 (the at sign) yahoo (dot co dot uk) - thank you so very much!
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:28
oh yes please K3!! email is that does sound very helpful indeed <em>edited by Phokoje on 05/09/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:27
no no, always like to hear i am not alone! they said no crisps, no biscuits, no sweets, nothing that can be considered a 'treat'. cos i was thinking, like you, sandwich and a packet of chips. apparently this puts us firmly in the bad parent catagory! lol. have just texted DH and said, its too much! brain has malfunctioned! YOU decide what to put in her b l o o d y lunchbox. i am transferring all lunch making decision making over to you! he hasnt replied. &lt;unsuprised face&gt;
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:26
Hi, I have an "extensive" healthy (European) menu prepared for my maid to prepare the lunchbox for my 3 y/o. If you'd like me to share it, please just leave your email and I'll send it to you :)
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:21
Not the reply you are hoping for Phokoje, but my son is in Year 10 and I STILL struggle with what to put in his lunch. His school also has a nut-free policy, and my imagination seems to stall once peanut butter is taken out of the equation! When he was younger I would do jam sandwhiches or cheese sandwhiches, baby carrots, cucumbers (no dip EVER) and sometimes a bag of potato chips. Now he's not interested in any of the above. Most days he just eats when he gets home.
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Latest post on 05 September 2011 - 15:15
am sure this cant be as hard as i am making it! DD is 3 and starts school this week and i cant for the life of me think what to put in her lunch box. the school says she has to have a snack, packaged seperately, and then a lunchbox. no nuts allowed. so of course, all i can think of is peanutbutter sandwiches and nutella andwiches and nut mix! i did ask the school, they suggested i put in 'cut pieces of celery and carrot with a nice dip' when i laughed (thinking the very nice lady was joking) there was only stony silence. i am now envisioning a playschool where all the children are wearing 70s prints and standing around in a version of to the manor borns drawing room. &lt;may have too much imagination&gt; all suggestions welcome!
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