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post #1 of 7
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My son is only 2 so I don't have much experience with making quick meals for lunch.  My fiance gets up at 3am every morning for work. I try to have him quick lunches ready but its hard since its hot or he doesn't have much time to assemble stuff to eat.

 

Right now, he is getting the usual ham and cheese sandwhich and dorritos.  Anyone have any ideas for lunches?  He is pretty picky, doesn't like wraps.  And he seldom makes it to a microwave.

 

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post #2 of 7

You cam make up sandwiches ahead of time and freeze them. That way they are still cool when he gets around to eating them.

 

I organized my kitchen, especially my refrigerator, so there is a special section for lunches and we follow a checklist.

 

So there is one cabinet dedicated to "snacks" - shelf stable food (like potato chips or cookies) in single serving container (pre-package them in baggies yourself) - that you can just grab-pack-and-go.

 

The frig has a similar set-up except it is a plastic box that acts like a drawer (although you can use one of the veggie bins in your frig if you want). It has veggies like tomatoes or carrots and fruit like grapes, apples and berries already portioned for lunch. I get up with my husband and make him breakfast so I make his lunch, too, so my bin has all the sandwich makings. I do have a separate bread bin but the lunch bin has condiments, luncheon meat, etc in it. I'll even sometimes bag-up leftovers for him to use as lunch later. If you decide to make sandwiches ahead and freeze them, just store them together in a small box in the freezer so you can keep tabs on your inventory.

 

I've gotten hubby's lunch down to a science. His lunch box is organized in such a way that everything has its place.

post #3 of 7

A question about the bagged snacks that you bag yourself - I have done this and used sandwich bags with ties or the snack bags.  Inevitably in a few days everything is stale!  I love the idea of pre-bagging items (and I get all the air out, use twisties if I have to, so the process isn't the issue I don't think) and by Wednesday or so things are not so fresh - I'm talking crispy items like cookies, pretzels, etc.

 

Do you have this problem Cookie2?

post #4 of 7

Stormy, I'm thinking you'll have less of a problem because you now live in a climate that is less humid. I should be having more of a problem because I'm living in a more humid climate. But I'm not - or at least not one I'm noticing (maybe the A/C is drying the air inside). Once open a multi-serving bag of potato chips is no different than those same chips in a ziplock baggie. I've tossed one larger bag of potato chips because they went stale but I think they were in the cupboard for a month and they didn't taste that good to start with. Of course, in Hawaii we would store the chips in the frig so they wouldn't go rancid. They were so good that way!

post #5 of 7
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You cam make up sandwiches ahead of time and freeze them. That way they are still cool when he gets around to eating them.

 

I organized my kitchen, especially my refrigerator, so there is a special section for lunches and we follow a checklist.

 

So there is one cabinet dedicated to "snacks" - shelf stable food (like potato chips or cookies) in single serving container (pre-package them in baggies yourself) - that you can just grab-pack-and-go.

 

The frig has a similar set-up except it is a plastic box that acts like a drawer (although you can use one of the veggie bins in your frig if you want). It has veggies like tomatoes or carrots and fruit like grapes, apples and berries already portioned for lunch. I get up with my husband and make him breakfast so I make his lunch, too, so my bin has all the sandwich makings. I do have a separate bread bin but the lunch bin has condiments, luncheon meat, etc in it. I'll even sometimes bag-up leftovers for him to use as lunch later. If you decide to make sandwiches ahead and freeze them, just store them together in a small box in the freezer so you can keep tabs on your inventory.

 

I've gotten hubby's lunch down to a science. His lunch box is organized in such a way that everything has its place.

Thank you for the ideas!!  I have thought about making sandwiches to freeze, but I wasn't sure about the mayo? Should I put the mayonaise on before I freeze it, or in a side container??

I freeze loafs of bread a lot, I just stick a paper towel in it so it won't be soggy, figured I would do the same for the sandwiches.

post #6 of 7

The mayo will separate during defrosting. Freezing it is not a good idea.

post #7 of 7
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Ok, thanks!

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