Night-before lunch packers--

Robin · Guru

Night-before lunch packers--

3s_a_crowd · Guru

Well I used to do night befor PB and J for dh when he worked nights.

I put pb on both sides of the bread and jelly in the middle so the bread didnt get soggy.
The I put it in the fridge and it would unthaw or whatever by lunch. He didnt complain.

Now for K shes a snack only so I buy her those prepacked apple/grape bags and put a juice box or water in her lunch box and in the morning toss in a granola bar. I could probably easily do it in the morning but if I forget theres something. i use an ice pack in there so it stays good.

Cuppycake · Guru

3s_a_crowd wrote:

Well I used to do night befor PB and J for dh when he worked nights.

I put pb on both sides of the bread and jelly in the middle so the bread didnt get soggy.
The I put it in the fridge and it would unthaw or whatever by lunch. He didnt complain.

Now for K shes a snack only so I buy her those prepacked apple/grape bags and put a juice box or water in her lunch box and in the morning toss in a granola bar. I could probably easily do it in the morning but if I forget theres something. i use an ice pack in there so it stays good.

Ditto on the PB on both sides. :hi5

Hannah sometimes likes noodles or coucous, but we always just did pb&js when she had preschool lunches (just one day a week, so it wasn't bad)

Dorian's got me obsessing about bentos, though, and so now Hannah is really wanting to try those.

muffy · Guru

Robin,

Are you just wanting to save time of will you not be there in the morning? I often make clara a nutella sandwich, which is close to PB.

I pack the rest of the bag, then put the bag of bread, knife, jar of nutella, and her "sandwich box" on the counter next to it. takes me about 30 seconds to finish the sandwich and throw it in the sack.

apies · Guru

i often give emily yogurt or cottage cheese in her lunch. both of those do well packed ahead.

she also likes when i give her cheese and crackers.

i buy uncrustables on sale (:bag:) and when i pack those, i pack the rest of the lunch at night and then throw in one of those in the morning.

i also always put ice packs in my kids' lunch boxes.

muffy · Guru

how about cold chicken nuggets or pizza? i see they had those in those lunchables boxes at the grocery? would he eat those room-temp if you took them out of the fridge in the morning?

over here our choices are limited because children are not allowed to have anything sweet (no choc, cookies, candies, cakes etc.), no chips or crackers even. basically nothing pre-packaged and only water or milk to drink.

any you know, i am fully supportive of that even tho at times it is a pita!

(and clara knows what she can't take - the teacher will confiscate and throw things away that are bad and replace it with a piece of fruit or something)

Supafly · Guru

We do all sort of sandwiches the night before, and Anna has never complained (she did lunch bunch at preschool some).

But I was going to say the same thing as Megan-you could pack everything but that, you know?

I always do some fruit-grapes are good. Or raisins. I'll sometimes buy the already sliced apple, but slicing it the night before, it gets brown which I don't like. But she will eat a whole apple, so if she requests that, I'll just put the whole thing in.

I also give her a small baggie of goldfish, which can be prepped ahead of time.

Somedays she wants a string cheese.

Of course, we keep the lunch in the fridge (Bill's too), and like Apies, I put a cold pack in.

They do not have access to a microwave, and I don't plan on sending warm lunches.

Alicia · Senior Member

If I packed Raven's lunch the night before I wouldn't pack her sandwich. I use a sandwich wrap and I don't think the sandwich would hold up well. Raven can't warm up her lunch so if something needs to stay hot I put it in her insulated food cup. Raven will eat most thing cold anyway so that hasn't been a problem.

Juni · Guru

We don't do PBJ's for the kids but when we do it for ours we do similar to the PB on both sides so it's not soggy. I do PB on one side and then butter (well, I can't believe its not butter light) on the other and then the jelly on top so that it doesn't get all gross.

3s_a_crowd · Guru

Juni wrote:

We don't do PBJ's for the kids but when we do it for ours we do similar to the PB on both sides so it's not soggy. I do PB on one side and then butter (well, I can't believe its not butter light) on the other and then the jelly on top so that it doesn't get all gross.

:puke

Im sorry but the thought of actuall butter or margerine or whatever on a PB and J is disgusting. Is this a regional thing?

kdrew · Guru

You guys are so lucky you can send PB to school.

Our pre-school is PB free.

Sarah doesn't even like it anymore since she could rarely have it she grew not to like it. :(

She also got sick of turkey sandwiches since that's all I could ever send.

Now we're completely limited.

Booooooooooo!

muffy · Guru

kdrew wrote:

You guys are so lucky you can send PB to school.

Our pre-school is PB free.

Sarah doesn't even like it anymore since she could rarely have it she grew not to like it. :(

She also got sick of turkey sandwiches since that's all I could ever send.

Now we're completely limited.

Booooooooooo!

is that because of allergies? i am curious as to what you can bring, sounds like you are as limited as us. we can pack:

a sandwich (nutella, ham, turkey, cheese, etc) they dont have anything like lunchables here, but if they did they would not be allowed

fruit compote (different flavored applesauces)

fresh fruit of any kind

yoghurts

sliced vegetables (carrot sticks etc.)

cold salads

milk or water to drink

apies · Guru

Kristi jakes school is pb free too.

Tg that with my job now he rarely has to eat lunch there.

I agree it sucks though. Especially bc they don't even have any current kids with pb allergy.

a_mastermom · Guru

As a mom of a child with a nut allergy, I am not afraid to say that I am so thankful that our school is NOT peanut free! The only sandwich Jake will eat for lunch is peanut butter (not even any jelly). I have no idea what he would eat if pb was banned. And yes, I make lunch the night before. Never had any complaints from the kids about soggy sandwiches.

Robin · Guru

3s_a_crowd wrote:

Juni wrote:

We don't do PBJ's for the kids but when we do it for ours we do similar to the PB on both sides so it's not soggy. I do PB on one side and then butter (well, I can't believe its not butter light) on the other and then the jelly on top so that it doesn't get all gross.

:puke

Im sorry but the thought of actuall butter or margerine or whatever on a PB and J is disgusting. Is this a regional thing?

My mom (and her mom) and I have always made pb&j with peanut butter on one slice of bread and butter on the other, then jelly in the middle.

I make Henry's that way but Mark prefers just peanut butter, no "white butter" as he calls it.

sbucking · Guru

LOL at the butter. I HATE butter. My Dad would constantly try to sneak it onto my toast and sandwiches. As if I wouldn't notice.

If our school was PB free, heaven help us. That is Braydon's staple lunch. I'd like to be better at packing the night before, but somehow it never happens. Oh how I love his one day a week of hot lunch!

Chrissie · Guru

I'm so glad M2's kindergarten is not peanut free!! His daycare was, and it was hard not to send any kind of nut. So many things have nuts in them.

I asked him what he wanted to take for lunch and he said, with a big smile on his face, peanut butter and jelly!! lol!

isalandak · Senior Member

I've been packing Braxton's lunch the night before also. I just make the sandwich and throw that in the fridge with his juice bottle. then I pack the gold fishes and what ever else I am sending into his lunch box. Then in the moring I just just have to grab his sandwich and juice.

I love the idea of PB on both sides. How did I never think of this.

Juanita · Guru

Robin wrote:

3s_a_crowd wrote:

Juni wrote:

We don't do PBJ's for the kids but when we do it for ours we do similar to the PB on both sides so it's not soggy. I do PB on one side and then butter (well, I can't believe its not butter light) on the other and then the jelly on top so that it doesn't get all gross.

:puke

Im sorry but the thought of actuall butter or margerine or whatever on a PB and J is disgusting. Is this a regional thing?

My mom (and her mom) and I have always made pb&j with peanut butter on one slice of bread and butter on the other, then jelly in the middle.

I make Henry's that way but Mark prefers just peanut butter, no "white butter" as he calls it.

I'm with you Tracy! I have never, ever heard of putting butter on my PB&J sandwhich!

-- Edited by Juanita on Thursday 26th of August 2010 04:53:10 PM

Robin · Guru

Just to clarify, anytime I say "butter" (except in baking), I'm actually referring to Country Crock margarine.

In case that makes it less gross to some of you people.