Anyone freeze sandwiches for school lunches?

[PrincessTigerLily]

Does anyone do this to save time? If so, any advice on what works well being frozen and what does not? Do I need to thaw sandwiches night before or will they thaw in time for lunch the same day? Thanks for any insights!

 

[Rylee]

Wouldn't they be soggy?

I've been packing school lunches since 1986, the year our oldest started kindergarten, and still have a long way to go... youngest is only going into 4th grade.

I'm so sick of packing lunches, but the sandwich is the only thing I make fresh each morning. I, or the kids, pack up everything the night before, except the sandwich.

 

[pixiewings71]

DD10 makes her own lunches, she won't let me help. lol she makes them the night before, sandwich and all, but she doesn't put things that will make her bread soggy on her sandwiches, she doesn't do mayo or anything like that so it's easy for her.

 

[DawnM]

I just bought one of these and am starting to freeze them in advance.

http://krustbuster.com/

 

[zippy2]

I freeze sandwiches sometimes if they take it in a bag without a ice pack. I do not put any mayo on them though. They thaw by lunch but it would depend on when their lunch was. My mother did the same for us when we were kids.

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

Thanks everyone! Appreciate your thoughts. Just looking to streamline everything before the school year starts (feels like it's just around the corner-eek!)

 

[squirrel]

My mom never froze our sandwiches.

She did have a bunch of cookies, cake, bars, etc individually wrapped for our lunches. We were allowed one dessert type item each day.

 

[acomasdiaz]

I just bought one of these and am starting to freeze them in advance.

http://krustbuster.com/

This looks so cool. I love kitchen gadgets and will definitely need to get one of these. Did you order it online?

 

[PixiePlanner]

I replied to this on the Budget Board...

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37559646&postcount=32

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37559820&postcount=34

Hope this helps.

 

[nchulka]

Just a thought, remember when we were kids we had metal lunch boxes and no ice things to keep anything cool. My mom would pack me a lunchmeat sandwich with cheese and mayo and I never had any ill effects. We've gotten so used to seeing insulated lunchboxes and ice packs that we now think that if we don't use those we will get sick, it's simply not true. I wouldn't leave a lunch out in a hot car or outside all day without ice, but indoors in a school it will be fine for a few hours till it's eaten.

 

[CrAzY4DL]

About a week or two before school starts I make a huge batch of whole wheat/fruit muffins and freeze them for breakfasts and then get 3-4 loaves of bread and make sammies. I use the Cut-N-Seal from Pampered Chef (makes little Uncrustables-type sammies). I do peanut butter and different kinds of jelly, cut them out, then seal one big line of them in some press and seal, cut them indivually out and then store them all in freezer bags. Every day I take one out and throw it in their lunchboxes. My kids love them *** they think they are Uncrustables, I love them because it's whole wheat bread and reduced sugar pb and jellies. I am wanting to try different kinds of sammies this year (egg salad, chicken salad, ham & cheese) so eventually I will post if those get soggy or not. Hope that helps!

 

[DawnM]

Yes, I did. I just ordered it strait from the company.

Dawn

This looks so cool. I love kitchen gadgets and will definitely need to get one of these. Did you order it online?

 

[thebeesknees]

I replied to this on the Budget Board...

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37559646&postcount=32

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37559820&postcount=34

Hope this helps.

So Miracle Whip keeps its consistency after being frozen? That's why I never tried freezing chicken salad - the mayo always goes funky after freezing. If Miracle Whip stays OK, then I will go get a jar of it and add that to our rotation for frozen sandwiches this year.

 

[Peanut Giggleface]

My son refuses to eat PB&J so for school lunches, it's meat sandwiches w/mayo or not at all. Sometimes I make them in the morning and sometimes the night before. If I make it the night before it stays in the refrigerator overnight and they always go out the door with a frozen ice pack. The sandwich stays cold as does the mayo and it works great.

 

[DISNEYNV]

I like to freeze fruit and put them in baggies. Grapes work best and keep the cheese and butter sandwiches my kids are addicted to cool. I also freeze the Go Gurt yogurts and put them in. Juice boxes frozen and wrapped in aluminum foil also works great to keep everything cooler in the lunch box! Get creative! I have even froze rice crispy treats and other desserts like that as well.

 

[sunnyday123]

How many sandwiches are you making a day? I buy ahead of time, know what I'm making the night before, and make the sandwich that morning. It doesn't take that long to make a sandwich. I'd worry it didn't thaw all the way before lunch.