Serving Sandwiches

[familyschoolcare]

Doesn't the PB count as your meat? Why do u need the cheese?

While Peanut butter is a protein it is not enough in order to get the amount of protein required in a meal it would be so much a child would choke. However at the same time the program realizes the need to accommodation vegetarians.

[dEHmom]

I serve cold food at lunch time about 50% of the time. For example today it's going to be tuna macaroni salad (has tuna & cheese in it for protein), along with garden picked peapods and raspberries (both picked last night) and milk. .

I serve a lot of sandwiches. They range from ham & cheese, turkey & cheese, chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, pb & j, fried egg sandwiches (not often).

The other "sandwiches" I serve that the kids love are made with tortillas. I'll make quesadillas (usually with left over chicken and cheese, then just heat/melt in microwave), black bean roll-ups, and ham or turkey & cheese roll-ups.

i have that. it's great except if you overfill it (cheese squishes out), and it's not the easiest to clean because the plates don't come out, but I try not to overfill, then just wipe clean afterwards.
the kids love it because it imprints little images like cactus etc on it. It also sort of seals the quesadilla in the triangular shapes so that it's easy to cut and divide.

[countrymom]

what a mess. All the kids ate ham sandwiches except the one 6yr old who only eats processed food. All the kids got a very very small sandwich (except mine) it was a mini sub bun cut into 3 thats how small. And this child thought that he would hide the lunch meat, then I put it back in the sandwich and he did the whole gagging and crying bit at lunch. I'm so fed up with food with this kid, like yesterday we had chicken and gravy and noodles, all the kids loved it and ate seconds, not this kid, he ate nothing. He like grilled cheese, mac and cheese (but only a specific brand) and chicken nuggets. Oh but he loves junk, and when its snack time he'll eat everyones snack, one day I let him eat till he couldn't eat no more, apparently he had a gut ache that night. He has issues, but his parents cater to him. Now his sister, she's the machine. She eats everything, but she started when she was 1, he started when he was 15months old, and he was eating baby food at that age. I only have him for a couple more weeks, so I'm not terming him. But why, why would you do that to your kid. And processed food does make a difference on a child, I can see it.

[SandeeAR]

Wish I could do sandwiches! However, my eaters are all littles, 20 mo, 16 mo and 12 mo. So I still have to cut things up to small sizes. I do serve them cut up turkey or ham and cheese slices at least once a week.

[Meyou]

I just cube the sandwiches for the babies. They love them in bite sized pieces. I use a pizza cutter to make it easy. When they get a little better eating I cut them in little strips (4 to each half) so they have to take bites, then 1/4's and then the regular ones the kids eat by 2.

[SandeeAR]

I just cube the sandwiches for the babies. They love them in bite sized pieces. I use a pizza cutter to make it easy. When they get a little better eating I cut them in little strips (4 to each half) so they have to take bites, then 1/4's and then the regular ones the kids eat by 2.

Thanks! I love that idea.

[PitterPatter]

thanks ladies, I know this is going to sound stupid, but I felt guilty if I fed them sandwiches. But its so hot and such a wide range of kids that its hard to please everyone and I refuse to serve nuggets everyday (we have them once or twice a month)

I did too! Like I was cutting corners or ripping them out f a hot meal. But the hotter it got the more I relaxed. Besides the kids seem to like the fun sammies and if it's very hot eating a hot meal just doesn't seem to appeal to them anyway. It's only for summer it's ok.

[MommyMuffin]

I serve sandwiches 1 - 2 times a week. I serve meals including, 1 day of hamburger (hotdish, meatloaf) 1 day of anything chicken (hotdish, baked) 1 day of sandwiches with lunch meat, 1 day of sandwiches (egg, chicken, tortillas) and the last day is their fav. (chicken nuggest, fish sticks.)

[jclick]

I just cube the sandwiches for the babies. They love them in bite sized pieces. I use a pizza cutter to make it easy. When they get a little better eating I cut them in little strips (4 to each half) so they have to take bites, then 1/4's and then the regular ones the kids eat by 2.

I use a pizza cutter to cut my littlest one's sandwiches up. so easy.

[Cat Herder]

I do sandwiches whenever I have a soup or stew.

Yesterday was hot ham and cheese with homemade vegetable stew.

I often use the pampered chef cut-n-seal to cut the crusts off and seal them.

[mom2many]

We do sandwiches alot in the summer time. We do PB&J, ham and cheese, turkey and cheese, egg salad, tuna fish, grilled ham and cheese and roast beef and cheese. My kiddos love sandswiches, especially because I use big cookie cutters to cut them into fun shapes.

I have these (but have found a few more as well): http://www.cheftools.com/DynoBytes-D...tinfo/06-3020/

Thanks for the website info! I just ordered the dinosaur & heart sandwich crust cutters! Can't wait to use those for the lil kiddos in my care!!!

[Oneluckymom]

Just another idea that can work in the morning....a cream cheese and jam sandwhich. So yummy!!

[Unregistered]

Sandwiches on a Stick

We like to take our lunch to the park on Fridays so I serve sandwiches at least once a week. I have found a fun and easy way to to allow the kids to make their own sandwiches using things they like. I bought some small wooden sticks, I think they are about 6" long. I have a selection of things like ham, turkey, pepperoni, chunked cheese, black olive, cherry tomatoes, and buns cut into fourths. The kids can then make their own sandwiches by putting the items on the stick. You can also do fruit on a stick, salad on a stick, etc.