Has anybody tried this?
Summer break is almost around the corner and -like every year- I am trying to figure out what to do with my kids for lunch. Last year's plan went down the drain because it didn't work 
Here is my new and improved plan:
All meals will consist of one of the three:
1) Starch: mashed potatoes/gravy, rice/gravy, pasta (other ideas?)
2) Veggie: corn, pies, broccoli etc, or spaghetti sauce (other ideas?)
3) Meat: chicken patties, meat balls, mini meat loaves, fish sticks, browned ground beef (other ideas?)
I wanted to freeze the starch and veggie groups in ice cube trays and put the cubes in freezer bags. The meat will also be frozen individually. Then I let the kids choose one of each group and pop a few ice cubes in the microwave. Ready is lunch without complains because each kid gets to say what she wants, it will take only a few minutes to heat up, and having their friends for lunch won't be a problem, either. Has anybody tried this before? Is there anything that won't freeze or reheat well? Any comments why this plan may be doomed from the start?
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You are a better mom than I.
You are a better mom than I. I'm perfectly happy fixing sandwiches for lunches. PB&J, Tuna fish, ham, turkey. Maybe grill a burger every now and then (since I have gobs of already made patties in the freezer. We raise our own beef and for a change this year, we had 200 pounds of ground beef already made into patties. But I won't do that much of it ever again. Fine for quick meals, but they remind me of the consistancy of a McDs burger). I do one big meal a day and that is for dinner.
I hate to cook anyway. LOL! Good luck. But you may get burned out on all that. I may aim my goal a little lower: Plan on those meals three times a week and sandwich the rest? Just my suggestion. But I'm a lazy mom. LOL!
It didn't work out
Summer break is pretty much over and my idea didn't turn out to be a good one. It was too expensive because meals-to-order attracted way too many "guests". I wised up after a few weeks and gave out cheap (the icky red ones
) hot dogs, at first with buns then on regular white bread. There is one thing that I have learned this summer, though: I am lucky to have girls. If we had boys instead, I'd have to go back to work to be able to keep them fed. Just where exactly do those little boys put all that food?! 
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