Sentences with phrase «as school meals»

As we head into the summer months, the demand for food increases as school meals goes away for those in need.

Many schools have introduced systems that allow parents to pay online for items such as school meals or trips, eliminating the need to send pupils in with cash and cheques.

Many schools have also adapted their payment methods by introducing systems that allow parents to pay online for items such as school meals or trips without the need for sending pupils in with notes and coins.

A study published in the Journal of Community Health and Epidemiology found that less than one per cent of packed lunches would meet the same nutritional standards as school meals.

The food would be as good as school meals in Rome or in France, and while tucking into their fresh, wholesome lunches, these newly food - savvy kids would wonder why they ever wanted that Big Mac in the first place.

This might work well if sodium were simultaneously reduced in the foods sold at corner stores and fast - food restaurants, but without such changes everywhere, it could actually lead to a drop in participation as school meals become more healthy.

I agree with both comments above and would like to add: As a School Meals director, if you offer only the «best» of choices (and yes that is costly) and make sure that all of your options are nutritional, it can happen.

To recap: a quirk in prior regulations allowed schools to count pizza as a school meal vegetable serving due to the nutritional content of the tomato paste.

As school meal participation increases, school districts draw down the associated additional federal and state - funded reimbursements for meals served.

Not exact matches

Those Happy Meals were a rare treat, and I worked hard to get a good report card or an honor at school just for a visit to the Golden Arches as a reward.

The mission of Christian universities, high schools, hospitals, and homeless shelters is to provide education, health, and meals, but they do so as part of their larger mission to manifest Christ.

As a consequence school meals were introduced in 1906, but it was some twenty years before vitamins were known about and the relative nourishment value of various foods could be assessed.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

A typical day for the girls at a shelter includes a regimen of meals, school, vocational activities (such as sewing or gardening), artistic activities (such as dancing or painting), rest, exercise, free time, counseling and psychotherapy.

Even individuals, when they do such planning as budgeting for their financial needs, work in order to place meals on their tables, decide where to send children to school or do shopping in order to get the value for their money et cetera, they are involved in politics.

As passionate as I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a differencAs passionate as I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a differencas I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a differencas an old - fashioned model for giving in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, schools supplies, and medical attention from far - away white «saviors» whose first - world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a difference.

My son (21) called to say he would like to come for supper and we discussed what we should have as he was on his way out to our home (we live just outside a major Canadian city and he just moved into the city to be closer to school but likes to come home once in awhile for a meal).

The Bacon Egg and Sausage Breakfast Cups from Nicole at Daily Dish Recipes popped out at me as something I could make with The Bug, but I wanted to turn it into a vegetarian recipe, so that he could take leftovers to school (his preschool is attached to a Jewish Temple, so in order to ensure that meals being rated together at a table are Kosher — since most of the students are not Jewish and may not know all of the requirements — is to just have everyone bring in vegetarian dishes).

It adds an extra layer to my thought process for meal planning that I don't need to deal with during the school year, and as you'll see in this week's Menu Plan Monday below and in the weeks to come, our meals will have fewer carbs to account for the abundance of carbs I know they eat at camp.

Using Hong Kong as an example, after the Program launched, the average plant - based meal order rate at all schools soared from 4 % to 42 % in just one year.

Extras: There's a section of fun videos such as taste tests, back to school meal ideas (perfect if you have kids) and there's even a discussion section where Candice and James talk about a range of topics.

A bowl of cereal has been the go - to after school, before bed too tired, or too hot, to make supper meal here for as long as I can remember.

Forty years ago, The Nutrition Group began as a relatively small company that provided meals for summer camps, senior congregate dining programs and a few school districts in Pennsylvania.

A recent presentation about sustainable school catering in Turin suggested schools ought to be aiming to reduce meat - based meals by 50 %, through measures such as cutting down on certain meats; introducing vegetarian meals twice a week; and offering alternative veggie meals if children ask for them.

You'll chuckle at Emma's retelling of being the girl at school that showed up with hippy food and laugh as you realise there are two chapters of sweet treats cheekily tucked between savoury, easy to prepare meals.

They can be enjoyed with your family after a meal, in between meals or even as an after school treat.

«It wasn't too hard to get all the schools on board as we've been having partly meat - free days for a good few years on our menu cycles, offering alternative vegetarian main meals,» said Food for Thought's Anne Rimmer.

The next step is the Gold award, which encourages school meal - providers to offer «a variety of non-meat dishes... as part of a balanced, climate - friendly diet».

My kids love a warm bowl of soup as an after - school meal when they come back hungry.

I came across this recipe tonight as I was trying to find something to cook with chicken breasts, and it was a very delicious meals that my girls are now taking some leftovers for lunch to school tomorrow:) thank you and I have subscribed to your newsletter to keep updated with more yummy food

«Meatless Monday is one more way in which we are using school meals as a teachable moment to educate students on the importance of making healthy choices.»

The Vegan Society in the UK has called for the inclusion of vegan meals in public sector catering such as in hospitals, schools, universities, government and council offices.

«As chairman of the committee, I remain committed to continuing to look for ways to increase integrity within the program and to provide flexibility to local school and summer meal program operators.»

School districts all across America are committed to salad bar use as a part of their reimbursable meal.

Well, as grad school students, we only go out to eat about once a month (if that), and I just can't bear the idea of wrestling and wrangling two tiny people while I'm at a restaurant trying to enjoy a meal I paid for someone else to make.

We also only charge # 1.60 for our school meals as we work in some of the most socially deprived areas of Liverpool.

This series highlights 3 different dinner ideas that are all ideal for the back - to - school parent, busy professional, and folks who prefer to meal - prep as much as possible.

Emilie Raffa's debut cookbook is packed with all the timesaving shortcuts and flavor - boosting tips that she learned in culinary school and puts to use daily as a busy mom cooking easy and delicious meals for her family.

They are great to enjoy with a meal, a cup of tea, or as a snack to take to work or school.

Start focusing on what you can eat with this informative guide packed with step - by - step advice to help you keep living your life the way you're used to, including tips on how to stock your kitchen and pack school lunches, as well as advice for hosting parties, preparing meals, modifying recipes, planning for gluten - free travel, and making sure your child eats safely wherever they go.

To qualify for a Salad Bars to Schools grant, you must offer the salad bar as part of the reimbursable meal served in your district.

But if you really want to learn how to do something right, you have to put aside your ego, go back to the basics, and approach everything you thought you knew as if you were a newborn — or maybe a freshman in college whose every previous meal had come from Mom, McDonald's, or the lunch ladies at school.

When back to school season hits, meal planning for the week becomes especially important in my household as all of our crazy - busy schedules conflict.

In comparison to recent scandals in intercollegiate athletics, the offenses Smith felt had been committed, such as feeding extra meals to prospects who came to West Point for physicals, telling B - squad coaches to recruit and not counting visits from prep school recruits against the NCAA - allowed number, seemed minor.

Getting an active child to sit down for a meal of any kind, much less a well - balanced, made - from - scratch meal with the entire family, as he rushes off to or home from school, sports practices or games, or other activities that cram virtually every nook and cranny of a child's day, has become virtually impossible for many families, especially those headed by single parents.

Yet it's sobering to realize that, in most experts» estimation, Congress hasn't yet fully funded school meals as they're currently conceived, replete with all kinds of highly processed, heat - n - eat foods.

As a parent of an elementary aged child, and having shared meals in the school cafeteria with my child's class, on more than one occasion, this may actually work.

As we approach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress — the every - five - year funding of child nutrition programs — lawmakers will have the opportunity to weaken some of 2010's biggest school meal improvements with respect to sodium, whole grains and fruits and vegetables.

Woldow speculated that, based on the progressive meal program Ronnei previously oversaw as school food director in St. Paul, Minnesota, her election might signal a softening of SNA's current stance against science - based school nutrition standards.

So when it comes to improving school meals, health advocates logically want to remove the items that win out over healthier fare: nixing sugary chocolate milk, for example, so kids have to take white milk, or making sure pizza isn't offered on the same day as a healthier entree.