Sentences with phrase «if lunch tray»

I don't know at the present time if this is possible, but if any Lunch Tray readers take the initiative and contact their state's SFA to discuss this, I'd love to know what response you receive.

Here's the deal: Babble is looking for the top 100 «foodie mom» bloggers and I'd love it if The Lunch Tray made the list.

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Or maybe if you ignore the high chair trays that I currently have all over my kitchen — one with last nights dinner, and one with today's lunch still on it... or the rugs that I finally got to cleaning (on monday) hanging over said pack and play and the other draped over a kitchen chair....

I may even have a Lunch Tray booth set up at the market — if that's happening, I'll let you know.

So if something is bugging you about kids and food — whether it's the unnecessary «refueling» with Oreos at the 10 am soccer match, the prevalence of highly processed food on your child's lunch tray, or the Sunday school teacher who hands out candy for good behavior — speak up and get involved.

As I've already argued here on The Lunch Tray, it's incumbent upon Congress to step up and fund similar nutrition education around the country if the HHFKA is to succeed in its goals.

If the economics were the issue, the real «green» lunch would be the school lunch — it's cheap, it uses a central infrastructure (dishes / trays etc. at the school), and with pressure from parents and other interested parties, can be made from healthy, local and organic foods.

While I believe all the issues on The Lunch Tray are worthy of discussion (even if some are a little sillier than others), and even though we've certainly discussed childhood hunger here and will continue to do so, any site claiming to be dedicated to «kids and food, in school and out» really ought to take affirmative steps to help kids with no food at all.

I'm going to start investigating other advertising options and / or see if there are ways to better tailor the Google ads to The Lunch Tray's underlying philosophy — a philosophy that's decidedly anti-Trix.

As we've talked about many times on The Lunch Tray, school food reform will only be successful if parents and districts work together collaboratively, each respecting the concerns and expertise of the other.

But I'll most likely send out kid - and - food updates in the interim via the Lunch Tray Facebook fan page — yet another reason to go over there and «like» it, if you haven't already (hint, hint.)

Under some circumstances I may use this address to contact you directly if, for example, I'd like more information about something you wrote, or want to discuss something with you which is unlikely to be of interest to the entire Lunch Tray community.

but I don't know the details of whether the school actually loses income if the vendors aren't allowed to sell) In older level grade schools, kids have been spending their lunch money on the stuff vendors bring in (sweets, chips, etc) and not even purchasing a tray.

When / if there's video of Jamie's speech, I'll share it on The Lunch Tray.

Poppendieck (whom I often refer to on this site as my «school lunch guru») was responding to my post «Lessons from a Bowl of Oatmeal» in which I posit that changing lunch menus is only half the battle — if we don't also educate students about new foods and encourage them to taste new items on their lunch tray, all of our best efforts at reform are doomed to fail.

(But if you want to discuss something that might be of interest to the entire Lunch Tray readership, consider posting it as a comment so everyone can see it.)

I haven't seen Yuck, so I don't know whether Zachary was using any discretion in refusing certain items — or if those grim, almost - bare styrofoam trays are an accurate portrayal of the lunches offered.

Also, if you're a regular visitor to any parenting, health or food - related web sites or forums, would you consider mentioning The Lunch Tray there?

If at any point you want to cry «uncle» — too many Lunch Tray posts showing up in your mailbox, a sudden desire to «de-friend» me on Facebook (or in real life), feeling the need to report me as a spammer — please email me using the Contact tab above and talk some sense into me.

I wonder if the studies looking at the nutrient intake of kids eating school lunches are factoring in what the children actually ate — or simply what they took (or had to take) on their tray?

If you were a TLT Facebook fan, you would also have gotten tons of great tips for nutritious - but - not - too - messy car snacks for kids (thanks, readers, for responding), some good school food news out of Minnesota, news about the pending school food regulations, and a cute photo of a TLT reader holding her very own vintage TLT lunch tray, won in a recent giveaway.

-LSB-...] The Lunch Tray asks if the dairy industry is using school kids as a Trojan horse to change artificial sweetener labeling rules.

if school administrators weren't too busy to plan and would approve parent volunteer lunch monitors then parents could fill some of the lunch room void by left by over-extended cafeteria staff and teachers, explaining to kids what lunch options were and encouraging the healthier choices as well as providing more prompts in the cafeteria as students have their tray.

I'd love to throw open her comment to the Lunch Tray community — especially those of you who work outside the home — to see if you have any advice to share?

However, if you're among the many Lunch Tray readers with children affected by food allergies, you may want to stop by the newsstand and pick up this issue.

To double your chances of winning, you can «like» The Lunch Tray's Facebook page (if you haven't done so already) or tweet about this giveaway on Twitter and then leave a second comment telling me you did so.

-LSB-...] And The Lunch Tray asks if the dairy industry is using school kids as a Trojan horse to change artificial sweetener labeling rules.

Recently I did some housekeeping on The Lunch Tray by dividing up my «blog roll» (the long list of links down and to the right) by topic, so if readers are specifically looking for help with family dinner or need sources for food policy information, they'll know right where to go.

The DC school district's position directly pits Chartwell's business interests against the rights of DC parents to know if (a) their school district is being unlawfully denied funds to which it is entitled and (b) if huge food manufacturers are wielding undue influence over the FSMC, resulting in that much more processed, sugary foods on school lunch trays.

Recently I did some housekeeping on The Lunch Tray by dividing up my «blog roll» (the long list of links down and to the right) by topic, so if readers are specifically looking for help with family dinner or need sources for food policy information,... [Continue reading]

I have been busy working on my Houston Chronicle op - ed today and therefore have yet to offer on TLT the fullest explication of my views on why pink slime has no place on kids» lunch trays (or, indeed, in our food supply if without adequate labeling.)

But I wanted to know more, so I contacted Andy directly and asked if I could interview him for The Lunch Tray.

So when Saffron Road recently asked me if I'd like to offer them as a giveaway on The Lunch Tray, of course I said yes.

If you've posted a comment and don't see it appear after a reasonable time, the comment is in violation of The Lunch Tray's comments policy (above).

And if you're particularly concerned about the junk food offered to your kids in their school classrooms, such as food served at birthday celebrations, class parties and as teacher rewards, be sure to check out «The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom.»

If you would like to see more fresh vegetables or less fried food on the lunch trays, however, talking to your school principal may have little impact, as this is an issue under the food service director's control.

And finally, remember that you have a few more hours (til 12 pm CST, May 27th) to leave a comment on yesterday's post if you want to win a TLT fridge magnet or vintage lunch tray.

If there's one issue that drives most Lunch Tray readers crazy, it's the steady flow of junk food in their kids» classrooms.

If you haven't yet «liked» the page, you're missing out on some great reader discussion (in fact, posts with zero comments on the main blog are often getting talked about quite a bit on Facebook) along with the grand unveiling of the new USDA MyPlate icon (replacing the old Food Pyramid); a distressing graphic of what the White House garden would look like if it were the recipient of current farm subsidies (hint: hope you like corn); a great Father's Day gift idea for dads who cook; news of an exhibit of vintage government food posters; an egg salad recipe; and even a chance to win a coveted (not really) Lunch Tray fridge magneIf you haven't yet «liked» the page, you're missing out on some great reader discussion (in fact, posts with zero comments on the main blog are often getting talked about quite a bit on Facebook) along with the grand unveiling of the new USDA MyPlate icon (replacing the old Food Pyramid); a distressing graphic of what the White House garden would look like if it were the recipient of current farm subsidies (hint: hope you like corn); a great Father's Day gift idea for dads who cook; news of an exhibit of vintage government food posters; an egg salad recipe; and even a chance to win a coveted (not really) Lunch Tray fridge magneif it were the recipient of current farm subsidies (hint: hope you like corn); a great Father's Day gift idea for dads who cook; news of an exhibit of vintage government food posters; an egg salad recipe; and even a chance to win a coveted (not really) Lunch Tray fridge magnet!

So if you want to help get The Lunch Tray into the Babble top 100, just click here and scroll as needed to find TLT.

(Read «Water is the enemy, Gatorade Mobile Tells Youth» on Civil Eats and this follow - up on The Lunch Tray that includes action you can take if you're disgusted -LSB-...]

If you're looking for your comment and don't see it here, it's because you've violated The Lunch Tray's longstanding policy against ad hominem, personal attacks on this blog.

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez today reiterated that he wants to work toward a labeling requirement for LFTB so that consumers can avoid it if they wish, according to The Lunch Tray blogger and pink slime petitioner, Bettina Elias Siegel.

If my son's hands are full (with his walking sticks) that is an appropriate time to offer to carry his lunch tray.

If your friend's hands are full, would you offer to carry her lunch tray for her?

If there was great outrage when people found out about LFTB being in their McDonalds happy meals I can't say as I am surprised that their outrage is tenfold to find out the supply just shifted from the happy meal to the school lunch tray.

I took a cue from these trays and had Red start to understand the components of his plate and to use the School Lunch Menu to create a balanced meal if items he'd actually eat.

As you know from prior posts here on The Lunch Tray, the key issue is funding — should the bill be funded using money currently allocated to the food stamps program, and will the White House live up to its recent promise to eventually make up those funding shortfalls if the bill is passed?

-LSB-...] And finally, remember that you have a few more hours (til 12 pm CST, May 27th) to leave a comment on yesterday's post if you want to win a TLT fridge magnet or vintage lunch tray.

If you're at all interested in a guest blog post or interview about your new cookbook, I know the Lunch Tray readership would be interested in reading about it.