TLT: What else would
you like Lunch Tray readers to know about KOS?
I think places
like The Lunch Tray are helping consumers realize the REAL price people pay for cheap food, in terms of health.
Yes
I like the lunch tray, even I am interested to participate but don't have perfect experience about it.
There's no question that the readership of a blog
like The Lunch Tray is a highly motivated group when it comes lunch packing, but for many kids, lunch from home means a can of soda and a bag of chips, or a highly processed Lunchable.
Not exact matches
But when an American child is hustled through the
lunch room in 20 minutes, she barely has time to wolf down her (usually hand - held) entree off her styrofoam
tray, let alone contemplate eating more challenging foods
like fresh fruits and vegetables.
You'll also be signed up to receive The
Lunch Tray's new newsletter, which will share prior
Lunch Tray posts as well as features
like kid - approved recipes, cooking tips and tricks, kid - food news items and more.
«I feel
like he has come out so strongly in favor of policies that are so antithetical to children's health,» says Bettina Siegel, who runs the blog The
Lunch Tray.
Three commentators here on The
Lunch Tray felt the caps: made it harder to serve healthy choices
like sandwiches and soups; discouraged scratch cooking over the use of processed foods; and gave school food directors an incentive to serve «empty calories.»
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.)
TLT: Is there anything else you'd
like to tell
Lunch Tray readers about CSPI's report and / or the Kids Live Well program?
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.
Donna travels the world to promote Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy, but she is still happiest eating
lunch with Burke County Public School students, out standing in collard fields with organic farmer Sam Adderson, or planning new ways to get even more local products,
like grits, onto school
lunch trays and farmers market shopping bags.
Just «
Like» TLT's Facebook page or «Follow» on Twitter and you'll never miss another
Lunch Tray post.
In response to Mike I'd
like to say, first and foremost, thank you so much for taking the time to come by The
Lunch Tray these past few weeks.
I feel
like I've been blogging about kids and food forever (and I mean that in a good way) but in reality The
Lunch Tray is not even two months old!
-LSB-...] on today's The
Lunch Tray I ponder this question: do universal in - class breakfast programs
like HISD's «First -LSB-...]
-LSB-...] on today's The
Lunch Tray I ponder this question: do universal in - class breakfast programs
like HISD's «First Class -LSB-...]
Viewers might not understand what he means here, but readers of The
Lunch Tray know from Mike's comment here last week that West Adams will be getting outside funding from the Orfalea Foundations (just
like Carpinteria High School) to train its workers in scratch cooking.
TLT: Is there anything else you'd
like to share with
Lunch Tray readers about the CNR or school food in particular?
On a related note, you may want to take this opportunity to join the 750 readers who have «
liked» The
Lunch Tray's Facebook fan page (or the 850 + readers who've signed up for its Twitter feed).
My nonprofit, Better School Food (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails
like the one from this
Lunch Tray reader all the time.
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.
Not long after I started The
Lunch Tray in 2010, a new kids» cooking magazine called ChopChop was launched by Sally Sampson, a James Beard Foundation nominated author of twenty cookbooks, as well as a frequent contributor to magazines
like Food & Wine and Bon Appetit.
To double your chances of winning, you can «
like» The
Lunch Tray's Facebook page or tweet about this giveaway on Twitter and then leave a second comment telling me you did so.
It feels
like too long since we've had a book giveaway on The
Lunch Tray!
Although the column has been mocked (here and here, for example), I
like Wells's style, and it certainly falls right into the
Lunch Tray's all things kid - and - food rubric.
A comment recently came in on The
Lunch Tray: WOMAN IT»S BEEN
LIKE TWO WEEKS.
-LSB-...] grateful people are enjoying our new book «The Family Cooks» and we'd
like to thank The
Lunch Tray, CookBooks365, and CoolMomPicks for their recent kind words.
TLT: Is there anything else you'd
like to tell
Lunch Tray readers about the book or family dinners generally?
TLT: Is there anything else you'd
like to tell
Lunch Tray readers about the book or picky eating generally?
While I feel I've made a lot of strides nationally on The
Lunch Tray by bringing these issues to the fore and assisting readers around the country at their children's schools, at my own son's elementary school my principal has declined to make any modifications to practices
like birthday cupcakes in the classroom.
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.
Lisa: It's great when I see that older
Lunch Tray posts are still interesting to readers,
like this one.
Sometimes when I feel
like I'm the only one out there who cares about what kids are eating at school, I read the
Lunch Tray or Better School Food and I realize I'm not alone at all.
We'll be asking you to post here on The
Lunch Tray any photos and impressions of the date that you'd
like to share.
-LSB-...] The
Lunch Tray reminds us that in terms of what they eat, every day is
like Halloween for American kids.
TLT: Is there anything else you'd
like to tell
Lunch Tray readers about the Veg Out or the 30 day challenge?
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.
Yet already I've had a few occasions where I'd
like to talk directly to a commenter about something that wouldn't be of interest to the entire
Lunch Tray community, and I realized that it's silly to expect someone to give express authorization to be contacted.
Go «
like» The
Lunch Tray!
I've had cafeteria workers forbid me from taking pictures of food on the
lunch line itself, with no explanation, and have had school officials watch me
like a hawk as I took pictures of the food on children's
trays.
Is there anything else you'd
like to tell
Lunch Tray readers about the recipes in the book or cooking family dinners?
Many parents — myself included, before starting The
Lunch Tray — have no idea what the cafeteria meals look
like in their children's school.
On or around The
Lunch Tray's May 26th birthday, I always
like to go through my blog archive and take stock of where we've been in the prior year.
I know many of us would
like to see fewer desserts on school
lunch trays overall, but given the current USDA calorie requirements (which are high), dessert is not going away for the time being.
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 magnet!
Turns out that even in a locavore, agricultural state
like Vermont, it still takes a lot of work — and creativity — to change what's served on school
lunch trays.
My feeling about milk in schools, as shared by many TLT readers (judging from this morning's discussion on the Facebook page and in comments on the blog), is that milk does have a place on
lunch trays, but not to the exclusion of other beverages
like water (which, as it turns out, is not so easy to get into cafeterias) and plant - based milks for those who drink them.
Or you might be
like one
Lunch Tray reader who recently wrote to me in despair.
The result: lower fat but high sugar foods,
like cookies and cakes, appearing regularly on
lunch trays.