Sentences with phrase «lunch tray in»

She got up and walked away to dump her lunch tray in the trash barrel.»

They were good, and it was great to see a potato on a lunch tray in something other than a french fry or tater tot form.

I plan to write more about salad bars on The Lunch Tray in the near future.

In the past we've celebrated Food Day on The Lunch Tray in a variety of ways, including some fun «virtual dinner parties» hosted with my fellow food bloggers.

When I started The Lunch Tray in 2010, I was somewhat skeptical of claims by parents that artificial food dyes adversely affect their children's behavior.

On a pistachio - green plastic lunch tray in the cafeteria of Sam Hughes Elementary School, Tucson, Arizona, circa 1970 - 76.

When I started writing The Lunch Tray in 2010, an actual week's menu in Houston ISD included breaded chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chicken fried steak fingers with cream gravy, beef taco nachos, beef taco salad, pepperoni pizza and Frito Pie... [Continue reading]

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.

In the past we've celebrated Food Day on The Lunch Tray in a variety... [Continue reading]

Yesterday the New York City Health Department left a comment on The Lunch Tray in response to that post.

When I started writing The Lunch Tray in 2010, an actual week's menu in Houston ISD included breaded chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chicken fried steak fingers with cream gravy, beef taco nachos, beef taco salad, pepperoni pizza and Frito Pie (fried corn chips topped with chili and cheese).

Specifically, as I happily reported here on The Lunch Tray in October, 2015:

All of that would be great, to be sure, and I hope we see such food on lunch trays in the future.

It was about one determined lunch lady in Alaska who managed to get locally caught wild sockeye salmon onto the lunch trays in her remote school.

Not exact matches

I started The Lunch Tray back in May, 2010, shortly after I became involved in school food reform in Houston ISD.

Our lunch meat trucks come complete with full length trays that slide in and out of the truck for easy loading and unloading of product.

So after a pleasant lunch in the outdoors of grilled lotte (monkfish) and a salad of fresh shelling beans with avocados, tomatoes, and savory, (and the obligatory cheese course, bien sûr), I poured us cups of strong, very dark coffee and set out a tray of these cookies.

Bristol, Vermont Walking away from the salad bar with lunch trays packed with vibrant veggies, students in Bristol, Vermont are exclaiming «I love those beet things!»

In addition to dine - in and take - out service, McAlister's also offers catering with a selection of sandwich trays, box lunches, desserts, a hot spud bar and morIn addition to dine - in and take - out service, McAlister's also offers catering with a selection of sandwich trays, box lunches, desserts, a hot spud bar and morin and take - out service, McAlister's also offers catering with a selection of sandwich trays, box lunches, desserts, a hot spud bar and more.

Reposted with permission by: Bettina Elias SiegelLast month on The Lunch Tray's Facebook page I shared a link to an eye - opening special report in Parents Magazine about hunger in America.

In fact, every time we ate lunch or dinner in a restaurant, 90 - 95 % of all the tables had an open bottle of red wine in the midst of trays piled with meaIn fact, every time we ate lunch or dinner in a restaurant, 90 - 95 % of all the tables had an open bottle of red wine in the midst of trays piled with meain a restaurant, 90 - 95 % of all the tables had an open bottle of red wine in the midst of trays piled with meain the midst of trays piled with meat.

Flanked by fellow undergrads at a lunch table, the most improved player in college basketball is annihilating his tray's contents — bacon cheeseburger, fries, fruit cup, orange juice — the way he does opponents in the paint.

As I close out the first week in my new digs here on The Lunch Tray, I just wanted to send out a thank you to all of you....

-LSB-...] In addition, almost all school food advocates felt that the bill was grossly underfunded, providing only a six - cent - per - meal increase that was unlikely to significantly improve the food on kids» lunch trays.

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.

-LSB-...] few weeks ago I ended my post, «Confessions of a Sideline - Sitter,» by urging Lunch Tray readers to get actively involved in improving school food (as well as food -LSB-...]

Thanks for all of the hard work you put in on The Lunch Tray, Bettina — and especially thanks for continuing to work so hard even while school is out and your kids are on vacation.

When I interviewed Wansink here on The Lunch Tray soon after, that «dissemination» was taking the form of regular newsletters sent to members of the School Nutrition Association, each explaining a different technique to get kids to eat better in the cafeteria.

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.

And as we've discussed in detail here on The Lunch Tray, some states are using that discretion to the fullest, declaring that most or even all of their school year is exempt from the Smart Snacks fundraising rules.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

Various Lunch Tray posts have appeared in Mark Bittman's «What We're Reading Now» column (June 25, 2015, June 4, 2015, September 27, 2013, October 10, 2013)

Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its policy on a low - quality ground beef product used in schools.

* In a subsequent Lunch Tray interview with then - USDA undersecretary Kevin Concannon about the new daycare food rules, Mr. Concannon was quite frank about the role of money in this decision: because of Congressional underfunding, a recommendation that kids get only whole fruits and vegetables instead of juice was relegated to an optional «best practice» instead of being an enforceable mandatIn a subsequent Lunch Tray interview with then - USDA undersecretary Kevin Concannon about the new daycare food rules, Mr. Concannon was quite frank about the role of money in this decision: because of Congressional underfunding, a recommendation that kids get only whole fruits and vegetables instead of juice was relegated to an optional «best practice» instead of being an enforceable mandatin this decision: because of Congressional underfunding, a recommendation that kids get only whole fruits and vegetables instead of juice was relegated to an optional «best practice» instead of being an enforceable mandate.

The Lunch Tray's essay,» Legislate, Educate and Inoculate to Create Food - Savvy Kids,» chosen by a panel of expert judges (including former FDA commissioner David Kessler) as a winning entry in Slate «s childhood obesity crowd - sourcing effort, March, 2011

«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.

In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety of topics including: how wellness policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that issue; the use of junk food as a classroom reward; the use of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.

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've also asked RFS founder Gracie Cavnar to guest blog on The Lunch Tray about some exciting plans the foundation has for its expansion, so look for that in the coming weeks.

In today's New York Times, Jane Brody reports on the recently released results of the CHildhood Obesity Cost - Effectiveness Study (aka «CHOICES»), which examined various possible approaches to curbing childhood obesity and chose two as most likely to help: the imposition of taxes on sugary beverages and curbs on children's junk food advertising, both measures long supported here on The Lunch Tray.

Earlier in the week I posted on The Lunch Tray Facebook page a salmonella warning issued by Unilever (my former employer - yikes!)

Lisa will soon appear on The Lunch Tray as an interviewee, but Houston readers can meet her in person tomorrow (1/29) from 2 - 4 pm at New Living, 6111 Kirby, where she'll be discussing how to make your kitchen green and healthy from the inside out.

As for plate waste and changes in participation, please check out this piece I wrote on The Lunch Tray, cross-posted in Civil Eats, which summarizes an in - depth Pew research study on how schools are adapting.

Sitting in the meeting last night made me feel grateful that I actually followed through on the crazy whim to start The Lunch Tray.

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.)

Last week I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food?

Over a period of weeks or months, I'd be willing to bet, consistently having those fruits and veggies and white milk, etc. show up on kids» lunch trays — by their own choosing, sneakily or not — would likely lead to more consumption of those items as familiarity set in and kids, hungry for their lunches, realized that eating the orange and the salad might be better than leaving the cafeteria only half - full.

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In writing this post, I can already identify in my head certain Lunch Tray readers by name (and you know who you are) who are about to cancel their blog subscription in protesIn writing this post, I can already identify in my head certain Lunch Tray readers by name (and you know who you are) who are about to cancel their blog subscription in protesin my head certain Lunch Tray readers by name (and you know who you are) who are about to cancel their blog subscription in protesin protest.

As I argued in one of my first Lunch Tray posts («The Birthday Cupcake Debate Heats Up «-RRB-, when a child is at school, he or she is as captive to what goes on there as a person in an elevator is captive to second - hand smoke.