Sentences with phrase «public school lunches»

And of course they were one of the few dishes I looked forward to at public school lunch.

That was when I had it with public school lunches.

Choosing what's to be on Chicago Public Schools lunch menus is a compromise.

I've been consulting with public school lunch programs here in Maine for several years now.

I have gone into my own kids» public school lunch room, in a relatively affluent neighborhood in central Houston, btw, and have seen (and photographed) poorly prepared food — items that are still frozen, items like green vegetables that are grossly overcooked, to the point of almost being brown, etc..

I've been thinking about the Edible Schoolyard recently, as I face the reality of public school lunches here in DC for my daughter and her friends.

-LSB-...] No Child Left Behind, public school lunch periods are shorter than ever, with some children getting as little as fifteen minutes to scarf down their entire -LSB-...]

But truthfully, there are people out there who are very under - educated about food and can benefit from laws that stop tobacco being sold to minors and keep junk out of tax - funded public school lunches.

I took a quick look in the evening on what was served for school lunch in a typical public school lunch program, in a school district in the center of Pennsylvania, where my two nephews go to school.

Among other things, the two girls visit food activists; farmers» markets; a CSA (community - supported agriculture) program; a family friend who's just suffered a heart attack and has changed his diet; and the head of the New York city public school lunch program.

It was reported that Chef Boundas serves his students delicious, scratch - cooked food (meals like «white [fish] fillets... in a crunchy panko - cornmeal crust or baked in olive oil, lemon and herbs, with collard - flecked teriyaki brown rice, olive oil roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli and freshly squeezed lemonade») while spending the same amount as public school lunch programs.

Ground meats can also be enhanced with a portion of ground heart or liver, rather than the soy protein that is popular in many public school lunches.

When our family lived in the United States we opted out of public school lunch, packing our own instead.

I also considered the fact that higher - risk foods like carrot sticks, hot dogs and grapes are commonly found in kids» lunches, and that, thanks to No Child Left Behind, public school lunch periods are shorter than ever, with some children getting as little as fifteen minutes to scarf down their entire meal.

Her latest book, French School Lunch, is a two - year research project on France's public school lunch program promoting health and wellbeing in children.

They also impact everything from FDA food labels (think «Nutrition Facts») to public school lunch programs, recommendations at the doctor's office, and what people are fed from the Defense Department and Veteran's Affairs food programs to government assistance like SNAP and WIC.

Organic is not a word you would find on a public school lunch menu in the U.S. where «cheaper is better» seems to be the theme.

Sad, considering the quality of our public school lunches............ all processed food.

For the majority of adults who have not eaten a public school lunch since they were in school, Wu's almost daily blog captured many realities of CPS» meal program.

There is a big debate in America on reforming the public school lunch program.

Anyone who read last December's New York Times report on beef processing might understandably shudder when watching a child eat a hamburger in a public school lunch room.

There are such cool people out there devoting themselves to all aspects of «kids and food,» from parents inventing lunch boxes or concocting kid - friendly recipes, to tireless lobbyists working in Congress to make big changes to the public school lunch system.

Tina, there isn't a morsel of food offered in any public school lunch program at market prices.

This is the public school lunch menu where I live in Pau, France.

Perhaps the most visible advocate for improving school food, Michelle Obama is now defending what shouldn't be such a controversial idea: adding fruits and vegetables to public school lunches.

But as we discussed a while back (see «Why I Just Rained on Someone's School Food Reform Parade,» the posts linked to it and the many comments), the last thing I want to see is an ever - growing divide between rich and poor kids when it comes to being able to eat a healthful meal in a public school lunch room.

Now here we are in 2012, things are moving in the right direction: federal laws have passed both in America and France to mandate to healthier food dishes and menus on all public school lunch menus in both countries.

Do you know that each public school lunch menu must meet basic nutritional requirements?

Some of you would rather see a vegetarian entree instead of turkey, sandwiches seem to be unpopular with kids, and you're unlikely to see fruits like watermelon and strawberries on a public school lunch tray.

So, I checked out the public school lunch menus and they are the same — reads like a typical restaurant menu here.

Public school lunches must be nonsectarian, which has historically meant accommodating religious preferences rather than ignoring them: having nonmeat alternatives on Fridays for Catholics, and, to a lesser extent, giving Jews — and now Muslims and Hindus — alternatives every day.

That required relocating all the operations that existed on the county's property, which included a transit bus depot and a massive kitchen where public school lunches were prepared.