My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most - read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way - check it out), and that had me wondering:
what Lunch Tray posts were you reading most often in 2015?
My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most - read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way — check it out), and that had me wondering:
what Lunch Tray posts were you reading most often in 2015?
Can't wait to see
what Lunch Tray readers have to say, and I hope to be posting some thoughts of my own as well.
Not exact matches
You don't see most of
what I eat online and most of my meals are far from beautiful, I often eat quick cook porridge for dinner, jars of peanut butter with a spoon for breakfast, tubs of hummus with slightly stale rye bread on the tube for
lunch and a few too many
trays of not - quite - right brownies when I'm recipe testing.
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)
-LSB-...] friendly blog called The
Lunch Tray recently gave a nod to Dr. Pretlow's book, Overweight:
What Kids Say.
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.
And in
what ways do these financial incentives (called «kickbacks» by some) influence how much highly processed food appears on our children's
lunch trays?
Another nice article and kudos to Bettina Siegel and The
Lunch Tray, and
what an incredible resource from Maine and Let's go.
The
Lunch Tray, whose author was and is one of those parental agitators, gives a report on
what to expect in -LSB-...]
What might have happened had that contaminated meat had actually reached our children's school
lunch trays, given that children are far more vulnerable to harm from foodborne illnesses than adults?
And to
Lunch Tray readers,
what do you think about all this?
That's
what happened here, so let me excerpt a bit of your comment and we can have a discussion with the whole
Lunch Tray readership.
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?
The
lunch trays I see today are a marked improvement over
what I ate in school!
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.
Hi Bettina, As a long time enthusiastic reader of The
Lunch Tray, I certainly respect your personal choice as to what you choose to pack your lunc
Lunch Tray, I certainly respect your personal choice as to
what you choose to pack your
lunchlunch in.
So
what's the kid - and - food angle that makes Love With Food relevant to The
Lunch Tray?
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.
Bettina Siegel, the writer behind popular The
Lunch Tray blog, created the following graphic to describe
what Cara describes in her report: (c) Bettina Siegel, The
Lunch Tray [source]-LSB-...]
Lunch Tray readers may have noticed occasional mentions of «Recipe for Success» on this site, but I've never given a full explanation of
what this innovative program is all about.
It's her commentary on
what I've become since starting The
Lunch Tray.
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.
-LSB-...] The
Lunch Tray reminds us that in terms of
what they eat, every day is like Halloween for American kids.
What has become perfectly clear are the results that The
Lunch Tray has had on this issue.
But as I've talked about quite a bit on The
Lunch Tray (starting with my very first post), it does concern me that our menu is currently still weighted almost entirely in favor of «kid food» (or
what one source in Janet Poppendieck's Free For All calls «carnival fare»).
-LSB-...] a late Friday afternoon post last week, I officially opened The
Lunch Tray's Lunch Box Idea Exchange to answer that never - ending question: what on earth do I put in the lunch box -LSB
Lunch Tray's
Lunch Box Idea Exchange to answer that never - ending question: what on earth do I put in the lunch box -LSB
Lunch Box Idea Exchange to answer that never - ending question:
what on earth do I put in the
lunch box -LSB
lunch box -LSB-...]
Many parents — myself included, before starting The
Lunch Tray — have no idea
what the cafeteria meals look like in their children's school.
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.
All three women agree that in time, most kids will be on board with
what's on their
lunch trays.
From the student perspective, a culinary event helps them learn and appreciate
what it takes to get
lunch on their
tray each day.
31 million economically disadvantaged kids rely on school meals five days a week for breakfast and
lunch (and sometimes even supper) and for those kids,
what we put on those
trays really matters.
Are things going to settle down and kids start to eat
what is on their
lunch tray and leave the cafeteria full and satiated?
And for those of you who aren't yet
Lunch Tray Facebook fans, isn't it time to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask yourself
what's holding you back?
Learn more about
what's on your kid's School
Lunch Tray at SchoolNutrition.com or join the conversation on the
Tray Talk Facebook page.
All true, but your original point is valid as well — we still need to focus on
what's on those
lunch trays, too.
But when kids are truly going without food at home, or where food is scarce and not regularly available, I think most of us would agree that
what's on the current
lunch trays is far better than nothing.
We had some Italian women behind the
lunch line who were jovial, yet kept an eye on
what you put on your
tray.
But it makes me wish that the «
lunch ladies» at my kids» school took more of an interest in
what the kids are putting on their
trays, pushing the veggies or talking up something new.
I explained that I just liked the photo but it's always bothered me, too, that it doesn't reflect
what I would like to see on real - life
lunch trays.
I will be curious to hear
what Bettina at the
lunch tray has to say.
I have to say (and I think most
Lunch Tray readers would agree), you seem to be doing very well in terms of your children's acceptance of vegetables (at least in comparison to
what goes on in my own home).
Lunch Tray readers may remember my post back in June in which I confessed that one of my children hates vegetables and (with a very few exceptions) will not try them no matter how many times or in
what forms they're presented.
She asked if I worked for the district, so I explained
what I was doing and that I write The
Lunch Tray.
Step into the shoes of a
lunch lady and learn just
what goes into getting healthy, delicious food onto the
lunch trays of 30 million kids every day.
TLT:
What else would you like
Lunch Tray readers to know about KOS?
Bettina Siegel said: See
what's coming up in this fall on The
Lunch Tray!
«If a parent volunteer had stood up on the stage in our
lunch room and explained
what was on kids»
trays...»
If you want to know
what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to get your head around this statistic: Every day, kids in the Chicago Public Schools district throw out nearly a quarter of a million
lunch and breakfast
trays made of polystyrene foam.