Ok so here I am asking for more opinions on something I find controversial. So the free Midvale Journal came. I was looking through the paper and saw the headline, "School lunch programs flunk out in Jordan District." At first I chuckled and thought yeah, it's school lunch what do you expect, but I read on for kicks. The article said that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine gave the district an "F" for it's school lunch program. Apparently they are concerned about the types of food that are being served. For Example: chicken nuggets, sloppy Joe's, pork riblets, pigs in a blanket, country-fried steak, and mini corn dogs. Yup that sounds like the menu I remember and that was on the days I wanted school lunch.
According to the cafeteria manager all their meats are actually turkey (no wonder school lunch was so tasty). So here is the kicker to this story... the report from the PCRM strongly encouraged schools to serve vegan and vegetarian entrees. Mm mm, Please mom can I have school lunch today? It's tofu! OK so I don't mean to mock tofu I think if I could get Kent to try it we might actually like it, but would the kids? I am a mom who firmly believes in teaching the kids to eat what you eat and boy has that been working out poorly for me. Braxton doesn't love ANYTHING we love. He will eat chicken nuggets, pigs in a blanket, corn dogs etc. I don't know who these people are or what children they actually know, but I doubt that they will ever volunteer to serve school lunch! The cafeteria manager said it is sad to see all the produce they offer go to waste in the garbage. I can only imagine the waste baskets after serving a vegan meal to kids. I don't know why this line sounds so unlikely, "mom, guess what we had at school today? Salad, nuts, and beans. It was SO yummy!" Don't these people realize that there are mothers all over looking for healthier meals... that their kids will ACTUALLY eat. Maybe they should try reading mom's blogs once in a while. If you really want to sell a recipe put the words "healthy and my kids actually ate it" after. Great idea now give me a plan to implement it so it will be eaten Mr. I have a doctorate degree.
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Ha ha! I totally agree that nothing will be eaten! I think that the only way to get healthier is to disguise the healthy food as junk food. Like use turkey for the nuggets...(chicken nuggets are not all that bad for you)...and whole wheat buns for hot dogs and hamburgers...tacos and burritos are not all that unhealthy...oh and I know..make the serving sizes smaller..what a bright idea! Oils that the foods are cooked in could be changed too! Anyhow there are ways to get kids to eat healthy without distroying the well loved menu's the schools already have. I will have to agree and say that vegetarian and Vegan menu's would be the death of school lunches! Although I do have to say that may inspire more families to have their kids to bring a bag lunch!
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