Read
La Vida Locavore has a photo tour of a school garden and it's great composting program.
I recently passed a Wendy's with a big sign out for their new natural cut french fries with sea salt - clearly a claim that they had a healthy(ER?) french fry. HHmm...I thought. Well, Fooducate has the real story. (Think anti-foaming chemicals?)
Nutrition for the Future is running lots of gardening tips - particularly on gardening with kids and starting out small.
Pesticide exposure in the womb can lower a child's IQ. Read more.
Watch - Tonight!
Film- Co-presented by Slow Food Huntington and Whole Foods Market
Urban Roots
Thursday, April 28, 7:30pm at the Cinema Arts Centre
A small group of dedicated citizens, allied with environmental and academic groups, have started an urban environmental movement with the potential to transform not just a city after its collapse, but also a country after the end of its industrial age. Urban Roots is the story of a group of dedicated Detroiters working tirelessly to fulfill their vision for locally-grown, sustainably farmed food in a city where people -- as in much of the county -- have found themselves cut off from real food and limited to the lifeless offerings of fast food chains, mini-marts, and grocery stores stocked with processed food from thousands of miles away. The people of Detroit have taken on the enormous task of changing this for themselves, and to under-stand their story is to understand how we can change it for us all.
Donate
Make a donation to the Environmental Working Group and get a free wallet guide to shopping for skin care products -- and avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals and other nasty ingredients.
Local Fun
It's a big weekend!
The Planting Fields has a terrific Arbor Day Celebration Sat. and Sun.
The Huntington Historical Society has a Sheep-to-Shawl festival this weekend. And while you're in Huntington, you can also see the tulip festival.
Sea Cliff's own Arbor celebration is on Friday in Central Park at 2pm with thanks to SC's Beautification Committee.
It's CSA Season!
Community Supported Agriculture
Find your local CSA or farmers' market at Local Harvest:
www.localharvest.orgwww.localharvest.org
Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee. The Apple People
Thursday, April 28, 2011
What's for Lunch - Fri., 4/29
Whole Wheat Spaghetti
Bolognese or Marinara
Fresh Garlic Bread
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Pineapple Chunks
This is a whole grain spaghetti with or with meat which is a USDA commodity beef but 100% ground chuck. The sauce is a Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used. Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate).
Pineapple is canned. Celery sticks are fresh and come with organic ranch dressing.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.The fruit salad is also available.
Bolognese or Marinara
Fresh Garlic Bread
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Pineapple Chunks
This is a whole grain spaghetti with or with meat which is a USDA commodity beef but 100% ground chuck. The sauce is a Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used. Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate).
Pineapple is canned. Celery sticks are fresh and come with organic ranch dressing.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.The fruit salad is also available.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/28
Chicken Burrito
Warm Flour Tortilla
Seasoned Chicken
Brown Rice/Black Beans/Cheddar Cheese
Fresh Fruit
The salad bar is always available or - as an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Warm Flour Tortilla
Seasoned Chicken
Brown Rice/Black Beans/Cheddar Cheese
Fresh Fruit
The salad bar is always available or - as an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/27
White Meat Chicken Chunks
Sweet Corn
Chilled Applesauce
SALAD BAR sides only
Fried Tyson chicken. Canned Corn. Govt applesauce.
But - salad bars sides.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Sweet Corn
Chilled Applesauce
SALAD BAR sides only
Fried Tyson chicken. Canned Corn. Govt applesauce.
But - salad bars sides.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Friday, April 15, 2011
weekend Reading
Reading
Apparently, at least one school in Chicago has banned students from bringing their lunch to school. Students are required to eat the 'healthy' lunch their school serves. Find out why.
The NY Coalition for Healthy School Food had a great response to the USDA's requests for comment on the new regulations which will govern school lunch. Read their argument here on eliminating fried foods from school lunch (yes, we serve fried foods at our school), chocolate milk, artificial sweeteners, colors, preservatives and corn syrup. Plus - requiring things that are good for you like actual whole grains. We don't have to wait for the government - we can our our district to do these things now.
Thew new guidelines are also targeting potatoes in a effort to get more nutritious vegetables into lunch-- but the potato industry is fighting back (just like the milk industry over chocolate milk.)
Or, or, or...we could opt out of the school lunch program and serve really healthy meals at cost- or for a profit.
Apps
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has a new app for your phone on food additives. Check ingredients while you're shopping - and find out why you should avoid "caramel coloring". You can also look up high fructose corn syrup to find out why our brunch for lunch isn't a good idea.
Watching
Jamie Oliver is taking on school lunch in LA. Watch this clip on the stunning amount of sugar kids are eating and why we need to get rid of chocolate milk.
Then, you can read this post from DC school activists on the war against sugar in school lunch in DC and neighboring counties.
Apparently, at least one school in Chicago has banned students from bringing their lunch to school. Students are required to eat the 'healthy' lunch their school serves. Find out why.
The NY Coalition for Healthy School Food had a great response to the USDA's requests for comment on the new regulations which will govern school lunch. Read their argument here on eliminating fried foods from school lunch (yes, we serve fried foods at our school), chocolate milk, artificial sweeteners, colors, preservatives and corn syrup. Plus - requiring things that are good for you like actual whole grains. We don't have to wait for the government - we can our our district to do these things now.
Thew new guidelines are also targeting potatoes in a effort to get more nutritious vegetables into lunch-- but the potato industry is fighting back (just like the milk industry over chocolate milk.)
Or, or, or...we could opt out of the school lunch program and serve really healthy meals at cost- or for a profit.
Apps
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has a new app for your phone on food additives. Check ingredients while you're shopping - and find out why you should avoid "caramel coloring". You can also look up high fructose corn syrup to find out why our brunch for lunch isn't a good idea.
Watching
Jamie Oliver is taking on school lunch in LA. Watch this clip on the stunning amount of sugar kids are eating and why we need to get rid of chocolate milk.
Then, you can read this post from DC school activists on the war against sugar in school lunch in DC and neighboring counties.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What's for Lunch - Fri., 4/15
Monterey Jack Quesadilla
Salsa & Chips
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Chilled Pineapple Chunks
SALAD BAR sides only
I think this sounds good. They use Monterey Jack cheese (which is mild) and a flour tortilla. The salsa is organic. You can have fresh celery or canned pineapple. Sides from the salad bar.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.The fruit salad is also available.
Salsa & Chips
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Chilled Pineapple Chunks
SALAD BAR sides only
I think this sounds good. They use Monterey Jack cheese (which is mild) and a flour tortilla. The salsa is organic. You can have fresh celery or canned pineapple. Sides from the salad bar.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.The fruit salad is also available.
Please look for your Breakfast Survey!
At our PCA meeting on Wednesday, Principal Adam Frankel announced that the annual Breakfast Survey would be sent home soon.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE YOUR BREAKFAST SURVEY.
Recently, USA Today reported on a survey showing that 2/3rds of students come to school hungry. Most schools in our country participate not just in the school lunch program but the breakfast program as well and there are a number of ways to implement the program. The USDA provides a great survey to use in class to find out if our kids come to school without breakfast for whatever reason,
In our school, the students who currently qualify for a free lunch are also entitled to a free breakfast -- if our school implements a program. If there is no response to the survey, we will not get breakfast in our school.
We have a lot more information here on the school breakfast program and the importance of breakfast.
Or check out the posts from the week of June 5 for healthy, quick breakfast ideas you can make at home.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE YOUR BREAKFAST SURVEY.
Recently, USA Today reported on a survey showing that 2/3rds of students come to school hungry. Most schools in our country participate not just in the school lunch program but the breakfast program as well and there are a number of ways to implement the program. The USDA provides a great survey to use in class to find out if our kids come to school without breakfast for whatever reason,
In our school, the students who currently qualify for a free lunch are also entitled to a free breakfast -- if our school implements a program. If there is no response to the survey, we will not get breakfast in our school.
We have a lot more information here on the school breakfast program and the importance of breakfast.
Or check out the posts from the week of June 5 for healthy, quick breakfast ideas you can make at home.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/14
Freshly Breaded Chicken Cutlet
Baked Idaho Potato
Carrot Crunchers
Fresh Melon
Our wonderful food service staff is making the chicken cutlets from scratch in house with fresh chicken! They are marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.
Plus - fresh baked potato, carrot and melon - terrific.
The salad bar is always available or - as an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Baked Idaho Potato
Carrot Crunchers
Fresh Melon
Our wonderful food service staff is making the chicken cutlets from scratch in house with fresh chicken! They are marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.
Plus - fresh baked potato, carrot and melon - terrific.
The salad bar is always available or - as an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/13
Beef Tacos Seasoned 100 % Ground Beef w/ Lettuce, Salsa & Cheese
Tortilla Shells -Hard & Soft
Petite Banana
The tacos are 100% ground chuck with lettuce and a low-far govt cheddar cheese. The salsa is actually organic by Green Mountain and the ingredients are: tomatoes, fire-roasted chiles, onions, tomatillos, jalapeno peppers, pasilla peppers, apple cider vinegar, cilantro, parsley, garlic, sea salt, spices. Tacos shells are hard, yellow corn shells but I have not gotten the ingredients yet.
Plus a fresh banana. "Petite", by the way, usually means "half".
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Tortilla Shells -Hard & Soft
Petite Banana
The tacos are 100% ground chuck with lettuce and a low-far govt cheddar cheese. The salsa is actually organic by Green Mountain and the ingredients are: tomatoes, fire-roasted chiles, onions, tomatillos, jalapeno peppers, pasilla peppers, apple cider vinegar, cilantro, parsley, garlic, sea salt, spices. Tacos shells are hard, yellow corn shells but I have not gotten the ingredients yet.
Plus a fresh banana. "Petite", by the way, usually means "half".
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Monday, April 11, 2011
What's for Lunch - Tues., 4/12
Herb-Marinated Roast Chicken
Smashed Red Potatoes
Salad Bar Greens
Fresh Fruit of the Day
This is actual chicken that arrives frozen that we will marinate and roast our selves with fresh potatoes and salad greens - plus a fresh fruit. Definitely worth trying.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day! Kids can choose sides from the salad bar or a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Smashed Red Potatoes
Salad Bar Greens
Fresh Fruit of the Day
This is actual chicken that arrives frozen that we will marinate and roast our selves with fresh potatoes and salad greens - plus a fresh fruit. Definitely worth trying.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day! Kids can choose sides from the salad bar or a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
What's for Lunch - Mon 4/11
All Beef Burger, Cheeseburger
Lettuce & Tomato Fixin’s
or
Boar’s Head Turkey on a Bun
Baked Sweet Potato “Fries”
Orange Rounds
The burgers are made from 100% ground chuck - USDA government commodity beef. They are served on whole wheat HFCS-free buns. The "Fries" are actually baked and accompanied by fresh orange slices.
Try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or -
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Lettuce & Tomato Fixin’s
or
Boar’s Head Turkey on a Bun
Baked Sweet Potato “Fries”
Orange Rounds
The burgers are made from 100% ground chuck - USDA government commodity beef. They are served on whole wheat HFCS-free buns. The "Fries" are actually baked and accompanied by fresh orange slices.
Try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or -
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Weekend Reading
Reading
Genetically-modified milk? What will they think of next. Read more here. For some more background on how GM foods are both dangerous and pervasive, check out this post on La Vida Locavore.
The Jenny-0 Turkey Store announced a recall of certain turkey burgers sold in retail outlets after confirming they were responsible for a salmonella outbreak. Jenny-O also process USDA commodity ground turkey for the school lunch program - although there are no reports that turkey sent to shcools was affected.
I've actually run across a recipe for Broccoli and Cheetos in not one but two magazines touting 'gourmet' junk food. The backlash against the real food movement shouldn't start quite this early. Don't interpret the link as a recommendation. More like watching a train wreck.
More school gardens are on their way via USDA pilot projects. Our school has plans to add a hoop house to the "kindergarden" this year.
The WSJ ran an article this week on "the new power lunch" - brown bagging it executive style.
Shopping
The Environmental Working Group has great tips on choosing personal care products and how to avoid ingredients are bad for you.
Things to Do
You can still submit comments on the new rules for nutritional standards for school lunches under the re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act - see http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FNS-2007-0038-0001. OR - the Center for Science in the Public Interest makes it even easier to comment - they have drafted a letter for you to help you ask that school lunches includes more fruits and vegetables in greater variety and more whole grains among other things. For more background on the fight over the new regs, read Education Week's latest.
Long Island Small Farm Summit is next Friday, April 15 including workshops on school and community gardens, field to table and other farming and sustainable agriculture initiatives here on Long Island.
The new Live Island Cafe in Huntington is running raw cooking classes.
Old Bethpage Restoration Village has "History Alive" Sunday this weekend with hands-on demonstrations. The village is also the site of a sustainable agriculture project.
Genetically-modified milk? What will they think of next. Read more here. For some more background on how GM foods are both dangerous and pervasive, check out this post on La Vida Locavore.
The Jenny-0 Turkey Store announced a recall of certain turkey burgers sold in retail outlets after confirming they were responsible for a salmonella outbreak. Jenny-O also process USDA commodity ground turkey for the school lunch program - although there are no reports that turkey sent to shcools was affected.
I've actually run across a recipe for Broccoli and Cheetos in not one but two magazines touting 'gourmet' junk food. The backlash against the real food movement shouldn't start quite this early. Don't interpret the link as a recommendation. More like watching a train wreck.
More school gardens are on their way via USDA pilot projects. Our school has plans to add a hoop house to the "kindergarden" this year.
The WSJ ran an article this week on "the new power lunch" - brown bagging it executive style.
Shopping
The Environmental Working Group has great tips on choosing personal care products and how to avoid ingredients are bad for you.
Things to Do
You can still submit comments on the new rules for nutritional standards for school lunches under the re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act - see http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FNS-2007-0038-0001. OR - the Center for Science in the Public Interest makes it even easier to comment - they have drafted a letter for you to help you ask that school lunches includes more fruits and vegetables in greater variety and more whole grains among other things. For more background on the fight over the new regs, read Education Week's latest.
Long Island Small Farm Summit is next Friday, April 15 including workshops on school and community gardens, field to table and other farming and sustainable agriculture initiatives here on Long Island.
The new Live Island Cafe in Huntington is running raw cooking classes.
Old Bethpage Restoration Village has "History Alive" Sunday this weekend with hands-on demonstrations. The village is also the site of a sustainable agriculture project.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
What's for Lunch - Fri., 4/8
Homemade Macaroni & Cheese
(Barilla Plus Pasta & Wisconsin Cheddar)
Sauteed Broccoli w/Garlic
Orange Rounds
The noodles we're using for the Mac n cheese are Barilla Plus. The ingredients are: Semolina, Grain and Legume Flour, Blend (Lentils, Chickpeas, Egg Whites, Spelt, Barley, Flaxseed, Oat Fiber, Oats), Durum Flour, Niacin, Iron (Ferrous Sulfate), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid. The sauce is made from Wisconsin Cheddar.
Plus, FRESH broccoli sauteed with garlic AND fresh orange slices.
You can also try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.
(Barilla Plus Pasta & Wisconsin Cheddar)
Sauteed Broccoli w/Garlic
Orange Rounds
The noodles we're using for the Mac n cheese are Barilla Plus. The ingredients are: Semolina, Grain and Legume Flour, Blend (Lentils, Chickpeas, Egg Whites, Spelt, Barley, Flaxseed, Oat Fiber, Oats), Durum Flour, Niacin, Iron (Ferrous Sulfate), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid. The sauce is made from Wisconsin Cheddar.
Plus, FRESH broccoli sauteed with garlic AND fresh orange slices.
You can also try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. Friday's wrap is freshly breaded chicken cutlet that we make in house -- marinated in yogurt, spices, panko and corn meal.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/7
White Meat Chicken Patty on Whole Wheat Bun
Sandwich Fixin’s
Cucumber Sticks
Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
This is a fried Tyson chicken product. See previous post.
There are fresh cucumber sticks - kid-friendly although not particularly nutritious as far as vegetables go. You can see the ingredients for the smoothie here.
Bring your lunch or try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or - As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Sandwich Fixin’s
Cucumber Sticks
Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
This is a fried Tyson chicken product. See previous post.
There are fresh cucumber sticks - kid-friendly although not particularly nutritious as far as vegetables go. You can see the ingredients for the smoothie here.
Bring your lunch or try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or - As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/6
Homemade Challah French Toast
w/Orange Rounds
Applegate Farms® Turkey Bacon
Raisin Box
Skip this one. See previous post.
Bring your lunch or try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or -
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
w/Orange Rounds
Applegate Farms® Turkey Bacon
Raisin Box
Skip this one. See previous post.
Bring your lunch or try out our new and really terrific salad bars. On the back of the menu or on page two of this pdf - you can see a description and suggestions for making the salad bar a complete meal.
Or -
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Monday, April 4, 2011
What's for Lunch - Tues., 4/5
Applegate Hotdog
Whole Wheat Bun
Mini Corn Cobs
Apple-Cherry Crisp
The hot dogs are from Applegate Farms. The ingredients are just: beef, water, sea salt, less than 2% of the following: celery juice, sodium lactate (from beets), lactic acid starter culture (not from milk), onion powder, spices, garlic powder, paprika. They have 6g of fat(2.5g saturated) and 380 mg of sodium. They are dairy-, casein- and gluten-free.
The corn is fresh and the crisp is a dessert.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day!Kids can choose sides from the salad bar or a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Whole Wheat Bun
Mini Corn Cobs
Apple-Cherry Crisp
The hot dogs are from Applegate Farms. The ingredients are just: beef, water, sea salt, less than 2% of the following: celery juice, sodium lactate (from beets), lactic acid starter culture (not from milk), onion powder, spices, garlic powder, paprika. They have 6g of fat(2.5g saturated) and 380 mg of sodium. They are dairy-, casein- and gluten-free.
The corn is fresh and the crisp is a dessert.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day!Kids can choose sides from the salad bar or a complete meal.
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , the wrap tuna. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
What's for Lunch - Mon., 4/4
Pita Pizza (Plain or w/Meatballs)
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Chilled Pineapple Chunks
The pita pizza is made with a HFCS-free, minimal ingredient pita from Kronos or Athena. It is not whole grain until they can find one that is tasty. The sauce is a Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used. Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate). The cheese is a USDA commodity part skim mozzarella. Ingredients are cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes. The sodium is 240mg/oz - I think we use 2 ounces. Meatballs are 100% ground chuck from the USDA.
Celery sticks come with organic ranch dressing as the dip. Follow link for ingredients.
The pineapple is canned,, government commodity fruit.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day!
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Celery Sticks w/Dipping Sauce
Chilled Pineapple Chunks
The pita pizza is made with a HFCS-free, minimal ingredient pita from Kronos or Athena. It is not whole grain until they can find one that is tasty. The sauce is a Red Pack vitamin enhanced tomato sauce. The sodium at 140mg is much lower than we previously used. Here are the ingredients: Tomato Concentrate (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Onion Powder, Salt, Citric Acid, Spice, Garlic Powder, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Black Pepper, Vitamin E (DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate). The cheese is a USDA commodity part skim mozzarella. Ingredients are cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes. The sodium is 240mg/oz - I think we use 2 ounces. Meatballs are 100% ground chuck from the USDA.
Celery sticks come with organic ranch dressing as the dip. Follow link for ingredients.
The pineapple is canned,, government commodity fruit.
Plus, we now have the salad bar every day!
As an alternate entree, you can get a wrap and salad bar sides. Wraps have romaine lettuce and a white flour tortilla. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the wrap is Boarshead Turkey. The fruit salad and the peanut butter sandwich are also available daily.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Weekend Reading
Reading
I think the food story of this week is definitely the FDA's decision to review food dyes and behavioral issues in kids and a long campaign by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Their research on which dyes to avoid is clearly laid out here.
You can find the WSJ's coverage of the FDA hearings here or the Times here.
The Spoonfed blog also covered the issue.
The Obama administration has proposed new rules covering food vendors and labeling calories, etc.
The School Nutrition Assoc apparently has some issues with the Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act (i.e. school lunch program) but I'm still kinda excited about it. You decide.
Sea Cliffians Sarah Ellis and Kristen Henderson have a new book out this week - Times Two. It has nothing to do with nutrition but it does end in Sea Cliff.
Listening
WNYC's Brian Lehrer interviewed Marion Nestle on the food dye issue. They also happened to mention that she has a book out on healthy eating -- for your pet.
Fun
Have Breakfast on Sunday with Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley at Coe Hall at the Planting Fields.
I think the food story of this week is definitely the FDA's decision to review food dyes and behavioral issues in kids and a long campaign by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Their research on which dyes to avoid is clearly laid out here.
You can find the WSJ's coverage of the FDA hearings here or the Times here.
The Spoonfed blog also covered the issue.
The Obama administration has proposed new rules covering food vendors and labeling calories, etc.
The School Nutrition Assoc apparently has some issues with the Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act (i.e. school lunch program) but I'm still kinda excited about it. You decide.
Sea Cliffians Sarah Ellis and Kristen Henderson have a new book out this week - Times Two. It has nothing to do with nutrition but it does end in Sea Cliff.
Listening
WNYC's Brian Lehrer interviewed Marion Nestle on the food dye issue. They also happened to mention that she has a book out on healthy eating -- for your pet.
Fun
Have Breakfast on Sunday with Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley at Coe Hall at the Planting Fields.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)