What's for Lunch - Tues., 5/1

TACO BAR
Seasoned 100 % Ground Beef w/
Lettuce, Salsa & Cheese
Tortilla Shells -Hard & Soft
Vegetarian Taco available
Brown Rice & Zesty Beans
Veggie & Fruit at the Salad Bar
Raisin Box

Try the new alternate entree - egg and cheese wrap, potatoes, and fruit!

The beef used in these is USDA commodity beef. If you are concerned and have heard about the "pink slime" controversy, look back to this post. We do season it in-house with salt, chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne and black pepper.

The rice and beans version is a good choice - brown rice, canned black beans.  Salsa is organic.

The hard taco shells from Mission foodservice contain: whole grain corn, water, vegetable oil (one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil or palm oil), contains 2% or less of niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin lime. No sodium - 6g of fat (2 of which are saturated)

The soft shells are from Tyson and contain:  Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil), Mono- and Diglycerides, Contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Fumaric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dough Conditioner (Wheat Flour, Calcium Sulfate, Sorbic Acid), Preservative (Sodium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate).  Sodium is 380mg. 5g of fat (1 of which is saturated).

The raisins are now from "Mr. Nature" - and he told me that the raisins were domestic.

What's for Lunch - Mon., 4/30

BURGER BAR
100% Beef Burger or Cheeseburger
Lettuce/Onion/Tomato
Baked Sweet Potato “Fries”
Fresh Melon

You may have heard of the "pink slime" controversy or even signed the petition yourself. If not, there are significant concerns about what's in the "beef", if you will, that is being served in schools.  Our beef is a USDA commodity food and thus part of the controversy.  Our district is working very hard to come up with a solution - for next year - to insure that our students will  no longer be fed this product.  Meanwhile, although there is no salad bar today (it takes a couple days after the break to get it ready....), you could get the turkey wrap. It's a white flour wrap - Boarshead turkey.

You might also skip the fries. The sweet potato fries are processed frozen  fries we buy from McCains's, a big food service vendor. They contain: Sweet potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil), potato starch modified, rice flower, dextrin, sugar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt malt powder (malted barley, wheat flower, dextrose), natural flavor, dehydrated sweet potatoes, maltodextrin, molasses, spice and coloring, xanthan gum, corn starch-modified, triglycerides, annatto (color), sodium acid pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color. The label indicates they have 6g of fat and 170mg of sodium.

Another alternative is our salad bar as an entree.

Weekend Reading

Reading

There's more evidence regarding arsenic in apple juice - including this story which appeared in Time.   Our district is discussing how to handle the problem given the amount of apple juice consumed with our lunch. Meanwhile, consider suggesting your kids try something else to drink (orange juice? milk?) and if you have younger kids attending a preschool that serves apple juice every day, call them.

Mad cow is back and this time in California.  Read more. Our district is working on a plan for next year to get beef from a farm and not a grain lot.

Local Fun

The Planting Fields has its annual Arbor Day Family Festival this weekend.

Old Westbury House and Gardens will host a tree celebration on Sunday as well as a huge crayon recycling event!

Movie Next Tuesday:

Slow Food Huntington & The Cinema Arts Centre present
Let's Eat! Food on FilmsFarmageddon: The Unseen War On American Family FarmsTuesday, May 1st, 7:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Andrea Mastellone, Weston A. Price Foundation / Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund

Please join us for this one night only screening of this powerful new documentary about the unseen war on American family farmers, with discussion and reception following the film.

Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.

Filmmaker Kristin Canty’s quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems — most often the industrial food chain — policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.
http://farmageddonmovie.com/
The Cinema Arts Center
423 Park Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743-280

$13 Admission
$9 members

What's for Lunch - Fri., 4/27

Homemade Breaded Chicken Cutlet
Sweet Potato Fries
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Strawberry-Yogurt Smoothie

Chicken is from Tyson. They describe this product as frozen "Boneless, skinless chicken breast filets with rib meat."  Our staff breads it with flour, egg and breadcrumbs.

The sweet potato fries are processed frozen  fries we buy from McCains's, a big food service vendor. They contain: Sweet potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil), potato starch modified, rice flower, dextrin, sugar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt malt powder (malted barley, wheat flower, dextrose), natural flavor, dehydrated sweet potatoes, maltodextrin, molasses, spice and coloring, xanthan gum, corn starch-modified, triglycerides, annatto (color), sodium acid pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color. The label indicates they have 6g of fat and 170mg of sodium.

The smoothie  will be made with either plain yogurt to which we add  honey or vanilla yogurt (no honey) if we can't get plain plus 1% milk and frozen strawberries.

What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/26

Applegate Hotdog
Whole Wheat Bun
SAMPLE DAY’S QUINOA SALAD
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Raisin Box

The hot dogs are from Applegate Farms - so they are far better than many hot dogs but are hot dogs nonetheless. 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. They promote it as nitrate-free but this NYT article indicates the nitrate issue is tricky - and cites the company saying their bacon has the same level (naturally) of cancer-causing nitrates as conventional brands.  You may also not want your kids growing up thinking hot dogs are a good lunch given the potential link between processed meats and cancer. The bun is whole wheat.

You could choose the salad bar as an entree or there is also a tuna wrap.

Try the quinoa - the kids loved it on sample day and you can check out the recipe here

The raisins are from Mr. Nature and when I emailed him he said they were domestic.

Buy Vegetable Plants from the PCA! Your Kids Will Eat Vegetables!

Last year, we bought tomato, cucumber and basil plants from the PCA's sale. The plants grew beautifully and the 4 year old boy above actually ate tomatoes - because he had grown them and picked them himself.

Our backyard is a swamp - but this didn't stop us. Above, see basil and tomatoes growing in our front flower bed along with purple cone flowers.

  

 The cucumbers went in front of the azaleas - which proved perfect for climbing.

And - we had a bumper crop of cucumbers - plus the fun of trying to find them in the azaleas.

Start your garden with the PCA's Spring Plant sale. Deadline Friday. If you've misplaced your order form, get another here.

What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/25

Pizza Bagel
(with Meatballs or Plain)
Zucchini Sticks with Ranch Dip
Fresh Fruit at the Salad Bar

We do assemble these ourselves so they are not highly -processed -- but you should go with the plain version (see below)  which has enough protein in the cheese. The bagel is whole wheat! For our various pizzas, we use  the 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.

The meatballs are processed, cooked and frozen by Tyson.  Ingredients are: Ground beef (not more than 20% fat), water, bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour, salt, yeast, dextrose, and soybean oil), seasoning (salt, dehydrated onion, dehydrated celery, garlic powder, spices, soybean oil), tomato puree (tomatoes and citric acid), grated parmesan cheese [(cultured part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder, potassium sorbate], grated romano cheese made from cow's milk [(cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt and enzymes), cellulose powder, potassium sorbate].   They have 9g of fat (3 are saturated) and 450 mg of sodium.  This is not generally the kind of ground beef you want to eat - check the posts labeled "Meatless Mondays".
 
Fresh zucchini and fruit.

Action Alert: Tell Congress to Support Sustainable Agriculture in the Farm Bill

From the Environmental Working Group:

Every five years, the federal farm bill sets our nation's food policies - it's the single biggest factor in determining what ends up on your plate.

But right now Congress is only providing minimal support for healthy, local and organic foods while expanding wasteful subsidies and giveaways that support the wealthiest agribusinesses - at the expense of family farmers.

Next week, the Senate Agriculture Committee will start writing its version of the 2012 farm bill. It's incredibly important that Congress get this right - so at EWG we're teaming up with our friends at CREDO Action to stop the giveaway to Big Ag and support food and farm policies that protect our environment and expand access to healthy food.

Tell your senators: Stop the giveaway to Big Ag. Pass a farm bill that supports local, healthy and organic food.

The farm bill affects everything from the food you eat to conservation and nutrition programs. And right now, vital nutrition programs that help feed low-income children and decades-old conservation programs that protect wetlands, grasslands and soil health are rumored to be on the chopping block already.

Meanwhile, Big Ag is working hard to keep open the spigot that sends billions of dollars a year in subsidies to growers of commodity crops like corn, soy and cotton. More than 74 percent of that money goes to wealthy agribusinesses, not to small-scale family farmers who need them.

The bill that emerges from the Senate Agriculture Committee will likely be the best version we can hope for right now - as it will only get more unbalanced in negotiations with the House. It's vital that the committee members hear from you now.

Tell your senators: Stop the giveaway to Big Ag. Pass a farm bill that supports local, healthy and organic food.

Thanks for supporting a healthy food system.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook
President, Environmental Working Group

What's for Lunch - Tues., 4/24

TBLT
Breaded White Meat Chicken Patty
Turkey Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Pineapple Chunks in Juice

This meal contains a lot of highly processed, manufactured foods.  Here are the ingredients on the chicken patty - manufactured by Tyson and including rib meat: Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, salt, and natural flavor. BREADED WITH: Wheat flour, water, wheat starch, white whole wheat flour, salt, yellow corn flour, corn starch, dried onion, dried garlic, dried yeast, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, and spices. Breading set in vegetable oil.  ('Set' is often a euphemism for 'flash-fried.')

You can read more about Tyson here. It's not pretty.  These patties have 14g of fat and 620mg of sodium.

The turkey bacon does not say "Applegate" on the menu so I can't be sure it is but that's what we usually use. Nonetheless, it is still bacon.  Here are the ingredients: Turkey (Turkey Used Never Administered Antibiotics, Growth Promotants or Animal By-products), Water, Sea Salt, Maple Sugar, Celery Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not From Milk.)  They promote it as nitrate-free but this NYT article says otherwise - and cites the company saying their bacon has the same level (naturally) of cancer-causing nitrates as conventional brands.

You could just get the salad bar or the tuna wrap.

Action Alert: Improve the USDA's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in Schools

From the Center for Science in the Public Interest:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program helps low-income elementary schools serve students fresh fruits and vegetables as snacks.
The program reaches nearly three million elementary school children in low-income neighborhoods every year. And it works! Students who participate in the program eat more fruits and vegetables.

USDA is working to improve the program but it needs to hear from you. You can support healthy eating in schools by sending USDA a quick email now!

Sincerely,
Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc.
Director, Nutrition Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest

What's for Lunch - Mon., 4/23

Whole Wheat Rotini
Bolognese or Marinara
Fresh Garlic Bread
Caesar Salad at the Salad Bar
Orange Wedges

This is a whole grain pasta. 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).


Marinara might be a better choice this year than Bolognese. This is USDA commodity beef.


Plus, salad (shown above) and fresh orange slices. We make the garlic bread!

Weekend Reading

Reading

Wired magazine has an article on the research showing that food borne illness may contribute to chronic disease.

The magazine is also covering the effort to force the FDA to hold hearings on the use of antibiotics in farm animals.  Read more about it over at Grist.

And arsenic isn't just for apple juice anymore - it's in chicken feed.

Watching

Watch the ABC News report that caused the USDA to delay it's plan to let poultry produces inspect themselves and to decrease government inspectors - all while speeding up the production line.

Listening

Bhavani Jaroff's radio show is worth checking out. She interviewed school food activist Chef Ann Cooper recently.  You may remember Bhavani from our healthy cooking class for kids -- which returns on June 1st this year!

Local Fun

Tonight at 7:30 is a fundraising concert at the Sea Cliff School to celebrate our 100th anniversary.

On Sunday, Bailey Arboretum has their monthly Family Nature Adventure - this time on Spring in the Woods.

The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum will have an Earth Day Craft Extravaganza on Sunday afternoon.

What's for Lunch - Fri., 4/20

Macaroni & Cheese
Barilla Plus Pasta & Wisconsin Cheddar
Caesar Salad at the Salad Bar
Fresh Melon!!

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.

Caesar salad as pictured above with an organic dressing by Chelten.  Plus, fresh melon.

Or - on Fridays this month the alternate entree is the fruit salad plate with cheese and whole wheat crackers.

Food Service Presentation at the School Board Meeting Tonight

Hear first hand from food service consultant Julia van Loon about the changes that have taken place in our cafeterias over the past two years at tonight's board meeting - 8pm, Middle School Cafeteria.

What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/19

FRENCH BREAD PIZZA
With BBQ Chicken Breast or Plain
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Fresh Fruit Salad

For the pizza, 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.   It is made on white-flour bread so it is not whole grain.

The chicken is from Tyson and described as diced, cooked "chicken meat."

What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/18

BRUNCH FOR LUNCH
Homemade Challah French Toast
w/Orange Rounds
Applegate Turkey Bacon
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Low-fat mozzarella stick
Cinnamon applesauce

Salad Bar Returns today - and just in time....

It has a catchy name and it's popular - but the meal declared to be "cake" for lunch by our committee's nutritionist - basically white flour bread - isn't good for you.  The syrup is basically HFCS.  They are looking for an affordable maple syrup but do not have one yet - but they will be limiting the serving size this year in the meantime.  Actual lunch from our schools above. This meal has a lot of sugar, simple carbohydrates -- no whole grains.

The turkey bacon is by Applegate.  Here are the ingredients: Turkey (Turkey Used Never Administered Antibiotics, Growth Promotants or Animal By-products), Water, Sea Salt, Maple Sugar, Celery Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not From Milk.)  They promote it as nitrate-free but this NYT article indicates otherwise - and cites the company saying their products have the same level (naturally) of cancer-causing nitrates as conventional brands. Read more about nitrates here.

On the upside, there are fresh veggies on the salad bar plus applesauce with cinnamon. 

What's for Lunch - Tues.,, 4/17

BURGER BAR
100% Beef Burger or Cheeseburger
Lettuce/Onion/Tomato
Baked Sweet Potato “Fries”
Warm Apple Crisp


NO SALAD BAR TODAY

You may have heard of the "pink slime" controversy or even signed the petition yourself. If not, there are significant concerns about what's in the "beef", if you will, that is being served in schools.  Our beef is a USDA commodity food and thus part of the controversy.  Our district is working very hard to come up with a solution - for next year - to insure that our students will  no longer be fed this product.  Meanwhile, although there is no salad bar today (it takes a couple days after the break to get it ready....), you could get the tuna salad wrap. It's a white flour wrap. The tuna is solid white albacore (generally more mercury than chunk) from Thailand.

You might also skip the fries. The sweet potato fries are processed frozen  fries we buy from McCains's, a big food service vendor. They contain: Sweet potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil), potato starch modified, rice flower, dextrin, sugar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt malt powder (malted barley, wheat flower, dextrose), natural flavor, dehydrated sweet potatoes, maltodextrin, molasses, spice and coloring, xanthan gum, corn starch-modified, triglycerides, annatto (color), sodium acid pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color. The label indicates they have 6g of fat and 170mg of sodium.

And there is a dessert.

What's for Lunch- Mon., 4/16

CHICKEN & CHEESE QUESADILLA
Flour Tortilla with Chicken Breast & Monterey Jack Cheese
Salsa & Veggie Topping

NO SALAD BAR

Cheese and chicken quesadilla w/ a flour tortilla - no whole grains. The tortillas are from Tyson and contain:  Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil), Mono- and Diglycerides, Contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Fumaric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dough Conditioner (Wheat Flour, Calcium Sulfate, Sorbic Acid), Preservative (Sodium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate).  Sodium is 380mg. 5g of fat (1 of which is saturated).


The chicken is from Tyson and described as diced, cooked "chicken meat."

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.

Workshops and Fun for Kids over Spring Break

There are lots of great opportunities over the break for kids to learn about science, local history and wildlife and get in touch with nature.  Plus, egg hunts of course starting with Sea Cliff's own on Friday at Spooky Park.

The Science Museum of Long Island runs daily workshops for kids on a variety of topics.

The Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport runs daily, 3 hour workshops on different historical topics.

The Theodore Roosevelt Nature Sanctuary will run workshops and an egg hunt this weekend.

Garvies Point will run a Dino Egg Hunt this weekend - You must pre-register.  Plus, nature workshops.

The Whaling Museum has workshops in Cold Spring Harbor.

Enjoy.

What's for Lunch - Thurs., 4/5

New! BETTER-THAN-A-PIZZERIA
Thin Crust, Baked Ziti Pizza or Plain Pizza
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Pineapple Chunks in Juice

This is a white-flour pizza (not whole grain). 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.

Pineapple is canned.

Happy Vacation!

What's for Lunch - Wed., 4/4

BBQ Chicken Breast
Whole Grain Bun
Sweet Potato Fries
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Strawberry-Yogurt Smoothie

Chicken is from Tyson. They describe this product as frozen "Boneless, skinless chicken breast filets with rib meat."  Bun is whole grain.

The sweet potato fries are processed frozen  fries we buy from McCains's, a big food service vendor. They contain: Sweet potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil), potato starch modified, rice flower, dextrin, sugar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt malt powder (malted barley, wheat flower, dextrose), natural flavor, dehydrated sweet potatoes, maltodextrin, molasses, spice and coloring, xanthan gum, corn starch-modified, triglycerides, annatto (color), sodium acid pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color. The label indicates they have 6g of fat and 170mg of sodium.

The smoothie  will be made with either plain yogurt to which we add  honey or vanilla yogurt (no honey) if we can't get plain plus 1% milk and frozen strawberries. 

What's for Lunch - Tues., 4/3

Homemade Baked Ziti
Whole Grain Garlic Bread
Sauteed Zucchini with Garlic
Fresh Fruit at the Salad Bar

The ziti is a white flour pasta with some protein by 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 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).

Whole grain garlic bread is made in-house and by all reports yummy. Zucchini is fresh and also made here.

What's for Lunch - Mon., 4/2

TACO BAR
Seasoned 100 % Ground Beef w/
Lettuce, Salsa & Cheese
Tortilla Shells -Hard & Soft
Vegetarian Taco available
Brown Rice & Zesty Beans
Veggie & Fruit at the Salad Bar
Raisin Box

The beef used in these is USDA commodity beef. If you are concerned and have heard about the "pink slime" controversy, look back to this post. We do season it in-house with salt, chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne and black pepper.

The rice and beans version is a good choice - brown rice, canned black beans.  Salsa is organic.

The hard taco shells from Mission foodservice contain: whole grain corn, water, vegetable oil (one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil or palm oil), contains 2% or less of niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin lime. No sodium - 6g of fat (2 of which are saturated)

The soft shells are from Tyson and contain:  Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Contains one or more of the following: Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil), Mono- and Diglycerides, Contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Fumaric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dough Conditioner (Wheat Flour, Calcium Sulfate, Sorbic Acid), Preservative (Sodium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate).  Sodium is 380mg. 5g of fat (1 of which is saturated).

The raisins are now from "Mr. Nature" - we are checkign on whether they are domestically sourced.