What's for Lunch - Tues., 6/11

Whole Wheat Spaghetti w/ Meatballs
OR
Whole Wheat Spaghetti Marinara
Mozzarella Stick
Whole Grain Garlic Bread
Zucchini w/Garlic & Oil
More Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Applesauce w/Cinnamon

The pasta is a whole grain.  The marinara is a tomato sauce by Red Pack. 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 meatballs we've used previously are processed, cooked and frozen by Tyson from commodity beef and although we've improved the beef in our hamburgers, the same is true for the meatballs. 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.

Mozzarella stick is part-skim.

We make our own garlic bread - glad to see it is whole grain. We also make this nice zucchini dish from fresh zucchini. More fresh veggies on the salad bar plus applesauce. We add teh cinnamon which is a nice touch.