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What happened to eating everything on your plate? Don't blame healthy food for your own parenting woes. If your kid is throwing out broccoli and apples, you only have to put up a mirror to see why.
When did right wingers start to kowtow to their 8 year olds? My (very liberal, borderline socialist) parents had my brother and I eating collard greens, kale, and brussels sprouts before we even started elementary school. I can't imagine how much my parents would have laughed had I complained about not getting enough to eat because I threw out half of my lunch.
And if it's such a problem, can't you send your kid to school with a brown bag lunch?
You can have good tasting fruits and vegetables. I do it all the time.
How are they seasoning them in school? I wouldn't eat some plain steamed stuff either.
You know, they've got to have some garlic, some olive oil or butter,
some cheese, some pepper, lemon juice, some spice.
Give those veggies some pizzaz.
I would kill someone for some well seasoned beet greens
As far as fruits are concerned, I'd stick with apples. What they don't eat, make into applesauce and then apple cakes and muffins.
Here kids, would you like some seasoned beet greens?
Yeah, that will go over well. Have you forgotten what it was like to be a child? Most kids hate vegetables, and if they aren't made to eat them, like at home, they aren't going to eat them. All this food being thrown away is money being thrown away. Adding a little butter and garlic isn't going to make them eat it more.
As for the fruit, I don't know if schools just hand it to the kids whole, or if they slice it up to make it easier and more fun to eat, but they could do something with fruit to entice the kids to eat it. If it's fun, they will.
I heard from my supervisor (I am a school cafeteria cook) that the states of Missouri and Alabama have opted out of Michelle Obama's lunch program.
We are hoping fervently that PA will be next.
It's no surprise. Kids like "real food." I don't think there has been anything wrong with what schools have served in the past. But kids definitely do not like being forced to accept Ms. Obama's so-called "healthy" food.
It's no surprise. Kids like "real food." I don't think there has been anything wrong with what schools have served in the past. But kids definitely do not like being forced to accept Ms. Obama's so-called "healthy" food.
Nothing wrong with a good old "PB & J" sandwich.
That good ole "PBJ" sandwich is no more due to the huge increase in peanut allergies in kids.
“You can go back to a little more home cooking and not have to analyze it all to death, and by doing that can make it a little more tasty. You can put a little more butter or margarine in the vegetables,†she said, which means students are “not throwing it in the trash like they did before.â€
Imagine that, good tasting food that kids want to eat
I heard from my supervisor (I am a school cafeteria cook) that the states of Missouri and Alabama have opted out of Michelle Obama's lunch program.
We are hoping fervently that PA will be next.
You heard wrong.
Congress passed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010.
Opting out may occur at the school district level, not state. When a district opts out, they also opt out of federal subsidies. Some school districts, not heavily dependent on federal subsidies have done so.
A truly hungry child will eat what is put in front of them. Given that most kids are tossing the fruit and vegetables out, suggests they are not really hungry. Maybe it's time to stop all federal funding of school lunch programs and let the school districts fund or kill their programs.
The big $ behind opposition comes from the "Big Food" lobby. The sooner kids get hooked on high calorie/ low nutrition food the better, for them.
Nothing precludes any parent from packing a lunch chock full of whatever they desire.
Michelle's guidelines are going to result in fatter kids. Here's why:
My 9-year-old nephew comes home from school every day completely ravished. The combination of the calorie limits and types of foods they have to give kids is going into the trash as much as it is the kids stomachs. Any kids that aren't well-supervised (often kids more likely to be poorer) are going to get home hungry and gorge on whatever is convenient around their home, most likely stuff like chips, pop tarts, cookies, hot dogs, etc.
So rather than feeding our kids reasonable, satiating foods at school, we're sending them home hungry where they're going to fill up on whatever their parents buy.
Those parent could take responsibility for their child's lunch and pack chips, pop tarts, cookies, cakes, huge candy bars and a quart of soda pop. Problem solved.
Funny, the states that need it the most are opting out.
States cannot opt out. A school district within a state can. I think it swell if all school districts opted out and did their own thing instead of receiving federal subsidies. That's not however, what the Big Food Lobby wants.
This rule came about because of the food allergies. The parents expect the school to prevent their kid from eating someone else's food that may contain an allergen. Parents expect a lot out of their schools that have nothing to do with education.
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