I got to the lunch room late last week, so my “source” had already eaten much of her lunch: The entree was a new item on our menu this year: BBQ chicken. That’s right – an actual whole piece of chicken, unprocessed, unbreaded and quite tasty. As you can see from the photo, it [...]
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I popped into my kids’ lunch room last week when they were serving a choice of two entrees: cheese pizza, or a chef salad with cheese, turkey, and what I believe was turkey ham (the salad didn’t have the otherwise required “contains pork” symbol on the menu). A picture of the salad is here: The [...]
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Sitting in our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting yesterday, a question popped into my mind. With all the laudable improvements Houston ISD has recently made to its menu, could a child still become overweight just from eating school lunch? In other words, would a child making seemingly bad choices on the lunch line be [...]
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Last week I chose a random day to visit my children’s cafeteria and here’s what was being served: To the right is pepperoni pizza, to the left is Frito Pie, and both were served with mashed potatoes, green beans and an apple. (The child on the right had declined the potatoes and had purchased an [...]
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So, I confess to engaging in a little self-Googling this morning (I know, I know . . . too much information) and came across this post attacking my recent op-ed in the Houston Chronicle. In my op-ed, I had applauded Houston ISD’s menu improvements — the introduction of items like steamed spinach and acorn squash [...]
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I visited my children’s cafeteria again on Friday. Here’s what was served: In case you can’t tell, the entree is a breaded chicken parmigiana cutlet served atop whole grain spaghetti, along with roasted potatoes, orange slices and a brownie. The kids I spoke with loved the roasted potatoes and urged me to try one. They were [...]
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I blog about kids and food daily, especially school food, but I’m embarrassed to admit that last Friday was the first time in a long while that I’ve actually been in my own children’s school cafeteria during lunch. I came that day especially to see the debut of the acorn squash that’s been much touted [...]
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[Ed Note: There may be a local ordinance here in Houston, of which I and the district were unaware when I wrote this post back in August, that prevents donation of previously-served food. I'm looking into this and will report back.] My fellow HISD/Aramark Food Services Parent Advisory Committee member, Lisa Murry, writes a great [...]
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On Saturday, the Houston Chronicle published my op-ed regarding the need for nutrition education in conjunction with any improvements to school food. My main point: without education and encouragement, students used to little besides pizza and nuggets are unlikely to try any new foods, no matter how healthful or appealing they may be. You can [...]
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