What is the best school lunch?
Making Healthy Choices in the School Cafeteria
- Eat items from each of the five food groups. Although an individual item, such as a hamburger, may be relatively high in fat, when combined with other offerings, the meal ...
- Choose more fruits and vegetables. ...
- Avoid unnecessary fats. ...
- Skip the vending machine. ...
What is the average price of a school lunch?
When it comes to improving lunch options at metro Phoenix schools, chefs team up with the toughest critics — kids. After labor costs and other factors, most schools are left with around a dollar to spend per meal, which usually translates into cafeteria lunches made with inexpensive frozen, highly processed foods.
How good can school lunch be?
Tantalize taste buds by infusing interest into ordinary sandwiches:
- Stir chopped celery, cashews, or water chestnuts into tuna or chicken salad.
- Spread cranberry sauce on sliced, cooked turkey or chicken.
- Add shredded carrots or dried fruit to any nut butter or sunflower seed butter sandwich on whole-grain bread.
What is a typical school lunch?
- While students in the US may be enjoying pizza and chocolate milk, those in France are treated to salmon and ratatouille for their school lunch.
- These photos capture how American school lunches compare to other countries around the world.
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