What's for lunch 11/19/12

Chicken Fajita
Seasoned Chicken Strips with peppers an onions
On a warm flour tortilla 
White rice /black bean salsa
Fiesta Corn Salad
Fresh Fruit
GF when taken without tortilla


The chicken is from Tyson and is dark meat that has been poached and frozen - thus relatively unprocessed.

The rice is whole grain but a source of arsenic according to Consumer Reports. Rice should now be cooked like pasta in excess water and rinsed repeatedly before cooking to eliminate as much arsenic as possible - but these extra steps are not ones that can be accomplished in our cafeteria.

Beans are canned. Salsa is actually organic - although the fruit and vegetables are not.
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 corn is frozen.  This is a gluten free option if taken with tortilla. 

My daughter and I are gluten free. This Thanksgiving I am making gluten free stuffing using croutons I bought from www.freebreadinc.com.  It's gluten free, sugar free, nut free and corn free made from the purest ancient grains.  I also ordered pies from www.wildfloursbakeshop.com .  They are located in Huntington on New Street right off of 25A.  They have delicious breads, cakes, and pizza on Saturdays.  Not only are these items gluten free but dairy free as well.  Definitely the place to go for a treat !!