What's for lunch 12/3/12

Applegate®
The Great Organic Beef Hotdog
Baked Potato Puffs 

Sauerkraut ~ Baby Carrots

 Fresh Fruit 

GF when taken without the bun 

The hot dogs are from Applegate Farms - so they are far better than many hot dogs but are hot dogs nonetheless. The ingredients are just: beef, water, sea salt, less than 2% of the following: celery juice, sodium lactate (from beets), lactic acid starter culture (not from milk), onion powder, spices, garlic powder, paprika. They have 6g of fat(2.5g saturated) and 380 mg of sodium. They are dairy-, casein- and gluten-free. They promote it as nitrate-free but this NYT article indicates the nitrate issue is tricky - and cites the company saying their bacon has the same level (naturally) of cancer-causing nitrates as conventional brands.  You may also not want your kids growing up thinking hot dogs are a good lunch given the potential link between processed meats and cancer. The bun is whole wheat. 


The Return of the Tater Tot - a product we thought we had sent packing years ago.   This processed potato product comes from McCain's - a product called Harvest Splendor Bites.  The ingredients would then be: Sweet Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following Oils: Canola, Soybean, Cottonseed, Sunflower, Corn). Contains 2% or less of Corn Starch - Modified, Dehydrated Potatoes, Dextrin, Maltodextrin, Molasses, Salt, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate Added To Maintain Natural Color, Sugar, Tapioca Starch - Modified, Xanthan Gum.  We do bake them but I don't know yet if they are pre-cooked (fried?) before being frozen and shipped to us.  I am not sure about the sauerkraut. Need to get ingredients for that product.  The carrots and fruit are fresh. 

Alternative entrees remain the same.  Pepper Jack quesadilla , peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat and meatballs on a whole wheat roll. All ingredients are in previous blog entries.  Salad bar is available and homemade soup each day.  

Do you have questions regarding the food we serve in the cafeteria ?? Send me a message, make a comment.