What's for lunch 1/3/12

Applegate 
Great Organic Beef Hotdog 
Oven baked shoestring fries
Sauerkraut
Baby Carrots 
Fruit

GF if taken without the bun.
Alternative lunch is pepper jack quesadilla, meatball hero and of course the SALAD BAR.


If your child is going to eat this lunch I would advise them to load up on veggies from the salad bar. Take a look at the ingredients. 

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 Oven baked shoestring fries are made from potatoes, canola oil, salt, natural color and sodium phosphate.   Adding sodium phosphates to food increases the shelf lsodium phosphates to food increases the shelf life of the food; maintaining the texture and appearance of the food. 

Another informative article was in the NY Times today regarding energy drinks.  Take a look. Energy Drinks