Monday, September 23, 2013

What's for lunch 9/24/13


SOUVLAKI PLATE
Marinated Chicken with
Sweet Peppers & Onions on a
Warm Whole Wheat Pita
Tzatziki Sauce
Greek Salad
Fresh Fruit
Gluten Free if taken without the pita


The  chicken is a processed USDA commodity food from Tyson and described as "fully cooked boneless skinless chicken dark meat chicken fajita strips -smoke flavor added." Here are the ingredients: "Chicken dark meat, water, seasoning [salt, spices, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, sugar, chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, garlic powder), lemon juice powder (corn syrup solids, lemon juice, lemon oil), modified corn starch, natural mesquite smoke flavor (maltodextrin, natural smoke flavor), natural flavor (from partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil)], modified food starch and sodium phosphates."  The "partially hydrogenated" oil is a source of trans fat.  Chicken has 7g of fat (2 of which are saturated) and 490 mg of sodium.

The pita is actually part whole wheat.  The ingredients are wheat flour [whole wheat flour and enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)], water, soybean oil, less than 2% of yeast, salt, sugar, dough conditioner (distilled monoglycerides, calcium salts, guar gum, wheat starch, sodium metabisulfite, ascorbic acid), preservatives (calcium propionate, potassium sorbate), vinegar.

The peppers, onions, and fruit are fresh.  The Tzatziki sauce is home make.  Still working on getting those ingredients.  The salad is all fresh ingredients.  My daughter loves this lunch.  Although the chicken is Tyson is does have  a lot of flavor.   The salad bar is always an option. 

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