Souvlaki Plate
Marinated Chicken w/
Sweet Peppers & Onions
Warm Whole Wheat Pita
Tzatziki Sauce
Greek Salad
Fresh Fruit
The chicken is a frozen Tyson product. I believe it is supposed to be Tyson's "dark meat strips with grill marks" which have 7g of fat and 340mg of sodium, Ingredients are: Boneless, skinless chicken leg meat, water, seasoning (dextrose, salt, brown sugar, chicken stock, maltodextrin, flavors, yeast extract, molasses, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate), soy protein concentrate, modified food starch, sodium phosphates.BUT we have also gotten diced chicken breast for both Tyson and a company called Pierce before. AND we have also gotten a USDA commodity chicken 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. Read more about farm animals raised by industrial giants like Tyson, antibiotics and hormones.
The peppers and onions are fresh and still do not have izatziki sauce recipe. The salad is fresh and so is the fruit.
We had a chicken discussion today at the district wide meeting. It looks as though we may be able to purchase chicken elsewhere at this point. We won't have to get it from Tyson. Good news ! But, it won't happen over night. A lot of research has to be done. So be patient it will happen, just as the farm fresh ground beef came to our kitchens at the schools.
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