Thursday, October 24, 2013

What's for lunch 10/25/13


Southwest Taco Bowl
Corn Tortilla Bowl—GF
Brown Rice, Tomato, Cheese,
Salsa, Romaine Lettuce
Chipotle Vinaigrette
*Add Chicken On Request*
Zesty Black Beans & Sweet Corn
       Salad
Fresh Fruit


  The brown rice is a great whole grain. The black beans are canned. The southwest-style chicken is from Tyson and described as diced, cooked "chicken meat." Read more about farm animals raised by industrial giants like Tyson,  antibiotics and hormones.  The bowl comes from Smokewood Foods. The ingredients are described just as "enriched masa flour" and they look like a big rectangular corn chip. They have 5g of fat and no sodium.  

The quesadilla has Monterrey Jack cheese and canned black beans served in a flour tortilla - no whole grains. 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 salad bar is available as well. 

Today was Food Day and to celebrate we had a fresh fruit and veggie drive. All donations went to :

Island Harvest


Thank you to all families who participated !  As you can see we collected quite a bit of food !! 













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