Oct 01 2009
Make Healthy Lunches Your Kids Will Actually Eat by Frances Largeman-Roth, RD from Eating.Health.com
The National School Lunch Program is up for reauthorization late this year. And if Michelle Obama’s efforts in the White House garden are any indication, the new administration will be making some much-needed upgrades to the program. But until then, you and your kids still have to make that choice between a cheap, high-fat, processed, animal product–focused school lunch, or something that you cobble together yourself.
I recently walked by a public school in my neighborhood (the coveted PS 321 in Park Slope) and was surprised to see the variety of things the kids were eating. Some were snacking on sushi, while others were eating cookies from the nearby Starbucks, and a few even had old-fashioned PB&Js with them. Obviously kids’ taste buds are expanding (at least in Brooklyn), and that’s a good thing. A lunch that you put together—hopefully with your kids’ help—is a great opportunity to get them to try new things while making sure that they’re eating right.
