school lunches

Close to the top of the agenda, though, was the matter of school lunches and what could be done to improve them.

Voters were asked to decide whether to provide free school lunches to all students or to just those from lower income families.

Have your husband or family member make the kids' school lunches the night before. They won't be the freshest, but it's only for a few days.

"If you're eating chips in front of the television, anything the school lunches are going to do is not going to lessen that, " he said.

The nutritional content of school lunches has been basically the same for decades, with only a few tweaks along the way.

There also isn't enough food to ensure proper school lunches for all of the children.

And it will remain a vegetable since this week Congress rejected the Department of Agriculture's attempt to make school lunches healthier.

That was a goal of the Iron Chef contest: to get students excited about creating, and eating healthy school lunches that taste great.

I don't think any of those belongs in school lunches, to be honest.

Imagine Jamie Oliver, who exposed the shocking standards of British school lunches a couple of years ago, being put through such an ordeal.

I really like the Japanese interpretation of school lunches.

Now, before these rules took effect, school lunches were at least 825 calories.

Her goal is to get more students to have fun by making and choosing healthier school lunches.

Annette: My school lunches? I'll see if I can remember back that far.

The idea for this Iron Chef contest came from celebrated chef and author Ann Cooper, who works to improve her community's school lunches.

Use re-useable containers for your school lunches and snacks.

If you're having three glasses of wine at dinnertime, then any message about moderation at school lunches is just erased.

Congress did pass a law requiring healthier school lunches, though its effects are limited.

For instance, a father may prepare school lunches half the time, so he thinks he's sharing that chore.

Forget the national budget. If you want to debate a really hot topic, let's talk school lunches.

Some parents make and refrigerate school lunches the night before.

Ask your school board to provide healthy school lunches.

Free school lunches are given to children who qualify.

And, of course, we should immediately increase subsidies for school lunches so we can feed our youth more real food.

Because a lot of school lunches, there's a lot of French fries, pizzas, tater tots. All kinds of stuff that isn't a well-balanced meal.

Jae Soo: For the most part, I like the school lunches here. Today we had your typical American menu: hamburger and fries.

Congress did pass a law requiring healthier school lunches