Objectives for Healthy School Lunches?

California

Im doing a powerpoint project for english
Can you anyone give me ideas on what to do on my Objectives page concerning Healthy School Lunches

Our View: Approving School Lunches
Thanks

Answer
Objectives could be to learn:
Why school lunch is important
What the nutritional needs are of various age groups
Basic food groups to use for school lunch
Keeping cold food cold and hot food hot
What to avoid
Sample menus

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Lunch ideas for mothers day out?

mommy2ange

My 21 month old is the starting mothers day out program at our church 2 half days per week. She is there during lunchtime so I will need to pack her a lunch. The program is pretty strict on what the kids can and can't bring. The rules are:
1. The lunch must be packed in a 3 section divided dish. No lunch boxes or lunch bags or thermoses. (so that means no ice packs to keep food cold)
2. The food must not require refrigeration or heating
3. The food must be finger foods that the child can eat independently
4. No grapes even if they are sliced and peeled
5. peanut butter is allowed since no one in her class is allergic
6. No junk food (cake, candy, cookies, etc.)

Other than PBJ what on earth am I supposed to send her? Obviously meat, eggs, and pasta salads made with mayo are out. She will not eat raw veggies or apples, but other than that she is not picky. Please give me some healthy ideas!

Answer
well that's tricky. i had to deal with packing lunches like that too. Maybe you should try granola some kids like that. i know you said she doesn't like raw apples but what about apple sauce? probably not but you dont need to keep that cold. try lots of dry foods with grains so they are healthy for example triscuits and other crackers like the butterfly ones. its hard because most kid food need both cooling and heating. you possibly get away with gogert if you freeze it so it says cold by its self while thawing depending on how long its out. hope i helped a tad and good luck!

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Any hardworking cowboys/ranch hands care to help a lady out?

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grapelady9

My 17yr old daughter is planning to help bail hay this wknd. There will be a lot of people (15-20) there helping. Mostly hugh school kids.

We have been having 85-90 degrees days with high humidity here in Ohio. The bails are expected to be about 90 lbs each.. and they are hoping to get over 1000 bails from this field! This is the 1st time they have harvested this field as they just purchased it last year.

I have a large water cooler (like the kind they have at football games) I plan on filling with ice and water, and "mama" is making food to feed the masses. I would like to help out too.
Any ideas on something I could take out. Pies, lunch meats, corn chips/salsa, watermelon etc. Should I get one of those drink mixes that has electrolites in it for the water cooler thingy? I need ideas for things that will keep in the heat and not sit heavy on thier stomachs.

Thank you in advance.

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First, most of those electrolyte drink mixes are just hype and they contain too much sodium, which makes people thirstier. Ice water is best.

Chips and salsa are light enough, and can stand a warm day, but stay away from cheese dips (heavy and is dairy, which you don't want to expose to too much warmth).

I would also stay away from lunch meats if sandwiches will stay out in the heat for a while. If you are making them, refrigerating them, and transporting the sandwiches directly to a place where they'll be eaten right there and then, you're fine. If not, opt for PB&J.

Carrot sticks with something like a honey-mustard dip is good. Once again, stay away from sour cream dips unless they will be consumed almost immediately. What you don't want is for your kids to come back two hours later and dig into something warmed up like that, which is now a hotbed of salmonella.

Fried chicken is good if either prepared in advance and kept cold, or picked up from KFC and doled out when hot. This must also be eaten quickly. Salmonella again. If you get chicken from some outlet, stick to chicken only. Avoid the sides, because you'll need plastic flatware to eat them, and that makes it more mess to clean up.

Watermelon... sticky, a bit sloppy when sliced. It is fine for poolside, but if you're out in the field you'll just get sticky and dusty. Just say no :)

Other good snacks... cereal bars. Those peanut butter and cracker snacks.

Pretty much all I've mentioned are hand-held foods that don't require any kind of utensils. This makes cleaning easier. You'll just need plastic cups and napkins/paper towels, both of which will fit into a single trash bag. The rest of it (food leftovers and packaging) will fit into another. Note that none of the foods I've listed are particularly heavy.

For 20 people, you're going to want about a gallon of water per person if they'll be working under the sun for several hours. One gallon of water is 8.34 pounds. Twenty gallons is 166.8 pounds, not including the coolers. Make it 175. By the way, those coolers you see at football games are ten gallons. You'll need two.

how do i feed a family of 4 on a budget?

cin

I have a family of 4 two adults one 9 year old and one 2 year old. the next 3 weeks are kinda tight on our budget i need tips and meals to cook on a budget. i have about $100 to spend total and i need milk, bread, you know all those mandotory things along with meal food. please help....i need ideas. thanks

Answer
This is how you do it... though I have to say if you're needing just to get through the week you can't worry about the kids being choosy... just fed...

O.k.... this is what I do:

You have to use the "same" ingredients throughout each meal... i.e. you can use bread for toast in the morning, bread for sandwiches, etc.

I have also found that "potatoes", "pasta", and "rice" can stretch food a lot...

Try:

- Eggs for breakfast... These are cheap, about $2 - $3 for a carton of 18 eggs... with whole wheat bread that you can find for cheap (they usually have whole wheat bread for less, anywhere from $2 - $3, than the whole grain versions)... Pancake mixes can also be stretched or better yet... french toast...

- For lunch... egg salad sandwiches (where eggs are used for breakfast as well and only cost $2 for about 4 days worth of sandwiches and another loaf of bread can cost $2 as well)... I also like to fry or poach the egg and put it between two pieces of toast with a little browned ham or turkey bacon (you can see if they have the "Carl Budding" brand cold cuts which are only around $1 - $2... You can also buy ramen noodles and add eggs to them while still cooking for like an egg drop soup thing... Plus, you can buy hot dogs for $3 and cheap hot dog buns for like $2 - $3...

- For dinner... and here is where it gets cool... you can stretch food by buying potatoes and making mashed potatoes (they only cost about $2 - $3 bucks a bag for like 10 or 12), then buying ground beef, a family size pack, and using that in meatloaf (which you can stretch the meatloaf with bread or bread crumbs or oats, etc.) while using what's left of the ground beef in a chili (where you can stretch that chili by buying and adding more beans - which only cost $1 - $2 a bag...) You can also take the ground beef and potatoes and make a sheppards pie (see... still using the potatoes and ground beef)... You can also make Chicken fricasee... by buying tomato paste ($1 - $2)... a family pack of chicken, which brings like 10 - 12 pieces of legs and thighs... add potatoes, carrots, onions and place in a pot with water, salt, pepper, and tomato paste and let simmer... You can also buy rice and stretch any meal by making a sauce and serving with rice... You can also take that same chicken and use it in another recipe by putting it in the oven with some potatoes, carrots, onions, salt, pepper and making some roasted chicken... You can also use those potatoes (that only cost $2 bucks a bag) and make some mashed potatoes to go with that baked chicken... serve with some rice (see how I keep using the same ingredients for a ton of different dishes?)... You can also take those potatoes as well as those carrots and onions and the mayonnaise you used for the egg salad, as well as some eggs... and make "potato salad" which you can serve with "fried chicken" that you can make in the pan with the bread that you can toast and crumb in the blender or the bread crumbs you use for the meatloaf... or you can even serve the potato salad with the baked chicken.... (See....? So far that's chili with baked potatoes, meatloaf with either mash potatoes or as sandwiches, sheppard's pie, baked chicken with roasted vegetables and rice, chicken fricasee with rice, and fried chicken with potato salad... You can even take those potatoes with a little bit of oil and make oven fries... That's 7 dishes to choose from for dinner... That's pretty good)... You can also use leftovers from one dinner to the next if you have them....

The grocery list would look something like:
- Eggs 2 packs of 18 ($4 or $5)
- Whole Wheat bread (2 loaves) ($4 or $5)
- Ground beef, family pack/large, 2 packs ($8)
- Chicken legs & thighs, family pack/large, 1 pack ($4 - $5)
- Potatoes, 2 bags ($4 - $5)
- Carrots, 2 bags ($2 - $3)
- Onions, 2 bags ($2 - $3)
- Bread Crumbs ($2 - $3)
- Mayonnaise ($2 - $3)
- Beans, 1 bag ($1)
- Rice, 1 medium bag ($4 - $5)
- Tomato Paste, 1 large can ($1)
- Ramen Noodles, 9 packs ($3 - at 3 for $1)
- Hot dogs, 1 pack ($3 - $4)
- Buns, 1 pack ($2 - $3)
- Pancake mix, 1 box ($2 - $3)
- Syrup ($2 - $3)
- Carl Budding Cold Cuts, 2 packs ($2)

That comes out to a total of $63...

Then you could probably rework your list to add things like spaghetti (which is only like $1 - $2 bucks a bag and for one dinner you'll only need two)... then add a can of spagetti sauce which is like $4 - $5... which makes a total of $7 to add to the total of $63 which will then add to $70... and you'll STILL have 30 bucks for whatever else... like milk, cereal... even oil if you don't have it at home... or sugar-free boxes of jello (which only cost $1 each) to make for the kids if they want a little dessert or snack...

If you could find a sale or cut coupons.... you'd save even more....

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What are different ideas for packing lunches for my daughter?

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Kylee Brui

My daughter just started kindergarten, and has started bring lunches to school. I never brought lunches to school, so I don't have any knowledge on different ideas.
I don't want to send her with just sandwiches, chips, carrots, ect everyday.. Any tips/ideas for different food that will stay good in her lunch bag until they eat? Thanks!

Answer
My kids take a variety of things. Sandwiches (but no peanut butter or any type of nut spread), a fun snack like cookies or chips, and a healthy snack like raisins or carrot sticks. I've also found that you can freeze yogurt or Go-gurt tubes, and pack them frozen. By lunch time, they are melted or semi-melted and still cold for the kids to eat. My daughters also like the mini cups of applesauce, single serve cups of pudding or even bags of dry cereal. A trick I use to keep things cold is to freeze the juice box and pack it frozen. Like the yogurt, it defrosts in the bag, but keeps the rest of the lunch cold. By lunch time, it's perfect to drink. I pack in an insulated, reusable lunch bag.

For sandwiches, the kids like jelly, lunch meats with cheese, grilled cheese served cold, the typical normal foods.

What are some easy brown bag lunches for kids?

dasi108

Any one know of healthy and easy brown bag lunches, that maybe don't require to be kept cold or need to be warmed up? I need some ideas.

Answer
Kids eat out of necessity and then want to go play or socialize before the end of the lunch break. Food has to be eaten by hand. Mini carrots, peanut-butter crackers, grapes. That is the favourite of my kids. Cold cuts with crackers, or there are are a thousand combinations of cold sandwiches that can be made quickly. My kids like raw snow peas. We cut up watermelon (when it's good) into handy pieces, same with cantalope. We always ensure that they have a protien, a veg, and a fruit. They get ice cream or cookies when they get home, but we do not pack dessert in their backpacks because we know they would eat that first and abandon the rest. Good luck.

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what can i take for my school lunch?

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tweety gir

theres about 2000 or more kids in my new high school and i have the last lunch so not only does the food suck when i get there but im usually way back in the line because my previous class is so far away from the cafeteria and i dont have time to eat anything. i was thinking i could take my own lunch but i need some variety. the only thing i can really think of is a home made sub sandwich and i cant think of anything else to go with it(i dont really want chips), any other ideas for lunches? also does anyone know of a good type/brand of lunch box or something that can keep hot food hot and cold food cold?
oh, and can we be mature about this?

Answer
Sandwiches are the easiest, and there are about a million different varieties to make. Cold pasta is also really good for lunch. You can also take salads or soups, depending on the weather. Invest in a good thermos, they are soo handy for soup, hot chocolate, hot water, etc. Take a lot of veggies, they are good for you and its better to snack on them than chips or snack foods. Try dried fruits and trail mix. Load up on fresh fruits too. I use an insulated bag that keeps everything the proper temperature.

what are good ideas to keep a 1yr old and 2/ 1/2 yr old busy at home like crafts and ideas please?

Nikki

i have a 1yr old and a 2 1/2 yr old and im looking for ideas to keep them busy and entertained when its to cold out to go to the park.. any ideas?

Answer
One of the best and easiest activities to do at home with children are sensory bins (about cat box-sized or sweater-storage sized) filled with simple things like water, rice, dry pasta or beans, sand or dirt, and then add in cups and spoons and whatever else you have on hand. Small tins or plastic boxes (from mints or band-aids,) measuring cups, kitchen utensils and other plastic containers and toys are great for pouring, scooping, measuring and sifting. This is a messy project so be prepared for stuff to fall or fly out.

You can always amuse children with empty boxes - from tissue boxes and cereal boxes to larger food or delivery boxes. Boxes can and will become cars, rockets, houses - your child will come up with more. The boxes don't need decoration but windows and doors are a plus. Smaller boxes can become houses for favorite dolls or stuffies, or a school, or a hospital....

Dress up is a favorite activity but keep it simple. Hats and shoes are very desirable, as well as bags, purses and lunch boxes. Playing house is one way that children make sense of the world around them. They will recreate and act out what they see their parents doing before going to work. So use the things that your family uses daily. A table with play food and dishes, or a kitchen set (even one made out of cardboard boxes) will entertain your kids for hours.

And finally, tape large sheets of paper to a wall and let your children go at it with crayons, markers or pens. There is no end to this and children may revisit this day after day. You can change the art media - don't give out too much with this age. Just crayons one day, markers the next, maybe some water color paints the next day.

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how do i feed a family of 4 on a budget?

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cin

I have a family of 4 two adults one 9 year old and one 2 year old. the next 3 weeks are kinda tight on our budget i need tips and meals to cook on a budget. i have about $100 to spend total and i need milk, bread, you know all those mandotory things along with meal food. please help....i need ideas. thanks

Answer
This is how you do it... though I have to say if you're needing just to get through the week you can't worry about the kids being choosy... just fed...

O.k.... this is what I do:

You have to use the "same" ingredients throughout each meal... i.e. you can use bread for toast in the morning, bread for sandwiches, etc.

I have also found that "potatoes", "pasta", and "rice" can stretch food a lot...

Try:

- Eggs for breakfast... These are cheap, about $2 - $3 for a carton of 18 eggs... with whole wheat bread that you can find for cheap (they usually have whole wheat bread for less, anywhere from $2 - $3, than the whole grain versions)... Pancake mixes can also be stretched or better yet... french toast...

- For lunch... egg salad sandwiches (where eggs are used for breakfast as well and only cost $2 for about 4 days worth of sandwiches and another loaf of bread can cost $2 as well)... I also like to fry or poach the egg and put it between two pieces of toast with a little browned ham or turkey bacon (you can see if they have the "Carl Budding" brand cold cuts which are only around $1 - $2... You can also buy ramen noodles and add eggs to them while still cooking for like an egg drop soup thing... Plus, you can buy hot dogs for $3 and cheap hot dog buns for like $2 - $3...

- For dinner... and here is where it gets cool... you can stretch food by buying potatoes and making mashed potatoes (they only cost about $2 - $3 bucks a bag for like 10 or 12), then buying ground beef, a family size pack, and using that in meatloaf (which you can stretch the meatloaf with bread or bread crumbs or oats, etc.) while using what's left of the ground beef in a chili (where you can stretch that chili by buying and adding more beans - which only cost $1 - $2 a bag...) You can also take the ground beef and potatoes and make a sheppards pie (see... still using the potatoes and ground beef)... You can also make Chicken fricasee... by buying tomato paste ($1 - $2)... a family pack of chicken, which brings like 10 - 12 pieces of legs and thighs... add potatoes, carrots, onions and place in a pot with water, salt, pepper, and tomato paste and let simmer... You can also buy rice and stretch any meal by making a sauce and serving with rice... You can also take that same chicken and use it in another recipe by putting it in the oven with some potatoes, carrots, onions, salt, pepper and making some roasted chicken... You can also use those potatoes (that only cost $2 bucks a bag) and make some mashed potatoes to go with that baked chicken... serve with some rice (see how I keep using the same ingredients for a ton of different dishes?)... You can also take those potatoes as well as those carrots and onions and the mayonnaise you used for the egg salad, as well as some eggs... and make "potato salad" which you can serve with "fried chicken" that you can make in the pan with the bread that you can toast and crumb in the blender or the bread crumbs you use for the meatloaf... or you can even serve the potato salad with the baked chicken.... (See....? So far that's chili with baked potatoes, meatloaf with either mash potatoes or as sandwiches, sheppard's pie, baked chicken with roasted vegetables and rice, chicken fricasee with rice, and fried chicken with potato salad... You can even take those potatoes with a little bit of oil and make oven fries... That's 7 dishes to choose from for dinner... That's pretty good)... You can also use leftovers from one dinner to the next if you have them....

The grocery list would look something like:
- Eggs 2 packs of 18 ($4 or $5)
- Whole Wheat bread (2 loaves) ($4 or $5)
- Ground beef, family pack/large, 2 packs ($8)
- Chicken legs & thighs, family pack/large, 1 pack ($4 - $5)
- Potatoes, 2 bags ($4 - $5)
- Carrots, 2 bags ($2 - $3)
- Onions, 2 bags ($2 - $3)
- Bread Crumbs ($2 - $3)
- Mayonnaise ($2 - $3)
- Beans, 1 bag ($1)
- Rice, 1 medium bag ($4 - $5)
- Tomato Paste, 1 large can ($1)
- Ramen Noodles, 9 packs ($3 - at 3 for $1)
- Hot dogs, 1 pack ($3 - $4)
- Buns, 1 pack ($2 - $3)
- Pancake mix, 1 box ($2 - $3)
- Syrup ($2 - $3)
- Carl Budding Cold Cuts, 2 packs ($2)

That comes out to a total of $63...

Then you could probably rework your list to add things like spaghetti (which is only like $1 - $2 bucks a bag and for one dinner you'll only need two)... then add a can of spagetti sauce which is like $4 - $5... which makes a total of $7 to add to the total of $63 which will then add to $70... and you'll STILL have 30 bucks for whatever else... like milk, cereal... even oil if you don't have it at home... or sugar-free boxes of jello (which only cost $1 each) to make for the kids if they want a little dessert or snack...

If you could find a sale or cut coupons.... you'd save even more....

Do you have any slushee recipies?

wolfdog350

I am really thirsty for a slushee right now! any recipies?

Answer
Slushy Punch
1 banana
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 can frozen orange juice
1 can frozen pineapple juice
1 can frozen limeade

Blenderize banana with 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate. Freeze until slushy. Mix orange, pineapple and limeade juice, diluted as directed on cans. Add frozen banana-lemonade when ready to serve.

Apple Sauce Slush

Description
Great treat to surprise your kids with in their lunch bags.

Ingredients
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 orange juice

Directions
Mix up applesauce and orange juice in a Tupperware container and put in freezer.
The next day, place in children's lunch bag in the morning before school. This
will help to keep the other foods cool, and will be of slush consistency by
snack time. This will also provide a healthy snack.

Citrus Slush Punch
* 1 1/2 cups Big Chief granulated sugar
* 1 46-ounce can pineapple juice
* 4 quarts lemon-lime soda
* 3 cups cold water
* 1 12-ounce can frozen orange juice
* 1 12-ounce can frozen lemonade
- Heat 3 cups of water and dissolve Big Chief granulated sugar.

- Mix in the remaining ingredients, except the soda.

- Freeze in 2 - 13" ? 9" pans or ice cube trays. When frozen, cut into cubes and put in a container. Keep frozen until ready to use.

- Let stand approximately 1 hour before serving to start thawing. Pour soda over frozen mixture and stir until it can be poured into glasses.


Holiday Slush Punch

2 1/2 cups white sugar
6 cups water
2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored gelatin
1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 quart orange juice
2 liters lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

In a large pot, boil sugar, water and strawberry flavored gelatin for 3 minutes.
Stir in pineapple juice, lemon juice and orange juice; mix well. Divide mixture
in half and freeze in 2 separate containers.
When ready to serve, place one unthawed container in a punch bowl, stir in 1
liter of lemon-lime flavored beverage and
stir until slushy.

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How long does an insulated bag work for?

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~ <3 ~

I'm going to be at college for 12hrs, plus another 2hrs driving time.

If I were to keep some food in an insulated bag, APPROXIMATELY (to your best knowledge) how many hours max would it stay fresh for if:

-the food was reallly hot or frozen?
-it was just sorta cold?

Thanks.

Answer
I found this for you. Hope it helps!

Lunch Bags & Boxes
The first thing you will need is a container in which to pack the lunch. It doesn't need to cost a lot of money. For adults a small cooler makes a great lunch box. Fred uses a medium sized cooler. He is usually gone for 24 to 48 hours, so he needs alot of food to keep him going. For children and teenagers, you can usually find inexpensive lunch boxes and insulated lunch bags at yard sales and thrift stores.

Small children often prefer a plastic lunch box with cartoon characters on the side. I suggest you buy these as cheaply as possible. They only last for a year or two before the children drop them or the latch breaks. At $6 to $10 a piece, buying brand new boxes has never been a good investment for me. I have purchased them new when I desperately needed the thermoses that came with them. After the plastic lunch box broke, I purchased replacements from my local Goodwill. I continue to use the same thermos year after year.

If the art work on an older lunch box is shabby, you can easily replace it. Use rubber cement to glue down a new picture (cut to size) and then cover the picture with clear contact paper. I've done this, and it lasted almost 2 years, until the lunch box cracked and became unusable. Amy D. describes the process in detail in the first book of The Tightwad Gazette.

For older children insulated lunch bags work best. They don't have the juvenile connotations of plastic boxes with matching thermoses, so older kids usually don't object to carrying them. I like them because they don't break when they get drop-kicked across the livingroom by a budding football player. Since they have soft sides, it is easier to fit more food and odd-shaped containers in them too. They usually have zipper closing and shoulder straps for carrying them. I buy the largest ones I can find because I find them easier to fill. Many modern insulated bags have several extra zipper pockets and sections on the outside to carry little extras like napkins, spoons and salt or pepper packets. My boys like these but they aren't really necessary. Purchased brand-new, insulated lunch bags cost between $5 and $15. If you wait until back-to-school-sales you may find them cheaper. Over the summer they can often be found at yard sales. Insulated lunch bags usually do not come with their own thermos, so you will have to use some you already have or buy them separately.

What are different ideas for packing lunches for my daughter?

Kylee Brui

My daughter just started kindergarten, and has started bring lunches to school. I never brought lunches to school, so I don't have any knowledge on different ideas.
I don't want to send her with just sandwiches, chips, carrots, ect everyday.. Any tips/ideas for different food that will stay good in her lunch bag until they eat? Thanks!

Answer
My kids take a variety of things. Sandwiches (but no peanut butter or any type of nut spread), a fun snack like cookies or chips, and a healthy snack like raisins or carrot sticks. I've also found that you can freeze yogurt or Go-gurt tubes, and pack them frozen. By lunch time, they are melted or semi-melted and still cold for the kids to eat. My daughters also like the mini cups of applesauce, single serve cups of pudding or even bags of dry cereal. A trick I use to keep things cold is to freeze the juice box and pack it frozen. Like the yogurt, it defrosts in the bag, but keeps the rest of the lunch cold. By lunch time, it's perfect to drink. I pack in an insulated, reusable lunch bag.

For sandwiches, the kids like jelly, lunch meats with cheese, grilled cheese served cold, the typical normal foods.

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