What's for Lunch?

[kathiemarie]

ham and cheese on whole wheat bread, watermelon, orange slices and milk.

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

We had homemade minestrone soup (lots of veg) with whole grain pasta in it. String cheese wrapped in egg roll wrappers and baked, and mandarin oranges, milk.

[Lianne]

We had HM chicken noodle soup with toast

[LK5kids]

Love this question. We should do it once a week!

Taco bake
Pineapple & Mandarine oranges
Steamed peas
Cottage cheese
Milk

[LK5kids]

Veggie stew, bread and butter, blueberries and milk.

Oh, I wanted to make a veggie stew. Can you share how you make it?

[LK5kids]

We have a LOT of rice in my menu, like a lot and they don't like for us to get creative and go outside of the menu. Almost everyday my kids have rice, think is a cultural thing. My food program was sponsored at first with a Hispanic organization, then they switched to be part of the Capitol City's Food program but kept the same menu.

And example of what is in the menu and sorry that I am going in another direction here,

Milk, hamburguer, bun, green salad, corn

Milk, corned beef canned, rice, corn, apple

Milk, meat loaf, yucca, wheat bread, fruit or ice cream

Milk, rice, chicken,tomato, papaya

Milk, meat loaf, green peas, bread, butter, applesauce

Milk, rice, beans, carrots, canned peaches

Milk, stewed beef, rice, green beans, cantaloupe

Milk, rice, dried peas, sausage, bread, squash, strawberries

Milk, macaroni with cooked ground beef, carrots, papaya

If i keep going through my menu i will probably find more than 10 more items with rice. I know we can do better, but they want us to stick to it even though we've been asking for a while now.

I like lots of variety and my menus don't repeat for weeks and weeks. I have about 3 months of menus and I am still looking for new recipes. I'd be sad with your limitations! You do have a good variety of food, I just really like tons of options.

[EchoMom]

Sloppy Joe made with 92% lean, hormone free ground beef
Wheat bun
Mashed potatoes
Peas
Milk