With Kids Saying 'Yuck,' Some US Schools Quit Healthy-Lunch Program

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11. That's exactly it. In looking at "healthy school lunches" from Google images,

I see: raw carrots; grapes; raw broccoli; cherry tomatoes; sliced cucumbers; blackberries, etc.

I like all of these items when they are cooked or otherwise prepared for a meal, but just dumping them on a plastic tray and expecting kids to eat these things like that? No, I don't think so.

It didn't work back when I was a teen. It won't work now. It won't EVER work.

What is so hard about steaming the veggies, seasoning to taste, and topping with some butter? How about adding leafy greens and tossing a salad? What about serving yogurt topped with those fruits (a dessert I enjoy on occasion)?

It also aids digestion to balance foods together with the enzymes in dairy and fats, and also to pre-cook veggies.

But of course, this would likely cost a bit more, and we have to be as cheap as possible when it comes to the welfare of our children.