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Ingredient Mon Nov 10 2008
Nacho Typical School Cafeteria Food
As much as I loved the eats in my childhood cafeteria--and I truly did, as the Macho Nachos and Beef Cutlet with Whipped Potatoes tasted much, much better than the barely edible egg salad sandwich (with real lettuce leaves! Eck!) and package of Sugar Babies candy that my dad seemed to think was a passable, regular sack lunch--the era of serving processed convenience foods in schools is taking its last breaths to make way for more natural and organic foods, as evidenced by the Trib's coverage of an elementary school in Oak Park. Students rave over quinoa and honeydew, and the school has planted an onsite organic vegetable garden. If I had been exposed to foods like these earlier in my life, I may not have eaten cookie dough for dinner tonight, but in all honesty, I knew that a side salad would have been appropriate. Small steps.
