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USA School Lunch - Chili with Cheese

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Country: USA

Contents: Chili with cheese, greens, salad with cucumber and tomato, skim milk and cheesy potatoes (?)

Source: Kelsey, from the Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA

Notes: I love greens. Some collard or mustard greens, cooked in chicken broth, with some brown sugar and chili flakes. Mmm-mmmm. My kids love them too!

USA School Lunch - Bento

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Country: USA

Contents: Melba toast, pomegranate seeds, one Trader Joes dark chocolate sea salted caramel square, sweet potato chocolate chip cookie. Bottom is spinach artichoke dip, Wegmans chicken salad, caprese salad, mini sausages, turkey slice, sharp cheddar cheese.

Source: Nicole J.

Notes: "Lunch for my teen in her lunchbot container." That's one lucky child. My mom gave me PB&J when I was a kid.

USA School Lunch - Chicken Tacos

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Country: USA

Contents: Chicken tacos, sour cream, corn and peppers, iceberg salad, shredded cheese, banana, and skim milk.

Source: Kelsey, from the Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA

Notes: Lots of chicken! That's great!

USA School Lunch - Mac and Cheese

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Country: USA

Contents: Mac and Cheese, wheat roll, iceberg salad, orange slices, grapes, green beans.

Source: Kelsey, from the Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA

Notes: Lots of fruits and veggies, some starch, some protein, looks good!

USA School Lunch - Hummus

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Country: USA

Contents: Hummus, pita, celery, baby carrots, red pepper, apple

Source: Kelsey, from the Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA

Notes: Healthy? Absolutely. Balanced? What are your thoughts? No dairy, no meat. But, I'm sure it comes with milk, and you get protein from the beans and the milk.

Pork Sandwich and Chips

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Country: USA

Contents: Pork patty sandwich, BBQ flavored potato chips, Rice Krispies Treat. apple, slice of cantaloupe, beans.

Source: Chrissy S.

Notes: "Our school was "pushing" to send your kids to school for the summer lunch program to ensure they received a healthy lunch even when school was out. I'm still trying to figure out what is nutricious about this lunch."

Canada School Lunch - Turkey Sandwich

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Country: Canada

Contents: Turkey Sandwich, veggies, granola bar, peanut butter energy bites, grapefruit juice

Source: Kenda M.

Notes: Just like school lunches, packed lunches can be fantastic, like this one, or terrible, like some others I've posted

School Lunches from Around the World - Distractify

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Distractify has some school lunches from around the world. Italy looks great.

About 32 million children in the US eat cafeteria school lunches every day. As a nation with a childhood obesity epidemic, Sweetgreen—an organization that seeks to battle childhood obesity and promote healthy eating habits for children—decided to take a look at what these kids actually have for lunch at school. The organization also takes a look at the school lunches that children from around the world typically eat, to further examine where America falls in comparison.

Japan School Lunch - Soup and Salad

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Country: Japan

Contents: Gobo (burdock root) and carrot salad with tuna, bread with kinako (roasted soybean) powder, and chicken/cabbage soup with noodles.

Source: Charron O.

Notes: I am an American living in Nishi-ku Kobe, Japan and have been volunteering my time with my Japanese friend to give 20-60 min beginners English presentations. Last week I had the pleasure of joining a 4th grade class in Okubo, Japan for lunch.

USA School Lunch - Grilled Cheese

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Country: USA (PA)

Contents: Toasted cheese sandwich, applesauce, milk

Source: Kelsey E.

Notes: That cheese looks rather unlike cheese.

Ukraine School Lunch - Soup and Noodles

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Country: Buchach, Ukraine

Contents:Soup, macaroni, pickle, bread, sliced hot dog

Source: Lacey

Notes: Nothing fancy, but diverse and nutritious. I'd like to try the hot dog.

Russia School Lunch - Pelmeni

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Country: Russia

Contents: Pelmeni and ketchup

Source: Елена М

Notes:Елена states that his is from her son's school, in Russia. Pelmeni are dumplings consisting of a filling wrapped in thin, unleavened dough.The filling can be minced meat (pork, lamb, beef, or any other kind of meat), fish, or mushrooms. The mixing together of different kinds of meat is also popular.

Malawi School Lunch - Nsima and Beans

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Country: Malawi

Contents: Nsima (equivalent to finely ground grits), kidney beans, and African cabbage

Source: Rebecca M.

Notes: "Here’s the lunch we served in school in Malawi, in a little village a few hours outside of Lilongwe called Chim’wang’ombe. Their lunch is nsima (which is equivalent to finely ground grits), kidney beans, and African cabbage (which has a pleasant spicy bite to it). Each child shares a plate of food with one other child."

Russian Boy Keeps a Photo Journal of His School Lunches

School serves 6-year-old meat to TN students

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Meat dating to the year of President Obama’s first inauguration was served to students in some Hawkins County, Tennessee schools last week.

Hawkins County Commissioner Michael Herrell was alerted after a cafeteria worker sent him a photo of the pork roast they used for school meals was from 2009.

The 6-year-old meat had been frozen and then was thawed for meal preparation.

Read more here

What are your thoughts?

Mom Says She Was 'Lunch Shamed' by School for Packing Oreos for Daughter

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Leeza Pearson was out of fruit and vegetables one day last week, so she tucked a pack of Oreos in her daughter Natalee's lunch and sent her off to school at the Children's Academy in Aurora, Colorado.

Pearson said she was stunned when her 4-year-old came home later in the day with the cookies untouched and a sternly worded note from the school.

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Japan School Lunch - Okinawa Taco Rice

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Country: Japan (Yokohama International School (YIS), Yokohama)
Contents: Okinawa Taco Rice
Source: "K"
Notes: Looks like the Japanese version of a Taco Salad.

Congo School Lunch - Fufu and Caterpillars

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Country: Congo (The American School of Kinshasa)
Contents: Fufu, Caterpillars, greens
Source: C.C.
Notes: Insects are a very common source of proteins outside of the USA and Western Europe.
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