School lunch in France. Oh, la la.

I’m not exactly suggesting that we should copy the French, but sheesh … couldn’t we just take a lesson or two?

One of the things I find so alarming in America are the really very gastronomically illiterate people - this may explain why they are so accepting of such low quality food. And it’s getting worse. Education - whoa! in a school? - just might be the place to start re-educating the America’s palate. Uh, it might make us healthier and - in a deeper sense - wealthier.

Oh, note the emphasis on food safety for the children. Again, taking a lesson …. ?

12 school lunch and snack worthy ideas for healthy kids

Uh, now that I’m a grandma (yikes!) I’ve become interested in seeing that Mr. C gets healthy lunch and snack options. But as I look down over these options, it’s easy to see that they might just work for Mom and Dad at the office, too.

Yesterday at Costco, I noticed parents buying those bags of the mini sweet bell peppers, and I thought kids might just go for those, in addition to the little Armenian cucumbers - they’re much milder tasting than the larger regular cucumber and don’t have the tough bitter skin.Hummus is so easily made at home in a food processor, and your could toss in leftover beans or even chopped raw veggies like sweet bell pepper for additional nutrition.

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