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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids happily eat it.

That being said, there are a lot of kids at our MCPS school who have picked up some attitudes about it, since it's not seaweed chips from Whole Foods or low carb or whatever.

But I think it's fine and healthy enough, I have told my own children never to say anything snobby about it since some kids at their school have no choice.[/quote]

Nobody, and I mean nobody, who has actually seen the lunches that MCPS provide would EVER describe it as “healthy enough”. My kids hate it, though it seems the middle school options may be slightly more palatable (or maybe more choice?) than elementary.[/quote]

PP you are replying to.  No, the "cheesy pull aparts" are not health food, but compare the nutrition info to a typical PB&J sandwich and it's not that bad. I deem it healthy enough for my kids.  If your "healthy" lunch is a bento box with cut up fruits and veggies, then no, it doesn't compare. [b] If your packed lunch is a sandwich, chips, granola bar, applesauce pouch and a juice box, I think the MCPS lunch comes out ahead[/b].[/quote]

No way!

This is our lunch.  I’m not a bento box type.  And this is always what my kids take.  Maybe grapes or a clementine, etc.  It’s still way better than what MCPS offers - taste-wise and the fact that there are fewer preservatives and additives.  [/quote]

If your kid eats a PB&J sandwich, Honest Kids Juice box, and Nature Valley granola bar, it's about 37g sugar
If your kid eats the MCPS pizza (elementary school size) and a chocolate milk, it's 37 g sugar.
Your kid may have preferences and like one over the other, or you may somehow be able to compare the amount of additives in pre-packaged processed foods from the grocery store versus prepackaged and heated food from MCPS, but I don't think either one comes out way ahead of the other.[/quote]

The first meal comes out ahead all day, every day.  It’s not just about comparing grams of sugar.  There is more to it than that, from a nutrition point of view.

The MCPS meal is highly processed garbage, with crap cheese on the pizza.  [/quote]

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