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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We already had a national dialogue--remember Michelle Obama? Let's Move? Big changes in the school lunch program thwarted by the food industry, so badly that pizza is now considered a vegetable?[/quote]

Plus kids wouldn't eat the food. But to be fair, it sounded like it was not very appealing. Raw vegetables, salads, bland steamed vegetables. Our family eats a ton of vegetables but we cook them in interesting recipes (usually Greek). [/quote]

Like look at the sample menu you can open here: https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/002312

I wouldn't want to eat this. Why is there ranch dressing almost every day? [/quote]

Because kids eat veggies when they have ranch to dip them in.  That one makes sense.[/quote]

Apparently not, since there was a ton of food waste. I don't know any kids (and not many adults) who actively want to eat raw broccoli with or without ranch. It would be better to cook them with herbs and spices. Making a healthy vegetable dish that tastes good isn't that hard. [/quote]

Why does everyone on this board think that kids don't want to eat vegetables?  I think half of the problems are caused by parents who present vegetables as this awful thinks that kids just have to hold their nose and eat. I grew up eating tons of vegetables, my kids eat tons of vegetables. I think it's so weird that other kids don't or their parents made them think veggies taste bad!!  My kid eats the veggies and dip first![/quote]

I didn't say kids don't want to eat vegetables. I said they don't want to eat plain raw broccoli with ranch. Do adults even like raw broccoli? Read my last two sentences. I'm literally cooking a meal right now that is mostly vegetables and beans. My family eats essentially vegan two days a week (not today, we had meat for lunch) for religious reasons and that involves a lot of vegetable-based dishes. My child has no problem eating vegetables but she likes them better when they aren't bland. [/quote]

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