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(The quinoa stuffed peppers however were a no go. I hear the administration is asking Halsa to make some tweaks to the menu to make it more appealing to the kids while still healthy)[/quote]

Lol. I commend them for their ambitions but it can be hard to find a balance between healthiness and still be in realistic about the average preschooler palate (notice I said average kid. Sure there are some parents of adventurous eating outlier  preschoolers on this board)[/quote]

well, I do understand the balance, but that is what the average preschooler eats because that is what the average preschooler is fed in the US.  Yes some kids are picky, resisting a variety of tastes and textures, but that doesn't necessarily translate into "kid menu" food.  [b]In other cultures the picky toddler might eat rice and beans and 3 particular vegetables[/b].  DC is great for seeing this - toddlers of families I know from Bulgaria and Ethiopia eat all kinds of foods we would say the average preschooler wouldn't touch.  And these aren't adventurous eaters - they refuse lots of what their parents eat. So the idea, I think, is to create a new cultural norm at school.  I appreciate this and hope it works.  Rather than dumbing down what is offered to a common denominator, I hope the balance tips in favor of good, basic, healthy foods (NOT pizza!)[/quote]

My kid is a picky toddler who eats (brown) rice, beans, tofu, (brown) pasta and a few specific vegetables on their own and several more when mixed in with other things.  (He also eats pizza made with wheat flour and mac and cheese made from scratch but that's it for the typical "kid foods").  Unfortunately so far he's barely eaten anything at Lee except fruit.  He typically likes quinoa, but the fact that it's salad and cold was off putting.  And he doesn't like meat.  Without meat most days it seems he's left with bread, fruit and lettuce or other green salad.  If you guys have 3 year olds who eat lettuce and green salad enthusiastically I'm exceptionally impressed!  I've never seen a preschooler in any culture (I'm not from the US) eat a plate of lettuce.  I absolutely agree that I don't want it "dumbed" down but brown rice or pasta would go down well with many kids, there's nothing wrong with a cheese sandwich instead of pulled pork and skip the green salad in favor of other vegetables that kids actually eat -- carrots, cucumber, broccoli, celery.[/quote]

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