The year of eating dangerously

[SoCalDem]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40698190/ns/today-today_health/


Salisbury steak and fruit cups were a staple for blogger Mrs. Q, who committed to eating school lunch every day for a year.
By Rebecca Dube

Year of mystery meat: Blogger eats school lunch every day
A forgotten lunch one day turned into part of a movement for national reform

updated 12/16/2010 9:39:42 AM ET 2010-12-16T14:39:42


Blame it on the bagel dog.

If not for that sad excuse for an entree, the blogger known as Mrs. Q might never have gotten so disgusted with school lunches that she decided to show the world how bad they are. She never would have eaten, photographed and blogged about 160 elementary-school lunches — one per school day for the past year. She never would have attracted the attention of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and food activist Marian Nestle.

And Mrs. Q (who hides her identity to protect her job) might have gone on thinking that school lunch is “just food.” Instead, she told TODAYshow.com, “I have learned that food is personal, food is life, food is health.”



She has eaten more Salisbury steak and chicken nuggets than any adult should have to endure — and chronicled the culinary highs and lows on her blog, Fed Up With School Lunch. Her experience has pushed her into the spotlight, made her an activist, and totally transformed the way her family eats.


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1. looks better than hospital food

That is about the only positive thing I can say about it. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[HockeyMom]

2. Chicken, chicken, and more chicken

Nuggets, patties, fingers, and for a real treat, tangerine chicken and rice. Then there is breakfast pizza, lunch pizza, and just plain pizza. Of course there is also the ever popular TACOS with BEANS. Corn dogs? Mini ones for breakfast, and big sized ones for lunch.

Salads? Forget it. Fruit? Packaged apples? Well, ok, since this in Florida, they do have ORANGES a few times a week.

This is supposed to "healthy"?