Comments on: Bag It, That’s Right, I Said Bag It! http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it Family, Fitness & Finances Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it/comment-page-1#comment-94 john Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:47:09 +0000 http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it#comment-94 Jamie - Thanks for the suggestions! The Japanese sushi is a great idea! We have a sushi bar near our home that we have visited several times lately. Good stuff! Jamie – Thanks for the suggestions! The Japanese sushi is a great idea! We have a sushi bar near our home that we have visited several times lately. Good stuff!

]]> By: Jamie=) http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it/comment-page-1#comment-79 Jamie=) Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:32:14 +0000 http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it#comment-79 Jamie can understand the "But Dad, everybody else buys their lunches!" groans. *Hehe* Well, Jamie thinks the key here is to make the packed lunch "unbeatable", so that it does not remain uneaten! You have mentioned yummy yet healthy food... are your children rejecting them? Hmmm... Jamie is not sure about including family favorites as packed lunches, 'cos overtime, kids get tired of them and they no longer remain as family favorites. Kids nowadays want variety! Just ask yours truly! =) Jamie suggests trying something new and different, such as packing Japanese sushi (healthy delicious food). Make enough for your children to share with their close friends. Their friends will probably envy more than ridicule them for packing lunch! Yes, learning new dishes take lots of effort. At the end of the day, if your children come back with big smiles, you know the effort is worth it. =) Jamie can understand the “But Dad, everybody else buys their lunches!” groans. *Hehe* Well, Jamie thinks the key here is to make the packed lunch “unbeatable”, so that it does not remain uneaten! You have mentioned yummy yet healthy food… are your children rejecting them? Hmmm… Jamie is not sure about including family favorites as packed lunches, ‘cos overtime, kids get tired of them and they no longer remain as family favorites. Kids nowadays want variety! Just ask yours truly! =) Jamie suggests trying something new and different, such as packing Japanese sushi (healthy delicious food). Make enough for your children to share with their close friends. Their friends will probably envy more than ridicule them for packing lunch! Yes, learning new dishes take lots of effort. At the end of the day, if your children come back with big smiles, you know the effort is worth it. =)

]]> By: john http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it/comment-page-1#comment-55 john Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:07:49 +0000 http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it#comment-55 That's great! Good for you. If more parents stopped paying for school lunches and voiced their opinions, school systems would be more inclined to improve their menus. I read a while back about a consultant whose business it was to evaluate school cafeteria's and make recommendations for change. Her first recommendation was usually to add a large salad bar, followed by more healthy choices including fresh fruits and veggies. She makes several hundred thousand dollars a year for her advice. I would have given them mine for free. :) That’s great! Good for you. If more parents stopped paying for school lunches and voiced their opinions, school systems would be more inclined to improve their menus. I read a while back about a consultant whose business it was to evaluate school cafeteria’s and make recommendations for change. Her first recommendation was usually to add a large salad bar, followed by more healthy choices including fresh fruits and veggies. She makes several hundred thousand dollars a year for her advice. I would have given them mine for free. :)

]]> By: Jenn http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it/comment-page-1#comment-48 Jenn Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:04:13 +0000 http://www.ezgreatlife.com/2008/03/19/bag-it-thats-right-i-said-bag-it#comment-48 We stopped buying school lunches 6 years ago due to the reasons you mentioned. When I was in high school, my parents gave me a food allowance. Which meant for me, pack your lunch and pocket the money. I don't have to bribe my teenager at all, she prefers to pack her lunches. However, she could use a little variety, so occasionally, I pack her lunch. I used to work in a school systems in the mountain states and at the time they had very healthy school lunches and no pop machines in sight. The reason for this, was very active and vocal parents. They also, had local restaurants, like healthy subs, Thai and Japanese food. They had to fit the school boards standards with nutrition and cost. I remember a restaurant was pulled quickly when they validated the nutrition standards. With this being said, 75% of the kids carried packed lunches. I must say, they had better packed lunches then my generation. We stopped buying school lunches 6 years ago due to the reasons you mentioned. When I was in high school, my parents gave me a food allowance. Which meant for me, pack your lunch and pocket the money. I don’t have to bribe my teenager at all, she prefers to pack her lunches. However, she could use a little variety, so occasionally, I pack her lunch.

I used to work in a school systems in the mountain states and at the time they had very healthy school lunches and no pop machines in sight. The reason for this, was very active and vocal parents. They also, had local restaurants, like healthy subs, Thai and Japanese food. They had to fit the school boards standards with nutrition and cost. I remember a restaurant was pulled quickly when they validated the nutrition standards. With this being said, 75% of the kids carried packed lunches. I must say, they had better packed lunches then my generation.

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