[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I went to public schools back in ancient times, and we always had appetizing and healthy lunches. My son’s school has been serving things kids like to eat, but are not particularly nutritional. For example, their idea of an entree was nachos, and their idea of nachos was corn chips and cheese sauce. That’s all. So this year they went the “spinach tortellini and squash” route, and my son says most kids throw it away.

[bgill]

I went to public schools back in ancient times, and we always had appetizing and healthy lunches

Same here. The lunch ladies would serve us good home cookin'. Real chicken, no mystery meat. Homemade yeast rolls that you could smell all over the campus - yummmmm! That was back during government free butter, cheese, and peanut butter. Yep, back in the good ol' days when no one was allergic from peanuts. They'd get creative to turn pb into something new every day - one day pb and apples, next cookies, next mixed with honey and bananas, half a pbj sandwich, etc.

[Sacajaweau]

Go back to soup and sandwich. Stop turning lunch into an experiment. And this is lunch....not dinner...400 calories!!

[antiRepublicrat]

So this year they went the “spinach tortellini and squash” route, and my son says most kids throw it away.

Let me guess, nasty canned spinach filling, overcooked pasta and diluted tomato paste as sauce. My kids love mac & cheese, but they hate it when my neighbor makes it because she cooks the noodles to mush.