Day Nineteen: Teriyaki Chicken

Today I had a choice of teriyaki chicken and rice, or a chicken leg and rice.  I decided to stick with the menu and got the teriyaki chicken.  It was a good choice, it wasn't as good as a restaurant, but it was as good as I can make.  I also had some salad with ranch, two days in a row without ranch would have been crazy! Also, some watermelon pieces.  Today's lunch was pretty filling and tasted good. 

Day Thirteen: Nachos!

Hooray for nachos!  I was expecting a soft taco, but was surprised with nachos.  They of course, were very good.  And, I was right the chips weren't stale this time, they were nice and crunchy.  They didn't even get too soggy.  The meat was served on the side today, which was way better.  Today I added some carrots and celery to my lunch, with ranch of course. Another teacher added some salad on top, which seemed like something I should try next time.

Day Twelve: Tuna Sandwich with Salad

Today was actually chicken nuggets with rice pilaf. GROSS!  So I ordered a sandwich, which the students can do as well.  It's not the chicken nuggets I don't like, it's the pilaf.  I mean I haven't actually tried the school lunch version, but if I don't like the restaraunt kind, I'm sure I won't like the school kind!  Anyway, the tuna sandwich was pretty good, but a little dry.  I like a lot of mayonnaise, so I kind of dipped it in my ranch, but there wasn't much left, since it was on my salad.  The salad by the way, has been very good lately with cheese and cut up hard boiled eggs in it.  I love eggs in my salad.  Especially when there is ranch!

Day Seven: Cheese Lasagna

Today's lunch was lasagna, and it was pretty good.  Except for the fact we only have a spork to eat with!  There was no getting through the top layer of cheese with a spork!  So I ate around it, sadly missing out on the cheese.  I also had a side salad with ranch of course!  And some grapes.  The meal was very filling, and I look forward to having it again. 

By the way, so far no weight gain or loss.  I guess that means it's healthy :)

Day Five: Pizza Friday!

I'm sure you can tell by now, every Friday the cafeteria serves pizza.  This week was cheese pizza.  I ordered a la carte today, adding grapes and jello.  I also got a cup of ranch for my pizza.  When I was almost done eating I ran out of ranch!  However, the lunch was filling and satisfying.  I'm glad I can always look forward to enjoying my lunch at least once a week!

Day Four: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce

I didn't even look at the menu this morning, I just decided to be surprised.  Amazingly, it was one of my favorites, spaghetti with meat sauce.  It came with a whole wheat roll and I added a side salad with...ranch!  If you haven't noticed, I love ranch, but there are other salad dressing options for the kids, including thousand island.  Today I brought my own drink which was a fruit and vegetable drink.  I really enjoyed lunch today, and look forward to tomorrow's lunch too, which is of course, Pizza Friday!

Day Three: Nachos!

I love nachos!  I look forward to them each time.  Today though, I was a little disappointed.  My nachos were served with a lot of meat (too much if you ask me).  I also had cheese, of course, sour cream, salsa, and olives.  I also had a small side salad with ranch, obviously, and chocolate milk (delicious).  Overall the nachos were tasty, but the chips were a little stale.  Once I got to the bottom the chips were soggy so it didn't matter too much.  A fork is definately recommended.  I'm sure the stale chips were just a bad batch, because usually the chips are very crunchy, I look forward to having them again!

Day Two: Corn Dogs

When I read the menu this morning, I wasn't too excited about corn dogs.  Maybe it would have been more exciting if they came with fries or tater tots, but they didn't.  I chose to get mine a la carte, with some grapes.  So far I haven't gotten milk with my lunch, but I think I will tomorrow.  The corn dogs turned out to be pretty good.  It's a good thing because they gave me two!  But after I finished eating I was left wanting more.  I guess I'm just a dessert kind of person, maybe I'll have to start bringing my own!

Day One: Pizza Friday

Today's lunch was pepperoni pizza.  I always enjoy pizza, so today it was easy to get "hot lunch".  I also added a side salad with lots of ranch to my tray.  We'll see how the rest of the trial goes. 

I started today because yesterday was chicken nuggets and rice pilaf, I hate rice pilaf.