Breakfast Lunches - Original Writing

Cathleen hopped off my bed, where she was reading the comics pages of a newspaper from my stash, while I begun to stand up, feeling stiff and numb from sitting on the floor for so long. We rushed out of our room and down the (admittedly very short) hallway to the kitchen table. I hoped lunch was something warm; maybe soup or chicken with rice. Rather, it was ham and cheese sandwiches with chopped carrots and ice water.

Lewis turned away once Ethan made eye contact, and focused on eating his rightly earned fruit salad. He didn't know how many minutes had passed when he heard a patchwork of chatter around the cafeteria talking about one thing: the new guy. The eager voices only seemed to rise with every minute before suddenly coming to a stop. Lewis had his spoon of gelatin halfway to his mouth when he paused and noticed who were at the

Scarlett walked slowly through the lunch line, which to her surprise, didn’t have gross food like a regular school would and instead had varying kinds of

Recently, parents began to swap out sugary cereals for ones that claimed to “contain less sugar” and filled their pantries with snacks that had “less artificial additives” (Kellogg Company). What parents may not know is that some of these substitute foods, like Welch’s reduced sugar fruit snacks, and fat-free turkey, are not nutritious and actually contain more sodium than the daily requirement, are highly processed, loaded with even more sugars, fats, and chemicals like diacetyl than the original product. (Jacques). It is no secret that processed foods are harmful and unhealthy for us, nevertheless, processed products dominate natural food in America’s kitchens and cafeterias. Our country needs to see strict regulations for school lunches that are FDA

“Uh,” I stammered as I searched for the right answer. “The same reason as everyone else, I guess.” She stared at me with an annoyed expression. After an uncomfortable few seconds of silence, she wished me the best and walked ahead. I had not correctly answered Jada’s question.

When I was younger, I vividly remember the vast amount of delicious food that was offered every day in my school lunchroom. The food that I use to describe as “good” food, I am beginning to undoubtedly recognise for the unhealthy junk that it actually is. There are countless others who also notice how horrible these foods are to feed children in school cafeterias. Today, those same cafeterias are tremendously different from the ones I remember from when I was little, and they are always continuously changing. The amount of options we are offered have not lessened, they have simply changed. Instead of having the option to purchase nachos, we now are given the option of baked fries. Also, instead of having a dessert of an innutritious brownie, we now are given a large variety of sweet fruits to choose from instead. While some students distinguish these changes as a catastrophe, I can understand the importance of having students skip dessert during a school lunch. Allowing the NSLP to regulate what is served in school lunches would help parents trust that their children would be getting healthier foods at school, help to combat the epidemic of obesity and malnutrition in the United States, and assist in educating children on healthy diet choices.

“So, you must be Jordan, right?” he said slowly, trying to hide a certain emotion; stress, maybe.

“Oh?” He asked curiously. “I thought some of her abrasiveness had worn on. I suppose it was wrong. Although,” he paused for a moment, pushing off the railing to stand in front of me.

Many child care centers require parents to pack lunches and snacks for their children. This ensures your child has food that they like, enjoy and fits their dietary restrictions throughout the day. As you pack your child’s lunch and snacks for daycare, make sure you are making sustainable choices. Children’s lunches can generate around sixty-seven pounds of waste each year if you don’t make sustainable choices.

The students of our school should rally together and hang the cooks in the Cafeteria. Well, maybe that is a little too dramatic, but something has to be done about the school lunch. The stuff that they serve the students is truly awful. Students should not be forced to eat in the cafeteria because the meals are not prepared well, there are foreign objects in the deserts, and many kids have gotten ill after eating certain items.

“Silence,” Braden said, from the look on Deidra’s face, clearly, this wasn’t a social visit. “Son?”

“So, does anyone else want mash potatoes?” I asked, trying to get back on subject.

Veronica walked into the kitchen, fresh, clean, and free from the dream of earlier. She wore only a casual outfit of jeans and camisole top. No need to dress up if she had the evening off. She brewed a pot of extremely strong coffee and ate a slice of dry toast as she waited. She never was a huge breakfast eater. She saw an open box of cereal with loose cereal pieces on the counter. She rolled her eyes as she cleaned up the mess and put the box away. The open box was one of her biggest pet peeves.

“Oh just a few friends of mine” he replied with a hint of a smirk on his face.

He chuckled at my change in behavior. “Very well. It was many years ago but yes, I did grow up here. But don’t confuse that with being part of a family. It was purely nonphysical.”