Last week I received a big box in the mail from McCain Foods Limited. They are the leading brand in frozen foods and one, if not the biggest, supplier of foods to public schools around the country. They are excited about new products that your child will soon eat, or at least see, in public school cafeterias. One of the products is the smiley fries shown above.I enjoy my blog very much and I appreciate getting free food in the mail to review. However, in case you are wondering, I do not make any money from my blog and truthfully you could not pay me enough to say nice things about your product if I don't like it. Everything I say here I actually mean. So, thank you McCain Foods Limited for sending me this but I believe that school lunches should be healthier, much healthier.
I made the smiley fries tonight. I was given instructions to either deep fry or bake and I decided to bake and this is what they looked like.
And Enzo loved it! My son has not been the easiest eater. I was stoked he liked these and I don't mind feeding him smiley fries once in a while. They tasted good, they were surprisingly crunchy, and of course they were drowning in grease. Would I want Enzo to eat these or similar foods every day? Definitely not. My children will go to public school one day and I am seriously concerned with what they will be offered at their cafeteria. Will I have to pack them a lunch? Probably. However, to even acknowledge that I will probably pack them a lunch is a privilege that most parents don't have. When I was in public school in Chicago my parents did not have the means and much less the time to pack my sisters and I a lunch. In fact we ate all 3 meals at school and it was gross and very unhealthy. It also didn't look anything like these smiley fries.
Enzo liked eating these because of the taste but also because of the way they look. I know that even if I packed Enzo a lunch from home he would get to school and try to get his hands on these. Can you blame him? They look fun. So now I have to worry about making him a healthy lunch that looks cool. Smiley face beans? I don't think so.
Enzo liked eating these because of the taste but also because of the way they look. I know that even if I packed Enzo a lunch from home he would get to school and try to get his hands on these. Can you blame him? They look fun. So now I have to worry about making him a healthy lunch that looks cool. Smiley face beans? I don't think so.
What are your thoughts and concerns about public school meals?
