Show School Lunches Provide Balanced Diet Every effort eUort should be bp made to encourage children to adopt and enjoy good food habits Availability of confections and soft drinks on or near school premises may tempt students to spend lunch money for snacks and lead them to poor food habits The high energy value of sweets and soft drinks affects the appetite for regular meals Expenditures for soft drinks and most confections yield a nutritional return greatly inferior In Inferior inferior in- in to that from milk fruit truit vegetables meats and whole grains or in other of the basic food groups When given a choice between soft drinks and milk between candy and fruit a child may choose the less nutritious food Inadequate nutrients prevent a student from reaching his optimum health beauty and learning School lunch Is designed to meet a substantial portion of the dally daily nutritional requirements requirements requirements require require- ments of students and as an educational function teaches the child to select and consume a balanced diet for a nominal cost The following menus are some of the meals that will be served to the children in South Sanpete School District March 18 Pork chop suey on rice cottage cheese and pear salad crescent rolls peanut peanut peanut pea pea- nut butter pineapple cookie and milk March 19 Hot turkey salad cheese wedge tossed salad pickled beets apple muffins spicy cake and milk March 20 Pizza pie green beans cabbage relish raisin bread and milk March 21 Fish sticks potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes au gratin lemon wedge julienne carrots Waldorf salad cloverleaf rolls and milk March 24 Goulash oven browned parsnips lettuce 1 e t t u c e wedge rolls c cream eam puffs and milk March 25 Oven fried chicken steamed potatoes harvest moon salad pan rolls banana cream pudding and milk |