Queens school first public school in nation to serve only vegetarian meals

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@aegrisomnia

I also stand by what I said before - black-bean quesadilla with roasted potatoes doesn’t strike me as being a perfectly balanced meal. It sounds like vegetarian junk food.</p>

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<p>It would be comparatively easy to feed kids who buy school lunches a bowl of fortified cereal with milk; almost everybody should be capable of eating that (almond or soy milks could be available for those who can’t do dairy) and kids would end up with better nutrition. It’s hard to get these products wrong, they’re produced in bulk and probably cost less than most other options. Make it high-fiber, throw in an enriched no-sugar-added fruit-juice cocktail and you’ve got yourself cheap and nutritious meals for everybody who wants them.

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<p>Your suggested meal sounds even more unbalanced, since it is likely nearly all carbs/sugar in terms of macronutrients (based on typical cold cereals, even those marketed to adults these days; note the fruit juice concentrates the sugars in the fruit while losing the fiber).</p>