and this weekend.
>> All right. Thank you,
Anthony. Hey. Today, October 10 marks the start of national
marks the start of national
School lunch week. So this week
is meant to help encourage
students to make good choices.
At Lynn.
>> That’s right. So joining us
this morning to talk all about
it is Kevin Truong, the assistant child nutrition
assistant child nutrition
director for the Spring ISD.
Kevin, good morning. Good
morning to you. Doing great.
Thanks to you. Brought in a
good spread forces tried to, I
mean, just the display. But we
just want to talk about some local things and some things
local things and some things
that we’re doing with school
districts and everything.
So all around Texas on we’re
not the only ones that’s
promoting some. We’re going to talk about the ballot balanced
talk about the ballot balanced
lunch. What children really
need nutritionally. So a
balanced much. It really gives
me energy. It prize manager throughout day so they can get
throughout day so they can get
through today rather than feel
sluggish and sleepy afternoon,
Sammy all of felt right, one
point or stop. And so but it also getting good to make them
also getting good to make them
strong and healthy that we want
in our kids.
>> lunches today might look a
little bit different than they
looked whenever you and I were
going to school. I don’t remember any fresh troops to
remember any fresh troops to
be perfectly honest
from way. No. Remember any of
this? You just skipped right
over those. Maybe I did it was.
So you
just at the Cannes which would
you like better? I think that you’ve got have to go way back
you’ve got have to go way back
into a lobby. Joe’s and just
the basic.
>> Sloppy Joe’s. We’re not that
I remember the peat the square
pizza with the corn and you’re saying a lot of people still
saying a lot of people still
ask, what can we still get the
square still Haha. Yes, he
don’t do it as often. But when
we do the regulars triangle
that they’re used to, that they
get from Domino’s write something like that. So but
something like that. So but
really the trends now days,
students like choices. So they
like having options. So we like
having multiple options for them and the schools, whether
them and the schools, whether
it’s 3 or 4 different entrees
so they can have in our
secondary schools. We usually
do.
>> lines and whatnot so they can choose orange, chicken or
can choose orange, chicken or
pizza or burgers of have
multiple different options that
you find a lot of picky eaters
and schools. We do. I mean,
some of the things we serve in schools are not used to having
schools are not used to having
at home. So and that’s really
what we try to help out with
and light. It would get
introduced them to certain
things. Then maybe they’ll go
home say mom or dad. Can I have
this tonight? Right there?
Yeah. >> So let’s talk about some of
>> So let’s talk about some of
the things that you have here.
Is this typical of a high
school elementary school?
And what kind of things are we
looking at a little bit of
both? I mean, if you look at
this middle tree right here,
we’re kind of a little play
on taking a walk on but they
have a lot. The smiley faces
and we’re going to use my haha. And of course, we got cups and
And of course, we got cups and
down here we’re featuring
actually appear we’re featuring
a local berry salad
>> the lettuce actually grown here in Houston. Hydroponic
here in Houston. Hydroponic
right here. So it’s and then,
of course, all the fruit we’re
using our our local and locally
grown fruits here
in Texas.
>> Wow. Very interesting. Yeah. The farmers out there
Yeah. The farmers out there
even if it is hydroponic Lee
growing with how do you source
all this we we use co-ops and
we reach out to vendors and they come visit. And I’d like
they come visit. And I’d like
to think that I mean, school
food is I mean, you know, you
find outside anywhere else.
So I mean, it’s really just
for us right?
>> Yeah, that they’re growing these force. Okay. I usually
these force. Okay. I usually
packed my kids lunches. So for
people who are packing their
kids lunches, what do you want
those parents to know what you
we putting in there and what
should we not be putting it
on the drives you crazy?
I would want to eat school lunch.
>> Back to sunlight and
whatnot. But yeah, I mean, we
understand students are
sometimes pick you up earlier
and I mean, if you if you decide to do maybe just on tree
decide to do maybe just on tree
part, maybe pick up the sides
and vegetables and milk from
the I mean, we keep so you can
do that. You can do half and
half of them do that. I mean, students are going to your kids
students are going to your kids
are going want sandwiches and
whatnot. But then we got to
chip serve something as a side.
Yeah. I mean, we do have vegetables and fruit from hope.
vegetables and fruit from hope.
Fruit staff, right fruit cups
and even of frozen fruit.
And yeah, so it helps out and
given different options you might not want to pack on your
might not want to pack on your
students lunch container,
right? Yeah, you know, you
brought a lot of stuff to
display and show off that we
wanted to show off his creative
place because you have a an art contest going on right now in
contest going on right now in
the ruling that decorate your
plate So
>> we’re doing at our 25 elementary schools and then so
elementary schools and then so
they the theme this year is get
your day in gear with a healthy
school lunch. With that being
said, the student, these elementary students stay
elementary students stay
decorate a based on the thing
and with it being a gear theme
is more signs. The technology do and to see this one. I mean,
do and to see this one. I mean,
they they built a vegetable
skeleton. Oh, yeah. If the baby
carrots for the arms, we got
the same salary some
cauliflower feet. >> So that’s
>> So that’s
a well-balanced veggie
Halloween skills. the contest
runs through Friday. And as of
Friday, the principal gets to pick the winner and the winner
pick the winner and the winner
gets a bike and helmet.
>> Wow. All for every
elementary school that we have.
Okay.
>> that being said after 25 winners are we choose
after 25 winners are we choose
a district winner. Yeah.
And they get a bus party
courtesy of us all out for all
the banks for being with us.
We do appreciate it. Kevin Truong, assistant child