🥪🍎 WHAT MAKES A HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCH? 

🥗 Every Lunch Must Have THESE 5 Foods

🥕 Vegetables
🍎 Fruit
🍞 Grains (like bread or rice — mostly whole grain)
🍗 Protein (chicken, beans, eggs, cheese, etc.)
🥛 Milk (low-fat or fat-free)

🌈 Veggies Are Super Important!

Each week, lunches should include different kinds of vegetables, like:

• 🥬 Green veggies (spinach, lettuce)

• 🥕 Red & orange veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes)

• 🫘 Beans and peas

• 🥔 Other veggies
  
  

• 🍞 Grain Power

• Most grains should be whole grains
  (whole-wheat bread, brown rice)

🍭 Not Too Much of the “Sometimes Stuff”

School lunches should:

• ❌ Not have too much salt

• ❌ Not have too much sugar

• ❌ Not have too much unhealthy fat

• ✅ Have the right amount of calories so kids have energy but don’t feel yucky