Cooking Mag Mommy

I was a teacher for 13 years before taking time off to be a full-time mom. As a busy teacher, there was many a day when I forgot to make a lunch to bring to work and ended up sampling the school cafeteria fare. I've got to tell you something. All jokes aside, the cafeteria staff at a large public school have a challenging and often unappreciated job. Cooking for over a thousand children and loads of adults like me who didn't bring lunch is no easy task. Cooking all this on an extremely limited budget and with little room for creativity is even harder. If you are not familiar with the typical school food service system, there is a certain percentage of their food that is government surplus and menus must be created months in advance. There are a required number of fruits and vegetables that must be served at each meal and the drink is milk unless a child shows documentation of a milk allergy. I had the privilege of working with a number of women who were extremely dedicated to...