Cute Kids Cook Carrot Quesadillas by Shelley Lance
Earlier this week, the Chicago-based Healthy Schools Campaign brought culinary students from the Richards Career Academy in Chicago to cook the perfect, healthy school lunch with White House Assistant Chef Sam Kass, according to this article in the Washington Post. The menu: carrot quesadillas, chicken-stuffed peppers, and a “refrescante” (ie. salsa) salad. The meal will also be served to House members and staffers at the Longworth Cafeteria and to 40,000 students at schools across the country.
Though the approximate food cost of this meal is only $1.30 per person, the costs of producing and serving it brings the total up to $3.71 in Chicago. That’s a dollar more per person than the government pays for each student meal.
President Obama, in his budget, has called for $1 billion to improve child nutrition programs. So the kids from culinary school were in DC to help convince Congress to approve those funds.
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