USA School Lunch - Chicken Noodel Soup

Country: USA

Contents: Chicken noodle soup, apple slices, herbed baby carrots, and a garden salad.

Source: Kyle S

Notes: I would probably leave the lunchroom a little hungry, but I'm an adult. This is certainly much healthier than many of the other USA lunches previously posted.

Hogie and Carrots

Country: USA (Portland, OR)
Contents: Small hogie sandwich, string cheese, carrots, and apple slices.
Source: B.C.
Notes: This is a homemade lunch for her boy in kindergarten.

New Obama School Lunch Regulations

Students Criticize Michelle Obama's School Lunch Regulations.
What are your thoughts on the new regulations? What have your children said? I work with kids and a lot of them have reported being very hungry.

USA School Lunch - Chili

Country: USA (Summer Day Camp)

Contents: Chilli, three bean salad, corn, V-8 Fusion 100% juice and sour cream

Source: Anonymous

Notes: Mmm, chili. For some reason my wife won't let us have chili in the summer, she says it is a winter food. Nope, it's delicious year round. Also, I just got those V-8 Fusions, and they have a full serving of fruit and a full serving of veggies per can.

USA School Lunch - Beef Patty

Country: USA (Summer Day Camp)

Contents: Brown rice with almond slivers, beef patty, orange slices, mayonnaise and broccoli

Source: Anonymous

Notes: Looks healthier and tastier than a lot of school lunches.

USA School Lunch - Hamburger

Country: USA (Summer Day Camp)

Contents: Hamburger, orange slices, salad bar, and carrots

Source: Anonymous

Notes: I wish they had a cheap summer day camp for my 3 year old... :)

South Korea School Lunch - Rice and Kimchi

Country: South Korea

Contents: Lettuce, orange, rice, kimchi, soondubu jigae(soup) and bulgogi (meat).

Source: Johanna

Notes: I'd like to try real kimchi. I've only ever had it at a Chinese buffet and it was horrible. I'm sure the real stuff is delicious.

Strange Lunches from Japan

Leila from Ilubgrub.com has posted a couple of strange school lunches she had recently in Japan, check them out here.

USA School Lunch - Egg Salad Sandwich

Country: USA (New York)

Contents: Sliced egg sandwiches with cheese, cucumber and mustard, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and mini vanilla yogurt (not pictured)

Source: Rachel

Notes: "I'm a graduate student in Parsons NYC; to save money, I tend to pack lunches for myself. I like to make quick lunches that can be all packed into one box, and each lunch costs me around $1.25~$2.00 (since I buy ingredients seasonally, and buy bulk and at cheaper places). I hope more college students realize that living cheaply doesn't mean eating badly/Ramen all the time; it's very easy to do both and if you cook weekly and portion it out you don't need to keep making things everyday."

USA School Lunch - Cucumber Salad

Country: USA (New York)

Contents: Cold cucumber and sesame pasta with oil, vinegar, pepper vinaigrette and sliced cheese; boiled egg and chocolate chip cookies wrapped in tinfoil

Source: Rachel

Notes: "I'm a graduate student in Parsons NYC; to save money, I tend to pack lunches for myself. I like to make quick lunches that can be all packed into one box, and each lunch costs me around $1.25~$2.00 (since I buy ingredients seasonally, and buy bulk and at cheaper places). I hope more college students realize that living cheaply doesn't mean eating badly/Ramen all the time; it's very easy to do both and if you cook weekly and portion it out you don't need to keep making things everyday."

USA School Lunch - Rice and Chicken

Country: USA (New York)

Contents: Rice with poached chicken, homemade hot sauce, cucumber chunks, cilantro

Source: Rachel

Notes: "I'm a graduate student in Parsons NYC; to save money, I tend to pack lunches for myself. I like to make quick lunches that can be all packed into one box, and each lunch costs me around $1.25~$2.00 (since I buy ingredients seasonally, and buy bulk and at cheaper places). I hope more college students realize that living cheaply doesn't mean eating badly/Ramen all the time; it's very easy to do both and if you cook weekly and portion it out you don't need to keep making things everyday."

USA School Lunch Tomato Chutney

Country: USA (New York)

Contents: Rice with ham & cheese; furikake sprinkles (seaweed sprinkles); homemade tomato chutney, sliced cucumber

Source: Rachel

Notes: "I'm a graduate student in Parsons NYC; to save money, I tend to pack lunches for myself. I like to make quick lunches that can be all packed into one box, and each lunch costs me around $1.25~$2.00 (since I buy ingredients seasonally, and buy bulk and at cheaper places). I hope more college students realize that living cheaply doesn't mean eating badly/Ramen all the time; it's very easy to do both and if you cook weekly and portion it out you don't need to keep making things everyday."

USA School Lunch - Rice Ball

Country: USA (Central Florida High School)

Contents: See notes below

Source: Elizabeth E.

Notes: "This is actually a picture from a year ago that I took because it was legitimately one of the worst things I had ever been served. I'm not sure what it was supposed to be, but it ended up as a ball of rice packed so absurdly tight that no grains were discernible and the sauce (which was awful and sweet) couldn't get through. The main entree also had mushrooms and some sort of chicken product on it. It was served with celery and carrots with low-fat ranch dressing and apple juice from concentrate."

Japan School Lunch - Mabo Tofu

Country: Japan

Contents: Mabo Tofu, fish cake, apple, boiled quail egg, beef w/bean sprouts and rice with salmon.

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old. The pictures are of the "teachers" lunch; the kids are exactly the same just with a lot less rice and smaller portions.

Japan School Lunch - Nikkujagga

Country: Japan

Contents: Rice w/konbu (a sweet seaweed), nikkujagga (beef with veggies), omelette, sausage, potato puff, and apple.

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old. The pictures are of the "teachers" lunch; the kids are exactly the same just with a lot less rice and smaller portions.

Japan School Lunch - Rice with Nori

Country: Japan

Contents: Rice w/nori (seaweed), hamburgers, fried chicken, the ball looking thing is boiled slimy potato, corn and radish salad and pasta under the hamburgers, and a tomato.

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old. The pictures are of the "teachers" lunch; the kids are exactly the same just with a lot less rice and smaller portions.

USA School Lunch - Enchiladas

Country: USA

Contents: Beef and Cheese Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, beans a la charra, strawberries, skim milk!

Source: Liz P.

Notes: Looks delicious to me!

Japan School Lunch - Chicken in Tomato Sauce

Country: Japan

Contents: Bread filled with curry, chicken with a tomato sauce and pasta, omelette, potato salad, green beans, apple, tomato.

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old. The pictures are of the "teachers" lunch; the kids are exactly the same just with a lot less rice and smaller portions.

Japan School Lunch - Preschoolers at Lunch

Country: Japan

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old.

Japan School Lunch - Tofu Burger

Country: Japan

Contents: Tofu hamburger with pasta, fishcake, fried potato with ketchup, some kind of potato salad, wiener, and mikan (tangerine).

Source: Jevinj

Notes: School Lunch at a pre-school in Japan. The kids are aged 1-6yrs old. The pictures are of the "teachers" lunch; the kids are exactly the same just with a lot less rice and smaller portions.

School Lunch - Rice and Vegetables

Country: ?

Contents: Rice, mixed vegetables

Source: UN World Food Program / Boris Heger

Notes: Any thoughts on the country or the food?

School Lunch - Rice

Country: ?

Contents: Rice

Source: UN World Food Program / Unknown photographer

Notes: Any thoughts on the country or the food?

India School Lunch - Crackers

Country: India?

Contents: Looks like some type of cracker. Probably high protein.

Source: UN World Food Program / Shehzad Noorani

Notes: Any thoughts on the country or the food?

Someone from the UN World Food Program sent me the story of a 13-year-old Kenyan girl named Molly, who has video’d her life and, in particular, her school meals.

The material that Molly filmed is particularly appealing and important because it enables her to speak for herself about why school meals are important to her and her friends. The UN World Food Program set up a YouTube channel for Molly.

And she has recently been featured on CNN.

Also the above photo was taken by Rein Skullerud, who visited her and produced a kind of “Day in the Life” photo gallery. You can see the photo gallery here.

Please check out her story and let me know what you think.

USA School Lunch - Spaghetti and Garlic Bread

Country: USA

Contents: Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, salad, salad dressing, pears, chocolate milk.

Source: http://www.dirtcandynyc.com/?p=4404

Notes: Spaghetti for school lunch almost always tastes good. One of the "safe" bets.