{"id":4333,"date":"2009-01-08T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2014-03-06T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T20:59:08","slug":"sasha-and-malia-obamas-healthy-school-lunch-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/sasha-and-malia-obamas-healthy-school-lunch-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasha and Malia Obama&#8217;s Healthy School Lunch Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96451\" alt=\"obamas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/obamas.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The young daughters of President-Elect <a title=\"barack obama\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/obama\/\" target=\"_self\">Barack Obama<\/a> will be eating lunches that are healthy and organic at their new school Sidwell-Friends. The lunch menu should be the envy of school cafeterias nationwide. Not only is the food nutritious, it&#8217;s stuff kids will actually eat and enjoy. The Obamas are known for eating a <a title=\"obama's diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/obamas-diet-vs-mccains-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">lean diet<\/a>, so it&#8217;s possible the quality of food their daughters would be served during the day played a part in their decision.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Obama, the younger daughter, attends the lower school, where menu items this week included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Snacks like zucchini bread or apples and cheese<\/li>\n<li>French Dip with Au Jus<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Chicken Fajitas<\/li>\n<li>Spicy Organic Black Bean Tortillas<\/li>\n<li>Yellow Rice<\/li>\n<li>Roasted Veggie Melts<\/li>\n<li>Steamed Broccoli<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon Orange Slices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Malia Obama, the oldest daughter, attends the upper school. Her lunch choices were much broader, and included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomato Basil Soup<\/li>\n<li>Market Pasta<\/li>\n<li>Salad du jour<\/li>\n<li>Organic Spinach Salad<\/li>\n<li>Philly Cheesesteak<\/li>\n<li>All Natural Nacho Bar<\/li>\n<li>Spicy Organic Black Bean Nachos<\/li>\n<li>Roasted Local Squash<\/li>\n<li>Organic Baked French Fries<\/li>\n<li>Pineapple Gratin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully other schools across the country will take a queue from the lunch menu of the new First Children and work toward incorporating much healthier school lunches, rather than the <a title=\"school lunch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/wordless-wednesday-school-lunch\/\" target=\"_self\">processed, sodium-rich foods <\/a>currently being served.<\/p>\n<p><em>Official Obama family photo via WhiteHouse.gov.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paparazzi image of Suri Cruise removed out of respect for the privacy of celebrities&#8217; children and in line with Kristin Bell&#8217;s #NoKidsPolicy. 3\/6\/14<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young daughters of President-Elect Barack Obama will be eating lunches that are healthy and organic at their new school Sidwell-Friends. The lunch menu should be the envy of school cafeterias nationwide. Not only is the food nutritious, it&#8217;s stuff &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/sasha-and-malia-obamas-healthy-school-lunch-menu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,3695],"tags":[149,3677,29,1445],"class_list":["post-4333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-barack-obama","tag-diet-tv","tag-nutrition","tag-school-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96450,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/96450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}