The February Experiment

Last year Boylee loved eating at his school cafeteria. The food was awful, in my opinion, but he really liked it, especially the chocolate milk. I let him have it once a week, and at a cost of $1 it certainly was cheap.

This year he wanted to try the food at our new school, and after seeing that it's provided by Revolution Foods, I agreed. We sampled a meal at an open house at the beginning of the year and discovered that it's tasty, mostly organic, and made fresh daily. They use lots of veggies and whole grains, and have a wide and varied menu that suits Boylee's tastes.

BUT -- because of the logistics involved at our temporary school site, and the fact that the food is brought in from elsewhere each day, you can't just pick and choose which meals you want -- you have to commit to an entire month in advance. And we just weren't ready to do that at the beginning of the year. But after seeing some of his friends eat the lunches, and deciding that he doesn't mind not knowing what food is coming on which day (they don't publish a menu, which is probably a fault of our school which is so unorganized), Boylee told me he was ready to jump in. We ordered the entire month of February at a cost of $3 per day.

Day 1: Lasagna. Boylee said, "What does v-e-g mean?" I said, "Maybe veg, as in vegetarian?" Veggie or not, he liked it. We'll see if he's still liking it on February 28th.