School lunch menu

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Steven Burke was hired by AISD to improve school lunches district wide. He has an office in the Austin High School cafeteria, but works across the district in several schools. He has developed more than 125 tasty, healthy recipes for the students.

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Steven Burke was hired by AISD to improve school lunches district wide. He has an office in the Austin High School cafeteria, but works across the district in several schools. He has developed more than 125 tasty, healthy recipes for the students.

Story: Austin's own 'food revolution,' minus the reality TV series

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All breads are homemade, including garlic bread made with fresh oven-roasted garlic.

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All their breads are homemade, including cinnamon rolls.

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Freshly baked Wrapinis come out of the oven.

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Kitchen Manager Diana Miller slices Wrapinis.

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Wrapinis, which consists of chicken fajita meat, with pico, two cheeses and chipotle sauce, is one of the hottest things on the menu.

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Kitchen worker Maria Guerra prepares a pepperoni pizza made fresh each day.

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Kitchen worker Maria Guerra slices freshly baked pepperoni pizza.

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Friday's 'Homecooking' line offers vegetarian lasagna, hand-rolled meatballs with whole grain spaghetti, fresh-baked rolls, roasted potatoes, alamo squash and vegan stew. Everything is fresh and homemade.

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In the 'Homecooking' line, the order of the day is chicken tenders, still a popular item, and hand-rolled meatballs with whole grain spaghetti.

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Burke, left, and Maria Segura fill the food trays with fresh food as students wait in the lunch line to devour the day's meal in the 'Homecooking' line.

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In the Asian food line fresh vegetables are plentiful for stir-fried options.

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Photos of what is on the menu at school and what kids are eating.

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Bridge Point Elementary in the Eanes district, is trying to teach kids the importance of eating vegetables at snack and lunch instead of throwing them out.

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Bridge Point Elementary in the Eanes district, is trying to teach kids the important of eating vegetables at snack and lunch instead of throwing them out.

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A kitchen worker removes air-baked potato fries from the oven. These fries never touch grease and are oven roasted and air-cooked, instead of fried.

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Lunch at Bridge Point Elementary School can included sloppy joes, baked potatoes, sweet potato fries and bananas.

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Lunch at Bridge Point Elementary School can included mixed salad.

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Burke is consistently trying new things and offers a variety of salad dressings.

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Lunch at Bridge Point Elementary School can included sloppy joes, baked potatoes, sweet potato fries and bananas.

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Lunch at Bridge Point Elementary School can included sloppy joes, baked potatoes, sweet potato fries and bananas.

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Miles Sigel, 9, left, and Matthew Denton, 9, third-graders at Bridge Point Elementary School, eat bananas during lunch on Wednesday April 21, 2010.

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Chase Jessup, 9, a third-grader at Bridge Point Elementary School, eats a mixed salad with no dressing on Wednesday April 21, 2010.

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Caitlin Holleran, 8, a second-grader at Bridge Point Elementary School, eats a mixed salad with ranch dressing on Wednesday April 21, 2010.

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Hudson Smith, 6, a first-grader at Bridge Point Elementary School, plays with his milk containers during lunch on Wednesday April 21, 2010.

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Lunch time is a hectic 45 minutes with some calmed built in between shifts and often finds Burke hurriedly moving about to assist in anyway possible.

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Burke, at bottom center, with the entire kitchen staff at Austin High School.

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