to think this is NOT an unhealthy lunch

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DStS's teacher (he is in Junior school) pulled me aside after school to say his lunch was deemed 'an unhealthy lunch' and their first step was to give me a 'verbal warning' before writing to me. She even said 'I'm sure you can understand why we think this.'

This is what he had -

• Small pot of home made hummus
• Large wholemeal pitta cut into strips
• A hardboiled egg
• A handful of celery sticks
• A handful of carrot sticks
• A small pot of raisins
• Matchbox sized lump of chedder (which he saved to eat on the way home)
• Satusuma
• Small yoghurt

We've given him sandwiches and he never touches them but dippy types of food are always eaten and he reports how much he enjoys them. He isn't messy, almost to a fault, so I can't see them being bothered about a 'bits and bobs' lunch making a mess.

Is this unhealthy? I am racking my mind to figure out how on earth this is unhealthy? She wouldn't specify, I expect because it wasn't her who saw his lunch but rather it was reported back via lunch time staff.
I feel really annoyed to be told off by the teacher, she was pretty sneery and it wasn't until I got home I realised I should have asked to speak to the head.

While it's important to balance your diet overall it is crucial to eat enough protein at lunch and dinner.
She's taking in eggs and chickpeas. Lots of protein in both of them. For crying out loud, what in the name of actual fk are you supposed to take in if you can't take in healthy protein?
You could bet the food police would have the sirens going as they swooped in on your 'traditional' protein too - try sticking some ham in a sandwich for example, they'd no doubt be moaning red meat was bad for you!

OP I'm a nutritional therapist and this sounds completely fine to me. The teachers sounds confused or nuts. As for the protein content, even without knowing exact quantities and the precise weight of your DC, I'd guess there is probably enough having provided cheese, an egg, hummus and a yoghurt.

So tempting to give her a verbal warning using these words in any order you like. Fuck. Off. You. Fool.

That is a really healthy lunch! Beats what I used to have as a child which was a sandwich, packet of crisps and a club or penguin!

Lurking to find out the answer.
I bet tje raisins were 'too sugary' and he should jave had cake and custard like the school dinner lot

This pisses me off and would actually make me send in a jam sandwich, packet of crisps, bar of chocolate and a pot of sugar cubes.

Fecking idiots, verbal warning my arse - what exactly are they going to do? Ban the lunch.

Suggest they sort lunch out for DC!!

Bonsoir, how can you be so ignorant? I'm really surprised.

There is more protein in the hardboiled egg and the piece of cheese (not to mention the yogurt and hummus) than could be provided by a bit of ham in a sandwich.

Bonsoir is it the lack of animal protein you're talking about? The lunch itself has plenty of protein as loads of peo

People have pointed out?

Please update tomorrow. That is a very healthy lunch.

Ooh fairy bread looks great!

The lunch had more than adequate protein - what an odd comment:

cheese
egg
chickpeas

all far healthier than salty flipping ham!

I really do not see what right said teacher has to be rifling through your DC's lunch OP....... And it sounds as if her approach was really poor. And as for a verbal Warning? I think i may have issued one myself

Best of luck tomorrow..... Btw, your lunch sounded perfectly balanced to me.

That is enough protein bonsoir, how much do you need!

Verbal warning??! I fear I may have unleashed the power of sarcasm in that situation; or, as minty suggests, given the 'fuck off advice'.

man you have to pull them and update tomorrow. i don't know where schools get off these days.. I even had to complain about a TA who was getting a bit above her station with her attitude.

I am curious to what happens if a parent ignores a final written warning.

Tbh this healthy lunch box malarkey is making Cleggy's free hot meal from Sept look like an easy option ..........I don't think I could face trying to follow all the rules

Please update... I'd be overjoyed if any of mine ate half as well.

I'm not one to usually say this, but please update tomorrow as I'm really curious to know what's so unhealthy about that lunch! I'd love to hear their reasoning behind telling you that.

Mmm...homemade hummus. Lovely!

Do a rough calculation (you can get a tool online) of the calorie content etc, general nutritional breakdown of the lunch.
Print it out for miss smarty pants.
When you see her next ask her what she considers the nutritional composition (calories, grams of fat/ carbs/ protein, amounts of iron and vitamin d etc) for a child of your DC's age.
When she is unable to provide this information (even your GP is unlikely to know that tbh) you can follow up with an email to the head detailing the whole ridiculous incident and let them know you're unhappy about receiving a verbal warning over a packed lunch especially when it was unjustified/ ridiculous and the pson issuing it knows nothing about nutrition.

Then roll up your print out.
Bloody cheek.
I think it's important to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

I'd tell them to Foxtrot Oscar!
How rude of them. Grr, that's really taken the jam out of my doughnut.