To bring this up with the school?

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ds has school dinners a couple of days a week. On those days it's his main hot meal because the evenings are v busy. He says that he is only allowed one vegetable, eg is carrots and broccoli are on offer and he says 'both please' he's told he can only have one or the other.. Shouldn't they be allowed unlimited veg at lunch time? I know it's not a massive deal but is it normal? He doesn't like a huge variety of veg so if he has the opportunity to have more than one kind I would want to snap it up!

Why don't you just batch cook for those busy evenings and defrost during the day ready for a quick microwave when you get home? Steam bags of frozen veg go go with. It doesn't need to take more than 10 mins

FFS, YADNBU. Moreover, I suspect it is something that can very easily be resolved.

Weird responses on this thread!

He eats in the car on those days, packed lunch is the quickest. Carrot sticks etc will work though. Must be more organised

Why weird multivac?

I think you explained what you meant in your later posts.

It is difficult I know we have nights when we might get in from work and after school club at 5 then have to be leaving at 5.30 to get to swimming lessons, Cubs etc. I don't suppose you're saying you haven't got time to feed your child. You can't rely on the school to give them proper meals though.

Slow cookers are good one pot meals or freezing chilli, slag Bol etc

Thanks pyjama. I keep meaning to get a slow cooker, so many great looking recipes for them!

Of course they can give him both! Considering the number of children who won't eat any vegetable at all, and how many will be asking for two (not many), there is always going to be enough to give him a piece of broccoli, fgs.

Telling a small child he can't have a vegetable is just ridiculous, and goes against all the healthy eating campaigns.

That's sort of what I initially thought viola. I get the arguments about potential waste though.

Megan, wrong thread??

Oh fuck off with your spamming Megan.

Your child is having his evening meal in a car on a regular basis and you're considering raising with the school and issue with him having carrots AND broccoli instead of just one type at school??

Eating in the car isn't a huge deal (I personally wouldn't do on a regular basis), but asking if he can get a variety of veg on his plate and only when its two veg he likes? YABU

They are no more likely to run out for poor Roger at the back by offering half portions of both.
Some very strange logic on this thread.
thaT said you don't need to have a "hot meal" to have vegetables.

YANBU all of the schools I worked in gave two types of vegetables and the schools that are children have attended have as well.

We have the menus for the primary school and the secondary school our children attend and every single day in the primary school there are 2 types of vegetables and all of the children are given both,unless they're allergic to one of them.

The secondary school they have several choices as they have a salad bar open everyday as well.

My Mum was the head cook at the secondary school I went to and they always had 3 or 4 different types of veg and they did salads as well and I left school 24 years ago and I'm sure the schools are supposed to have got more on board with healthy eating over the last few years.

It's not strange logic. More food would need to be made so the kids could have the option of a bit of both or just one kind. It's simple really.

Surely not. If everyone in front of him has carrots, no carrots for Roger.

If you allow one portion of either or half portions of both, it's the same amount of food
I think...

Because you'd assume that the same number of children would go for a single portion of carrots as broccoli iyswim

Maybe it is just my dds school that run out of things for those at the back of the queue. ~She frequently has to go without. Though that could be why the company are closing and the school are having a kitchen put in so they can prepare all meals on site. ~Be interesting to see what difference there is.

Seems strange. Our school let the kids pick one or a bit of all veg and they have an unlimited salad bar.

2 children would still have on average one portion of carrots and one portion of broccoli. That might be having different one each or having half of both each. Yes there are other combinations but it evens out

Nope. Because if you're giving that option then you need to make sure there is enough for everyone to have the choice. Plus, the op was talking about an unlimited supply of vegetables. That would mean a lot of waste.

The other thing I don't understand (and I realise this is a separate moan) but reception children and those in year 6 are allocated the same portion sizes. Seems ludicrous to me.

This is very funny. Poor Roger. If only it had been either/or and exactly half the children chose carrots

Tell him not to ask for "Both please" but to ask for "Half and half please." I'm sure that would work.

Bare my kids order what they want in the morning, at least once a week my year 6 DS doesn't get what he chose as they've ran out and they're the last class to eat.