There’s a huge backlash against the First Lady and her school lunch program. Here are a few articles.

One of the problems is that kids aren’t eating the fruit and vegetables on the school lunch tray. Why? Because they don’t eat them at home and haven’t developed a taste for them.

I love hacks and formulas. That’s how I have figured out much of this parenting/food/house stuff. My dinner-time formula is protein, carb, vegetable, salad. Every night. The salad is optional.

What fits into the vegetable slot? Lettuce isn’t substantial enough to be a vegetable course at dinner. A potato is not a vegetable; it’s a carb. So every single night, every member of this family eats a vegetable — broccoli, squash, cauliflower, peas, carrots, kale, spinach, zucchini, eggplant. If I make a vegetable that Ian won’t eat (last night the main vegetable was kale sautéed with garlic and hot peppers), then I serve him some frozen peas or raw carrot.