School Nutrition Programs

LAMP Breakfast Program | Healthy Bites Hot Lunch Program

Healthy Bites

Hot Lunch Program

The Healthy Bites program is now full, with 200 participants! You may submit an application to be put on a wait list in case students leave the program.
Download your 2011-12 Application Form here

We are happy to announce that Healthy Bites will continue to serve lunches for the 2011/12 school year and we are expanding from 3 to 4 days per week! It is our mission to offer fresh, nutritious lunches, which reflect the values and tastes of our community and follow Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating. We welcome all students, regardless of food restrictions, allergies, or just plain old pickiness! Subsidies are available upon request.

You may sign up for three days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) for $33/month, or for four days per week (the addition of Mondays which offers a bagged lunch for students) for
$44/month.

Healthy Bites is a nutritious, hot lunch program which is run by volunteers and school parents, with assistance from Toronto Partners for Student Nutrition and Toronto Foundation for Student Success.

Lunches consist of a salad bar, with a minimum of 5 raw vegetables, a salad, and 3 types of raw fruit, as well as an entree which includes a choice of either animal or vegetarian protein and a source of whole grains.

Please contact Program Co-ordinators Lisa Truant-Tan and Jennifer Hara at healthybites@johnenglish.ca for more information, or to register or volunteer for the program.

Call for Volunteers
Healthy Bites Registration Form (2011-2012)
Sample Menus

Call for Volunteers to pick up bread:

Healthy Bites needs your help finding volunteers to help with picking up the Cobs bread donation. SO far three volunteers have taken on this job, but they can't manage to fill the schedule so we need more help!

The commitment is to pick up the "day olds" from Cobs at Humbertown Shopping Centre (Royal York & Dundas) once per month. This has to be done on Sunday evenings just before 6:00 p.m. The bread then has to be delivered to the school on Monday morning.

Interested volunteers should contact healthybites@johnenglish.ca

Sample Menus:

We strive to use all natural, and when possible, organic ingredients. Most everything is made on site, including sauces and salad dressings.

Here are some examples of meals we've served this year:

Sample #1

chicken or vegetarian stir fry with brown rice
salad bar: Asian crunch salad (iceberg lettuce, chow mien noodles, mandarin oranges), carrots, snow peas, grape tomatoes, cucumber, turnips, apples, bananas, melon

Sample #2

baked ziti (brown rice pasta, cheddar and ricotta cheeses, tomato sauce), whole wheat bread & butter
salad bar: Caesar salad, celery, carrots, cucumber, red pepper, broccoli, pears, pineapple, grapefruit, banana muffins

Sample #3

cheese quesidillas (whole grain tortillas, cheddar cheese) dips: salsa, yogurt
salad bar: tossed salad with avocado ranch dressing, zuchinni, carrots, snap peas, green pepper, cauliflower, apples, kiwi fruit, grapes, fruit bread

Sample #4

chicken noodle or butternut squash soup, whole grain bread & butter
salad bar: tossed salad with creamy garlic dressing, hummus, cucumber, turnip, carrots, grape tomatoes, yellow pepper, clementines, canteloupe, bananas

Sample #5

quiches: Lorraine (ham & cheese) & broccoli cheddar, whole grain bread & butter
salad bar: coleslaw with dried fruit, carrots, yellow peppers, asparagus, celery, parsnip, apples, watermelon, blackberries with yogurt