When lunch hour rolled around, Farmersville High School junior Deborah Azubike snatched her usual table, settling between two friends with her tray. She poked her spoon into a medley of fragrant Spanish rice, juicy diced tomato and creamy cheese sauce. After a mouthful, the 17-year-old remarked, "It tastes like a Chipotle bowl." But Deborah is nine miles away from the closest Chipotle location. And the chain takes no credit for the bowl's creation. In the hours leading up to that bite, school kitchen staff soaked rice grains in broth, chopped fresh vegetables and smoothed chunky blocks of cheese into oblivion. Lunch ladies cooked this "Fiesta Bowl" from scratch. In Farmersville ISD, gone are the days of canned fruit, sugar-loaded cinnamon rolls and breakfast cereal.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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