Salad

Mercer High and King Middle Wednesday: Pizza or corndog, corn, salad and apple. Thursday: Cheeseburger or chicken patty, fries, baked beans and fruit. Friday: Sub sandwich or pizza, potato salad and fruit. Harlow Elementary Wednesday: Pizza or hotdog, tossed salad, corn and fruit. Thursday: Grilled cheese or sub sandwich, vegetable blend, dill spear and apple. Friday: Spaghetti with meatsauce and breadstick, or chili, cheese and chips, green beans, pears and vegetables with dip.

BOYLE HIGH SCHOOL Monday: Grab and go option or chef salad. Tuesday: Chili, crackers, grilled cheese, peaches and orange. Wednesday: Barbecue sandwich, baked beans, garden salad and banana. Thursday: Roast, gravy, whipped potatoes, carrots, fruit salad and roll. Friday: Grab and go option or chef salad. BOYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Monday: Soup, crackers, grilled cheese, peaches, orange wedges or salad box. Tuesday: Chicken pops, rice, green beans, pineapple and salad.

Elementary schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, or yogurt and toast; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Open face sandwich with gravy, beef and cheddar sandwich, peanut butter sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich or chef salad; mashed potatoes, steamed peas or fruit choice; milk choice. Middle schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, yogurt and toast, or Pop-Tart; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Round pizza, Bosco breadsticks with marinara, sack lunch, soup and sandwich or chef salad; corn, green beans, garden salad or fruit choice; cake; milk choice.

Elementary schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, or yogurt and toast; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Open face sandwich with gravy, beef and cheddar sandwich, peanut butter sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich or chef salad; mashed potatoes, steamed peas or fruit choice; milk choice. Middle schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, yogurt and toast, or Pop-Tart; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Round pizza, Bosco breadsticks with marinara, sack lunch, soup and sandwich or chef salad; corn, green beans, salad or fruit choice; cake; milk choice.

Boyle County Boyle Middle Other menu options and chef salad available daily. Monday: Scrambled eggs, sausage, gravy, hashbrowns, baked apples, orange and cinnamon toast. Tuesday: Soup, grilled cheese, peaches, vegetables with dip and juice bar. Boyle elementaries Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs or salad box and toast, steamed broccoli, salad and applesauce. Tuesday: Quesadilla or salad box, rice, vegetable blend and fruit. Danville Danville High Monday: Barbecue sandwich or chicken patty, macaroni with cheese, potato rounds and green beans.

Fresh Kentucky salad greens are a sure sign of the spring garden season! Whether you choose to grow your own or purchase from our farmer's market vendors, delicious salad greens make a refreshing and nutritious statement for your family meals. As you know, Bibb lettuce was developed by Major John Bibb in his Frankfort backyard. He soon shared his plants and seeds with friends and it became known as Bibb lettuce. There are many popular leaf lettuce varieties available including arugula, which has small, flat leaves with long stems and is similar to dandelion leaves with a peppery taste.

The recent days of extreme heat have made many of us scale back in the kitchen. While we may skip recipes that would require us to use our ovens, we don't have to skip on taste and good nutrition. Fresh vegetables are beginning to be harvested in backyard gardens and many of our Farmers Market Producers are selling local grown produce now as well. A great way to use these fresh vegetables and not spend a lot of time in the kitchen is with salads. Homegrown tomatoes are one vegetable that benefits from our hot, humid summer days.

Warm weather often means lighter, fresher eating. Salads are perfectly light, yet satisfying, and are a great way to incorporate all the beautiful fresh, seasonal summer fruits and vegetables taking over the grocery store produce department. Below are few simple salad suggestions, to make that humble bowl of lettuce a refreshing summer meal. The Greens:  Start your salad with a strong foundation of hearty greens. Iceberg, romaine, or green leaf lettuce are all a great start.

“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only tune in.” - George Washington Carver I learned to read at Poage Elementary School in Ashland. The library was located in the front of the school, as all school libraries should be. Across the wall in that library were biographies of great Americans. I think I read most of them because, though they were short, they were really good. In fact, most libraries across the country had them on their shelves.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Monday, Sept. 27 Choice of one: Pizza, chicken teriyaki with rice/egg roll. Sides: Garden salad, veggies with dip, fresh fruit, pear crisp. Tuesday, Sept. 28 Choice of one: Chicken nuggets with roll, hot ham and cheese sandwich. Sides: Sweet potato puffs, seasoned broccoli, fresh fruit, fruit cocktail, Jell-O. Wednesday, Sept. 29 Choice of one: Shrimp poppers with hush puppies, hamburger on bun. Sides: Trimmings, baked beans, French fries, coleslaw, fresh fruit, chilled peaches, fruit sherbet.

Boyle Boyle High Other menu options and chef salad available daily. Monday: No school Tuesday: Barbecue, baked potato, taco salad, chips, Texas toast, spicy chicken, baked or refried beans, sliced pears and baby carrots. Wednesday: Chicken fajita over rice, spaghetti and meatballs, Texas toast, cheeseburger, fries, California blend vegetables, pineapple, garden salad. Thursday: Salisbury steak, gravy, roll, Big Daddy pizza, corn, grilled and breaded chicken, baked potato, steamed broccoli, sliced peaches and oranges.

Elementary schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, or yogurt and toast; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Open face sandwich with gravy, beef and cheddar sandwich, peanut butter sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich or chef salad; mashed potatoes, steamed peas or fruit choice; milk choice. Middle schools Breakfast Sausage biscuit, cereal and toast, yogurt and toast, or Pop-Tart; juice or fruit; milk choice. Lunch Round pizza, Bosco breadsticks with marinara, sack lunch, soup and sandwich or chef salad; corn, green beans, salad or fruit choice; cake; milk choice.