press release:
On Thursday Oct. 6, Seattle Public Schools Nutrition Services Department will launch at West Seattle’s Roxhill Elementary School the first of five Family Nights aimed at introducing new recipes developed in partnership between chefs from Seattle Schools and the Tom Douglas Restaurant Group. Other elementary schools scheduled to host recipe tastings include Concord Oct. 13, Maple Oct. 20, Emerson Oct. 27 and Van Asselt Nov. 10.

The event is not a public event but rather meant for staff and families to get familiar with new food offerings.

Nutrition Services has spent the past several months working with the restaurant group’s chefs to develop a variety of new school lunch menu items, ranging from Monterey Jack Cheese Enchiladas with Homemade Green Chili Sauce to Pan Fried Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables.

These Family Nights are aimed at providing staff, students and families a chance to sample “tasting bites” of the new menu items before SPS begins serving them in schools. The first recipe – Butternut Squash Curry with Chicken served over Couscous – will appear on school lunch menus in December.

What: Tasting bites of new menus for Roxhill staff and families

When: Thursday, Oct. 6

Where: Roxhill Elementary
9430 30th Ave. S.W.
Seattle, WA 98126

Time: 5-5:30 p.m. Staff tasting
5:45-6:15 p.m. Families and student tasting bites
(Note that Roxhill’s open house will follow immediately after the tasting)

Sample menus to be tasted:
Butternut Squash Curry with Chicken served over Couscous
Monterey Jack Cheese Enchiladas with Homemade Green Chili Sauce
Pan Fried Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables
Tuscan Greens and Bean Ragout (with Turkey Sausage)
Pollock Provencal (an oven baked white fish with tomatoes, onions, olives and capers)