re: I had no idea how Michelle's lunch rules were set up

It's far worse than you realize. They must use wheat pasta and breads, brown rice, and each meal must have a certain calorie value. But they go further, you must ensure that each food group is included but in specified limits. Her guidelines actually classify spaghetti sauce with meat as a vegetable. Kids hate the fricking wheat pasta and the brown rice. My wife has to deal with this every day, the person that has to do the "recipes" for the meals has a nightmare job.