School lunches have never been the healthiest or even the most appealing, but when you’re hungry sometimes you have to make sacrifices and force yourself to pretend that the school chicken is actually chicken. Despite whether you’re too lazy to pack your own lunch or just don’t have the ability to and your only option is to buy a school lunch, your fellow pats have provided some tips to improve the experience.

Megan Clark’s “Closest Thing You’ll Get to Chipotle at FHS” Salad.

Ingredients:

Beans

Corn

Apple Slices

French Dressing

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

Sun Chips (the more the merrier)

Steps:

Order the Salad and then mix in the Sun Chips

Eat and enjoy!

“Chips and Salsa”

“You can create your own salsa with the options from the salad line. You can use the dressing and toppings like beans, tomatoes and cheese and then buy the Tostito Chips,” said Madame McElwee.

Ingredients:

Tostito Chips

Salad line options

Steps:

Order salad topping

Dip chips

Enjoy!

The “Traditional Pizza and Ranch” Tip

“I’ve been doing this since middle school. It honestly makes it taste so much better,” said Junior Terry Tan.

Ingredients:

Pizza

Ranch Dressing

Steps:

Dip pizza in ranch.

Pour ranch on pizza.

Or if you’re feeling really wild, do both!

Overall, school lunches are already unorthodox so might as well experiment with new ways to improve the taste and possibly quality. If you have any tips, let us and everyone else know so we can get through this the best way we can.