Provides resources to help you create healthy, delicious menus that meet USDA requirements. Includes sample menus and food buying tips, as well as menu planning resources for:
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs USDA. FNS. Team Nutrition. This tool will help you buy the right amount of food most economically. It will help you determine the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.
Afterschool Snacks Cycle Menus USDA. Food and Nutrition Service. Provides two four-week cycle menus of healthy snacks based on the nutritional needs of children 6 to 18 years for programs with limited or traditional kitchen facilities.
Meal Planning and Preparation Resource List(PDF|192 KB) USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center. This publication is a compilation of resources for professionals involved in school food service. The resources are in a variety of information formats: articles, books and full-text materials on the World Wide Web.
Basics at a Glance Poster National Food Service Management Institute. Poster with recipe abbreviations, equivalent volumes and weights, scoop sizes, pan size/capacity chart, cutting diagrams for portioning, and metric equivalents.
How to Buy... USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service. Provides information on purchasing fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, and dairy products at the grocery store. Includes an alphabetical list of foods from each category with tips on what to look for when buying.
