Breakfast Menu Planning

• Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals USDA, FNS-303; (Revised 2008) - This resource is designed for food production staff and provides guidance on the various menu-planning options available to local school systems, as well as background on the nutrition goals and guidance on modifying menus to meet those goals.
• Breakfast in the Classroom Handout with Sample Menus.
• Breakfast Grab n' Go Handout with Sample Menus.
• Breakfast Bright Ideas
• School Breakfast Menus on the Web - This list of schools, large and small, have their menus on the web. Why not see what great ideas Wisconsin schools have come up with for breakfast. If you would like your school to be added to this list please contact Julie Cox
• Prototype Production Plan
• Prototype Transport Sheet for Lunch, Breakfast or After School Snack Program
• Team Nutrition School Nutrition Programs 2011 Events Calendar

Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2010: Nutrition Standards (Meal Pattern Requirements)

• Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs Final Rule - Federal Register 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220
  • Most Current Guidance on Nutrition Standard Including Available Resources

Components of Food Based Menu Planning

• Meal Patterns
• DPI SNT Webcasts on Menu Planning - Four recorded presentations taped in August 2011 as part of the summer School Nutrition Skills Development Courses (SNSDC)
• Child Nutrition (CN) Labels and Product Fact Sheets
  • Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling Program Reminders - USDA Guidance Memo, November 29, 2011
  • Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements (MPR) - USDA Guidance Memo, June 3, 2010
  • Required Documentation for Crediting of Food Items - Memo from June Paul, SNT Director, April 27, 2010
    • Sample Product Formulation Statement
    • Reviewer Checklist for Evaluating Manufacturer Filled in Sample Product Formulation Statement for Meat/Meat Alternate Products
• Meat/Meat Alternates
  • Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products - USDA Guidance Memo, February 22, 2012
  • Shelf-stable, Dried Snacks Made from Meat, Poultry, or Seafood - USDA Technical Assistance, June 15, 2011
  • Questions and Answers on Alternate Protein Products
  • Sample Product Formulation Statement (Product Analysis) for Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) Products
  • USDA Q & A on Yogurt Regulation
  • Kraft American Singles - USDA Guidance Memorandum
• Grains/Breads
  • Grain Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program - USDA Guidance Memo SP 30-2012, 4/26/2012
  • Grains/Bread Section (3) of the Food Buying Guide - For assistance with calculating grains/bread component for Child Nutrition Programs.
  • Key Points of the Grains/Breads Instruction
  • Worksheets for Crediting Grains/Breads Products
    • Purchased Products
    • Recipes
  • Partial List of Whole Grain Foods used by the DPI Breakfast Pilot Grant Schools
  • Procurement and Service of Whole Grain Products - USDA Policy Memorandum
• Fruits and Vegetables
  • Frozen Fruit Products and Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs - USDA Guidance Memo, February 24, 2012
• Milk
  • Regulations on Fluid Milk Substitutions
  • Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches - USDA Guidance Memo (March 21, 2007)
  • Fluid Milk Provisions -- Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo - USDA Guidance Memo (September 23, 2004)
• Offer Versus Serve
  • DPI SNT Webcast Offer Vs Serve (OvS): Is that Breakfast REALLY Reimbursable? August 23, 2011
  • Clarification on the Use of Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meal Service - USDA Guidance Memo (May 17, 2011)
  • USDA's Offer Versus Serve in the School Nutrition Programs
  • Breakfast Tray Graphics
    1. Select 4 items
    2. Select 3 or 4 items
• Pre-Packaged Commercially Purchased Meals

Miscellaneous

• DPI SNT Webcast Dietary Guidelines for Americans - 2010 August 18, 2011
• DPI SNT Webcast What's the Scoop on Portion Control? August 23, 2011
• DPI SNT Webcast The Perfect Production or 30 minutes to Keeping "Great" Production Records! August 22, 2011

For questions about this information, contact Julie A. Cox (608) 267-9206

Last updated on 5/2/2012 1:47:49 PM