Showing posts with label child nutrition food conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child nutrition food conference. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Can I serve French fries everyday as long as I include 3% milk?
I really wasn't sure what to expect when I signed up to attend the school nutrition association's annual conference.
I, however, was pleasantly surprised. Great things are happening in school nutrition and I think the more excited we get about it the more excited the kids will be.
Yesterday, I got to hang out with Jill Jayne from Jump with Jill. We did things like this...
I, however, was pleasantly surprised. Great things are happening in school nutrition and I think the more excited we get about it the more excited the kids will be.
Yesterday, I got to hang out with Jill Jayne from Jump with Jill. We did things like this...
I also got to meet the Tyson chicken and the pilsbury doughboy.
School meals will still continue to have five components but instead of fruits and veggie being combined they will now be seperate groups.
What does that mean to you?
It means in an offer vs. serve district your child can no longer receive a qualifying meal without taking a fruit or a veggie.
Before, a sandwich and a milk was a reimbursable meal. Now we get to say cool things like.
"Slow down, Sam, and get some yams."
"Pick up some beets, Pete."
"Stop with the boos and jeers and try some pears."
Now it might come as a shock to you that not everyone is super receptive to change.
GASP.
Some people (thankfully no one I work with) just want to serve fries and pizza everyday.
But it is time to say goodbye to those days.
Pizza is now on whole grain crust.
The "fries" are really sweet potatoes.
The chocolate milk is fat free.
Who knows, before the end of the year I might get your kiddo to try some arugula.
What does that mean to you?
It means in an offer vs. serve district your child can no longer receive a qualifying meal without taking a fruit or a veggie.
Before, a sandwich and a milk was a reimbursable meal. Now we get to say cool things like.
"Slow down, Sam, and get some yams."
"Pick up some beets, Pete."
"Stop with the boos and jeers and try some pears."
Now it might come as a shock to you that not everyone is super receptive to change.
GASP.
Some people (thankfully no one I work with) just want to serve fries and pizza everyday.
But it is time to say goodbye to those days.
Pizza is now on whole grain crust.
The "fries" are really sweet potatoes.
The chocolate milk is fat free.
Who knows, before the end of the year I might get your kiddo to try some arugula.
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- I'm a 41 year old (gasp) freelance writer, school cafeteria manager, wife and mother. I have three children and one anxious and overweight beagle. I use my blog to make others laugh, to share some cool crafts, to document my lunchlady adventures and to lament about the challenges faced by us all on the journey called life. Thanks for visiting. Please leave some crack...um...I meant some comments.
