Child Nutrition Program – Operator Submitted Resources

These culinary training lesson plans can be used by school food service directors or managers to train staff on knife skills, standardized recipes, mise en place, measuring techniques, and yield tests. Each lesson plan includes a video designed to help users better understand each process.

The local food learning activity sheets can be used to educate students about foods that are found in school lunch and breakfast menus. The learning activity sheets provide physical activities, learning activities and taste testing activities that can be implemented in classrooms to teach students about 12 different foods.

The food fact sheet posters can be used to educate students about foods that are used in the school lunch and breakfast program. Food fact sheet posters can be on display in the cafeteria or anywhere throughout the school building.

The menu posters were designed for school food service directors and managers to be utilized as menu posters to assist students in selecting meal choices that make a reimbursable meal. In particular, the Build a Healthy Breakfast menu poster is designed to encourage school food service staff to print and …

The guide to procuring local foods will help school food service directors procure local food for their school nutrition program. The guide will help determine where and when to purchase local foods, the amount to purchase, food safety practices to consider when using local foods and how to apply the …

This lesson plan can be used by school food service directors or managers to train staff on knife skills. Each lesson plan includes a video designed to help users better understand the process.

This lesson plan can be used by school food service directors or managers to train staff on mise en place. Each lesson plan includes a video designed to help users better understand the process.

This lesson plan can be used by school food service directors or managers to train staff on standardized recipes. Each lesson plan includes a video designed to help users better understand the process.

This lesson plan can be used by school food service directors or managers to train staff on knife skills. Each lesson plan includes a video designed to help users better understand the process.

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the White chicken Chili recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the Spicy Meatball recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when incorporating …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the Gourmet Crispito recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when incorporating …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the Easy Cheesy Breakfast Bake recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the Chicken Vegetable Bowl recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the Chicken Ramen recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when incorporating …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the chicken lo mein recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the chicken enchilada recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when incorporating …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the chicken and vegetable quesadilla recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the cheesy bacon grits recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider when …

This lesson plan is intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare the apple cinnamon crumb muffin recipe. The lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe and evaluation questions to consider …

These lesson plans are intended for food service directors or managers who want to train staff on how to prepare twelve different recipes. Each lesson plan contains tips on preparing the recipe, suggestions on training school nutrition staff to make the recipe, and evaluation questions to consider when incorporating the …

This toolkit is a guide for implementing Healthy Habits Start Early, a garden-based nutrition program for home childcare providers and child care centers that supports and improves healthy eating practices. This toolkit includes menu ideas, Iowa gardening tips, parent engagement tools, progress tracking tools, and advice for safely adapting to …

This resource provides recipes to prepare healthy and delicious meals that meet meal pattern requirements and the optional best practices to further improve nutritional quality of the meal served.

This set of BINGO card includes ways to incorporate nutrition and physical activity into the classroom on a monthly basis. As a class, review the BINGO card at the beginning of each month as a way to set goals related to wellness in the classroom. Brainstorm additional ideas to fill …

These lessons are based on the USDA's Team Nutrition Serving Up MyPlate Curriculum that introduces the importance of eating from all five food groups using the MyPlate icon and a variety of hands-on activities. They have been condensed to be delivered in a 30 minute sessions.