Technical Assistance Tools and Resources for Successful Menu Planning in the New School Year

USDA Food and Nutrition Service sent this bulletin at 09/17/2019 09:00 AM EDT
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September 17, 2019

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Technical Assistance Tools and Resources for Successful Menu Planning in the New School Year!

Check out the Offer Versus Serve Lunch Posters and Tip Sheets!

Available Online! The Offer versus Serve (OVS) Lunch Posters and Tip Sheets for Lunch and breakfast help students and cafeteria staff implement OVS successfully. Download these Offer Versus Serve resources today!

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Easily Calculate your Grains Contribution with the Exhibit A Grains Tool!

Use the Exhibit A Grains Tool to figure out the meal pattern contribution of commercial grain products. Check out the tool today on the Food Buying Guide (FBG) Interactive Web Tool and FBG Mobile App!

Be in the Know with Crediting Updates!

Do you have question on the newly creditable food items? Check out the Crediting Updates for Child Nutrition Programs: Be in the Know! Webinar Series for guidance and hands-on practice! 

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USDA Standardized Recipes News!

USDA’s standardized recipes for school meals and the Child and Adult Care Food Program will soon be available on The Child Nutrition Recipe Box, hosted by the Institute of Child Nutrition. We’ll be gradually adding all of our recipes to the Recipe Box over the next few weeks. On September 20, 2019, the What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl recipe website will be transitioning to ChooseMyPlate.gov and will focus on recipes for households. If you wish to save and download any recipes or cookbooks that you may have on the current site, please do so before September 20, 2019. Please be aware that your current What’s Cooking credentials and content will no longer be accessible after Friday September 20, 2019.”