Beyond The Cafeteria | June 2025

Looking for a little inspiration to help boost your menu? Welcome to our column featuring bites of nutrition knowledge and insight for your team’s menu creation needs | Pisanick Partners Edible Education Slicing up Inspiration for your Menu and More!

Families are excited to receive their box, which contains ingredients to make a recipe along with some use - ful kitchen equipment to ensure they have the tools needed to make the recipe and build their own kitchen supplies. Soup pots, food choppers, baking sheets, knives and cutting boards are among some of the items that have been included.

INNOVATE

What started as a way to stay con- nected with and provide family engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic has grown in popularity.

Looking for a little inspiration to help boost your program and menu? Welcome to our column featuring bites of nutrition knowledge and in - sight for your team’s menu creation needs. When thinking about our im - pact beyond the cafeteria, it didn’t take us long to select our focus! This month, we are excited to share the impact of our popular Out of the Box Cooking Series. This program has helped to foster food exposure, culinary training and nutrition edu- cation for the families of preschool- ers through our collaboration with a local Head Start program. Use this as some food for thought, curated and ready to serve up some quick and easy strategies for suc - cess!

LEARN

PONDER

Families enjoy the opportunity to ex- plore new foods and recipes while engaging in the kitchen with their children. Sessions have been built around themes such as: making homemade favorites like homemade pizza and macaroni and cheese; recipes for a better breakfast and healthier snacks; soup and salad; and building a balanced plate.

I’m sure you’ve seen the many sub- scription box businesses where you can get periodic deliveries of curat- ed goods, in which subscribers ea- gerly await their monthly deliveries. Whether it be clothing, cosmetics, food, or pet goods, the unboxing brings excitement and wonder (and gets the tail wagging!) at the possi - bilities that can be mustered with the box items. We’ve witnessed this same excitement when participants of our Out of the Box Cooking Series open their boxes.

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