some of the top sellers in our cafeterias! To make it easy for staff to utilize the pizza dough, get the best results from the product, and give some recipe ideas we created an easy how-to video for kitchen staff. The local tortilla chips have been featured in a completely local Black Bean Fiesta Salad recipe. Farm to school efforts in the cafeteria offers the opportunity to create connections in the classroom and make the classroom an extension of the cafeteria! A variety of already created resources are available to teach about local food lessons. Partners with educators across various disciplines in your school to support local food education activities. Teaching students about food systems and where their food comes from
If you currently don’t utilize any local foods on your menus, perhaps start small by showcasing a simple Harvest of the Month recipe. These Harvest of the Month recipe videos have been created to spark creativity and show how easily recipes can be created that will add new interest in your menus.
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Local or national food celebrations days and events, such as the Great Lakes Apple Crunch , that is celebrated every October in the Great Lakes region, offers the opportunity to take one food item and showcase it in a simple recipe, as in this baked apple recipe or this apple monkey bread muffin recipe . This kitchen manager went even further by engaging her community with this creative video that highlighted her ‘crunch day’ efforts. Once you get comfortable with adding a few local items to your menus, consider taking the next step with a local menu takeover DAY or week. Using local items on your menus can happen with more than just produce. Build interest in your menus with locally sourced value add products. What food vendors are in your area with a product that kids would be excited to see on their school menus? Locally sourced pizza dough and tortilla chips happen to be
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