Transcript Team Up for School Nutrition Success Presentations on Menu Planning

Menu Planning
Tilwanja Lucas, Child Nutrition Director
Onslow County Schools
Jacksonville, NC
Onslow County Schools
Child Nutrition Overview
 26,267 Students
 38 sites
 21 Elementary Schools
 1 Early Childhood Center
 8 Middle Schools
 7 High Schools
 1 Learning Center
 42.70 % Free and Reduced
 17,071 ME daily (SBP, NSLP, ASSP)
 18.52 MPLH
What would you
like to see for
Breakfast?
Student Taste Test Survey
________________
Food Name
“I Tried It”
____________
Test Date
“I Like It ”
“I Don’t Like It”
•Students all grade levels
•Staff
•Administrators
Student Taste Test Survey
________________
Food Name
“I Tried It”
____________
Test Date
“I Like It ”
“I Don’t Like It”
School Breakfast Meal Pattern
What is our
competition?
Local Breakfast combos$1.00 menus
$1.90 sandwich and coffee
That stuff is fatty!
What can we offer comparably?
October Breakfast Menus
November 2013
November 2014
Our
cycle
menu
Breakfast Cycle 3 wks (Red- HS only, Blue- K-8)
Monday
Week 1
Scooby doo
Week 2
Elf Grahams
Sweet Potato
Swirl or Yogurt
Parfaits
yogurt
Sweet Potato
Swirl or Yogurt
Parfaits
Tuesday
Chicken
Sausage
Biscuit
Egg & Cheese
Biscuit
Sweet Potato
Swirl or Yogurt
Parfaits
Thursday
Friday
Ham/ Cheese
Biscuit
Breakfast Hot
Pocket
Eggo Mini
Pancakes
(blueberry)
Chicken
Biscuit
Cereal- Apple
Jacks
Eggo Mini
Pancakes
(Maple)
Wild Mikes
Maple Sticks
Cereal- Froot
Loops
Strawberry
Poptart
Blueberry
Muffin
Cinnamon
Poptarts
yogurt
Week 3
Choc/ Chip
Gripz
Wednesday
Banana Muffin
Steak Biscuits
High School
ALL Cereal
k-8 Frosted
Mini Wheats
yogurt
Breakfast
Pizza
Breakfast
Bagel Pizza
CerealFrosted
Flakes
Juice Daily 4
oz
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Grape Juice
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Fresh Fruit
Daily
(Use L/O at
lunch daily)
Fresh Apple
Fresh Pear
Raisins or
frozen fruit
(commodity)
Grapes or
DOD produce
Fresh
Oranges
*peaches
during early
fall
Lunch Meal Pattern
Consider off site competition
What are students eating in town?
What are the demographics in your town?
How can you offer what they like and still meet the
meal pattern?
Considerations
Price
 USDA Commodities
 Current Plate costs
 Operating balance
 Participation by status
Availability
 Can you process this to bring
down costs?
 Are staff trained to prepare from
scratch
 How often can you afford to
offer?
 Will the usage warrant bringing
in to distributor?
Plan a cycle menu
 Exhaust old product first
 Create new fun names
 Offer recipe challenge for staff or students, even
teachers 
CYCLE
MEAL PATTERN
 Use vegetable Subgroups by day to ensure compliance
 Plan based on favorites Sandwich of the day (chicken filet, burgers, Sloppy Joe)
 Tastes of the border ( tacos, chicken fajitas)
 Oodles of noodles (Yakisoba, Spaghetti, Beef-aroni)
 Fish Fridays (Fish Sandwich, Fish Taco, Fish Fry basket)
 Meatless Monday (Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Mac & Cheese, Cheese
Breadsticks / Marinara)
 South Eastern Carolina (Red hot dog, BBQ Pork, Roasted Chicken
 Faithful Friends- Pizza & Chicken Nuggets, Pork Chop sandwich
I know what they want,
now what?
Plan your work;
WORK YOUR PLAN
K-8 Lunch Cycle Menu (Daily titles start DEC)
Monday
Meatless
Week 1
Meatless
Monday-Grilled
Tuesday
“Toodles”
Yakisoba
Wednesday
“Cantina”
Salisbury
Steak
Hot Dog
Biscuit
Grilled
Chicken
Nuggets
Cornbread
Pork Chop
Sandwich
Cornbread
Spaghetti
Chicken Fajita
Pork BBQ
Corn Dog
Grilled
Chicken
Nuggets
Biscuit
Sloppy Joe
Chicken Filet
Friday
Fishing w/
Pizzazz
Chili
Chz
Daily Special
Thursday
“SE NC
Fair”
Catfish taco
Pizza
Bread where
needed
Week 2
Cheese Bread
Stick Bites
Daily Special
Chicken Filet
Cornbread
Bread where
needed
Fish Filet
Pizza
Cornbread
Week 3
Macaroni &
Cheese
Cheeseburger
Mac
Turkey Taco
Roasted
chicken
Catfish
Grilled hicken
Nuggets
Pizza
Chicken Filet
Hamburger/
Cheeseburger
Meatball Sub
Daily Special
Biscuit
Cornbread
Biscuit
Biscuit
Cornbread
Fresh Apple
Fresh Pear
Raisins or
frozen fruit
(commodity)
Grapes or
DOD produce
Can Fruit
Peaches
Baked apples
Frozenstrawberries
Peaches
Polish ice
Applesauce
Fresh
Oranges
*peaches
during early
fall
Mixed fruit
Veg
Other
Red/ Orange
Legumes
Red/ Orange
Starchy
Tossed
Salad
Green Beans
Green Peas
Corn
Tossed
Salad
Carrots
Sweet
Potatoes
Stewed
Tomatoes
Tossed Salad
Tossed
Salad
Tomatoes
Carrots
Sw. Potatoes
Tossed Salad
Bread where
needed
Fresh fruit
Other &
Additional&
Leafy Greens
Blackeye
Peas
Northern
Beans
Pinto beans
Lima Beans
Potatoes
(crinkle cut,
tater tots,
mashed)
Dk Gr- ½ C
R/O- 3/4 C
Leg- ½ c
Starchy ½ C
Other ½ C
Lunch Menus 2013 and 2014
Food is only healthy when
it is eaten…
Give them what they like, don’t make it hard to feed
hungry children.