Recipes

California Culinary Centers Standardized Recipes

Are you looking for recipes that meet the meal pattern requirements that you know your students will love? The California Culinary Centers Standardized Recipes web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/recipelist.asp is available on the California Department of Education website. This collection of school district culinary center recipes reflects a variety of strategies for scratch cooking, including using locally grown California produce and multicultural flavors that students love. Each recipe includes a photo, student taste tasting score, contribution to the meal pattern, and nutrient analysis. You will also find on the California Culinary Centers Standardized Recipes web page additional resources for recipe development, student engagement, and menu planning.

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Meatless Monday: A Win-Win Proposition

Meatless Monday was started by the U.S. government as a resource-saving measure during World Wars I and II. In 2003, it was revived by The Monday Campaigns in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to reduce meat consumption by 15 percent for our personal and planetary health. Implementing Meatless Monday at your school can help meet the demand for healthier meals, demonstrate the school’s commitment to sustainability, and spare animals from factory farms.

Here are other resources:
Recipes: http://www.bringfoodforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/HSUS-Plant-Strong-Entree-Recipes.pdf
Free Marketing Resources: http://humanesociety.org/mmresources
Logos: http://www.bringfoodforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoodForwardLogos.pdf
Toolkits: http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/eating/facts/meatless_monday_toolkits.html

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