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Food Purchasing for Child Care Centers

Food Purchasing for Child Care Centers. Section 2: Menus (Step 1). Lesson Objectives. The learner will be able to. explain why planning menus is the first step in the food purchasing process and state three resources for planning menus. Menus (Step 1).

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Food Purchasing for Child Care Centers

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  1. Food Purchasing for Child Care Centers Section 2: Menus (Step 1)

  2. Lesson Objectives The learner will be able to • explain why planning menus is the first step in the food purchasing process and • state three resources for planning menus.

  3. Menus (Step 1) Plan the menus before buying food.

  4. Never . . . . . . buy food and then try to find a place for it on the menus.

  5. Menu Resources Feeding Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Nutrition Programs

  6. Menu Resources Building Blocks for Fun and Healthy Meals

  7. Menu Resources Child Care Recipes: Food for Health and Fun

  8. Updated Recipes NFSMI Web Site: www.nfsmi.org/Information/cc_recipe_index_alpha.htm

  9. To get a copy . . . • contact your State Agency or check these Web sites: • http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/feeding_infants.html • http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/buildingblocks.html • http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/childcare_recipes.html • http://www.nfsmi.org/Information/cc_recipe_index_alpha.htm

  10. Practice Center • Name: Oak Street Child Care Center • Type: small, independent • Location: a community of 10,000 • Days open: Monday–Friday • 52 weeks/year • except certain holidays

  11. Practice Center • Cycle menus • CACFP serving sizes for • infants 4–7 months old • infants 8–11 months old • children 1–2 years old • children 3–5 years old

  12. Oak Street Child Care Center

  13. Pages 8, 9, and 10 Menus Recipes www.nfsmi.org/Information/cc_recipe_index_alpha.htm

  14. Menu for Children: Day 1

  15. Menu for Children: Day 1

  16. Menu for Children: Day 2

  17. Menu for Children: Day 3

  18. Menu for Children: Day 4

  19. Menu for Children: Day 5

  20. Pages 11, 12, and 13

  21. Menu for Infants: Day 1

  22. Menu for Infants: Day 2

  23. Menu for Infants: Day 3

  24. Menu for Infants: Day 4

  25. Menu for Infants: Day 5

  26. This training was conducted by the National Food Service Management Institute The University of Mississippi www.nfsmi.org 800-321-3054

  27. National Food Service Management InstituteThe University of Mississippi • Mission: To provide information and services that promote the continuous improvement of child nutrition programs • Vision: To be the leader in providing education, research, and resources to promote excellence in child nutrition programs

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