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Ultimate Meal Pattern Throwdown. ONE Training for Staff. Throwdown Challenge. Tackle your responsibilities related to the Healthy School Meal Pattern Identify the 5 components in the Lunch Meal Pattern. Throwdown Challenge. Claim to Fame. Set-up. Complying with the new requirements.
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Ultimate Meal Pattern Throwdown ONE Training for Staff
Throwdown Challenge • Tackle your responsibilities related to the Healthy School Meal Pattern • Identify the 5 components in the Lunch Meal Pattern
Throwdown Challenge Claim to Fame Set-up Complying with the new requirements • School meals • Recently revised meal pattern
Your Mission Learning – healthy school meal pattern Receiving – invoices, grocery list Preparing – standardized recipes Serving – portions, components Counting – reimbursable meals
1. Meats/Meat Alternates 2. Fruits 3. Vegetables 4. Grains 5. Milk 5 Food Components
Vegetable Subgroups • Dark Green (romaine, broccoli, spinach) • Red/Orange (carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes) • Beans/Peas (legumes; kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas) • Starchy (corn, green peas, white potatoes) • Other (onions, green beans, cucumbers)
Vegetables • Leafy greens credit at half volume 1 cup = ½ cup vegetable • Legumes (dry beans/peas) may be credited as vegetable OR meat alternate
Labeling • Important Nutrients: • Calories • Saturated Fat • Trans Fat • Sodium
ThrowdownTrans Fat • All products must be trans fat free • Exception: Naturally-occurring trans fat
Take Down Sodium • Compare like products and choose the one with less sodium • Drain and rinse canned products • Use herbs and seasonings instead of salt in recipes
Throwdown Challenge • Tackle your responsibilities related to the Healthy School Meal Pattern • Identify the 5 components in the Lunch Meal Pattern
Wrap Up SHOUT OUTS! • What was new to you today? • What will you share with your co-workers? • What will you share with your supervisor?
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