Posts Tagged ‘meal pattern’
Meal Pattern Minute: Crediting Bean/Pea Noodles as Meat/Meat Alternate
How can you credit pasta noodles that are made from beans or peas?
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Lactose-Free Milk
Is lactose-free milk also dairy free?
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Sugar in Muffins and Sweet Crackers
The CACFP has sugar limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt – what about other foods that can be high in sugar, like muffins and sweet crackers?
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Read More12 Nutrient Dense, Shelf-Stable Foods
It’s helpful to have a mix of fresh, frozen, canned and packaged foods in your kitchen for all of your cooking and eating needs. Our partners at the International Food Information Council (IFIC) spotlighting twelve nutrient-dense, shelf-stable foods to include on your shopping list. These foods in particular can help reduce the frequency of your grocery trips and can decrease food waste.
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Tomato Soup
Can store-bought tomato soup be credited as a vegetable in the CACFP?
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Ounce Equivalency for Meat
When determining ounce equivalency of meat, is that done before or after it is cooked?
Read MoreJanuary Policy Update
Since our last policy updated, there has been new legislation introduced, waivers approved, guidance released, as well as an Interim Final Rule for SFSP rural, non-congregate feeding. There have also been multiple research papers published regarding the CACFP. Check out the recent policy updates below!
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Substituting Cheese By Volume
If you had a recipe that called for one cup of shredded cheddar cheese, could you replace it with one cup of Parmesan cheese and have the same ounce equivalency?
Read MoreMeal Pattern Minute: Goat’s Milk
Can you serve goat’s milk in the CACFP?
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