Breakfast Menu Planning

• Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals USDA, FNS-303; (Revised 2008) - This resource is designed for food production staff and provides guidance on the various menu-planning options available to local school systems, as well as background on the nutrition goals and guidance on modifying menus to meet those goals.
• Breakfast in the Classroom Handout with Sample Menus.
• Breakfast Grab n' Go Handout with Sample Menus.
• Breakfast Bright Ideas
• Breakfast Tray Graphics
  1. Select 4 items
  2. Select 3 or 4 items
• School Breakfast Menus on the Web - This list of schools, large and small, have their menus on the web. Why not see what great ideas Wisconsin schools have come up with for breakfast. If you would like your school to be added to this list please contact Julie Cox

Components of Food Based Menu Planning

• Child Nutrition (CN) Labels and Product Fact Sheets
• Meat/Meat Alternates
  • Questions and Answers on Alternate Protein Products
  • USDA Q & A on Yogurt Regulation
  • Kraft American Singles - USDA Guidance Memorandum
• Grains/Breads
  • Grains/Bread Section (3) of the Food Buying Guide - For assistance with calculating grains/bread component for Child Nutrition Programs.
  • Key Points of the Grains/Breads Instruction
  • Procurement and Service of Whole Grain Products - USDA Policy Memorandum
• Milk
  • Regulations on Fluid Milk Substitutions
  • Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches - USDA Guidance Memo (March 21, 2007)
  • Fluid Milk Provisions -- Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo - USDA Guidance Memo (September 23, 2004)

For questions about this information, contact Julie A. Cox (608) 267-9206

Last updated on 9/8/2009 1:01:57 PM