LUNCH Menu December 2015-February 2016 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Substitutions made based on medical or religious reasons on an individual basis. LUNCH Menu December 2015-February 2016 Milk Apricots Green Beans Meatballs Pineapple Spinach Salad Cheese Pizza Grapes Corn Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla Orange Broccoli Rice Baked Fish Scandia Honeydew Sweet Potato Tots Hamburger Banana Peas Beef and Macaroni Mixed Fruit Cauliflower Pigs in a Blanket Pears Pita Wedges Chix Mix Peaches Sugar Snap Peas Tuna and Noodles Apples Mixed Vegetables Toasted Cheese sandwich Mashed Potatoes Hot Roll Salisbury Steak Tropical Turkey/Ham Sandwich Carrots Sunshine Roll-up Snow Peas Sailboats Oranges Salad Oven-baked Parmesan Chicken Strawberries Beef Burrito French Fries Hotdog Poppin’ Pasta Pita Pocket Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Chicken Nuggets Instructions: Type your school name & location at the top left Enter your menu items in the 4-week menu Double click on the 4 week chart Select the day that you would like to input your menu items Use Alt+Enter to go to the next line of text (you cannot simply press enter) Notice that your text will appear in the fx bar above Highlight the appropriate days in the 5 month calendar below Double click on the 5-month calendar chart Select the days that you would like to highlight (hold the Ctrl key to select more than one day or week at a time to highlight) Use the Fill Color button on the Home Tab to fill in with the appropriate color coding NUTRITION BITES: Make fruit more appealing: Make a fruit smoothie by blending fat-free or low-fat milk or yogurt with fresh or frozen fruit. 95% of Americans still aren’t eating enough whole grain. Whole grains give kids the energy they need to be active and play sports!1 Many children in the US fall short of meeting calcium, folate, iron, zinc, Vitamins A, D, E, fiber and whole grain recommendations. The intake of dairy products is especially important to bone health during childhood and adolescence, when bone mass is being built.2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. USDA. MyPlate.gov. http://www.myplate.gov.