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Self tutorial on website 12 Food Buying Guide Calculator

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Food Buying Guide Calculator: Ground Beef

Foods in this section do not meet the requirement for any component  Ketchup  Mustard  Chili sauce  Salad dressing  Syrup  Cream cheese  Egg product (frozen egg whites/yolks)  Bacon  Coconut  Jams, jellies, preserves  Pickle relish  Popcorn  Potato chips or potato sticks  Pudding  Dried or evaporated milk 15

Crediting Handbook for the CACFP

Production Record Exercise: Determining Amounts Prepared

AgesEst. Meal Count M/MAAmt. Needed 1 & 27x1 oz=7 oz 3 – 513x1.5 oz=19.5 oz x2 oz=18 oz Adult5x2 oz=10 oz Total amount of m/ma needed for lunch: 54.5 oz

Cooked or Raw Ground Beef? Cooked

Food Buying Guide page Food As Purchased, AP 2 Purchase Unit 3 Servings per Purchase Unit, EP 4 Serving Size per Meal Contribution 5 Purchase Units for 100 Servings 6 Additional Information BEEF GROUND, fresh or frozen Beef, Ground, fresh or frozen Market Style no more than 30% fat Pound11.21 oz cooked lean meat9.01 lb AP = 0.70 lb cooked, drained, lean meat Pound /2 oz cooked lean meat 13.5 Divide the number of servings needed by the number of servings you will get per purchase unit oz ÷ 11.2 oz = 4.87 lb Round up to 5 lbs = Amount of raw ground beef to prepare Locate the food in the Food Buying Guide in the form you intend to purchase (Column 1), then locate the form of the food you intend to serve (Column 4). Refer to (Column 2) to find the purchase unit. Refer to (Column 3 & 4) for the number of servings & serving size you will get per purchase unit.

Tomato Sauce Mixed Fruit Ground Beef Spaghetti Noodles Whole 1% 5 lbs (raw)

 The Amounts Required, based on the meal pattern and number of children, were calculated for you in the Meal Preparation and Production Records presentation Meal Preparation and Production Records  The calculations are on slides 26-40

How many pounds of bananas do we need? 1)Need cups total 2)Convert cups to ¼ cups; ÷ 0.25=105, ¼ cups 3)105, ¼ cups ÷7.07=14.85, round up to 15 lbs

How many 14 oz boxes of Cheerios® will be needed? Serving Size (1 cup): 28 gm Servings per container: 14 Box size: 14 oz 1)Need 33 ounces in total 2)33 ounces ÷ 14 = 2.36, round up to 3-14 oz boxes

How many gallons of milk are needed for whole & skim?

Scenario B: Day 1 (Monday) Breakfast

How many French toast sticks will each child need? Serving Size: 5 sticks (114 gm) Serving per box: 4 Grains/Bread Chart, Group E How many boxes are needed? 2) 6-12 year olds need 63 grams for 1 serving 5 sticks x 63 gm = 315 ÷ 114 gm = 2.76, 3 sticks 1) 1-5 year olds & adults need 31 grams for ½ serving 5 sticks x 31 gm = 155÷114 gm = 1.36, 2 sticks 1) Figure out how many sticks in total are needed: 1-5: 50 x 2=100 sticks 6-12: 10 x 3=30 2) 4 servings/box x 5 sticks=20 sticks per box 3) 130 sticks ÷ 20 = 6.5 boxes, round up to 7 boxes

Scenario C: Day 2 (Tuesday) Breakfast

How many pounds of chicken do we need to prepare? 1) Need 67.5 oz m/ma in total 2) 67.5 ÷ 11.2 = 6.03, round up to 6.25 lbs

How many pounds of frozen veggies will we need for this meal? 1)Need 11 cups 2)Convert 11 cups to ¼ cups; 11 ÷ 0.25 = 44, ¼ cups 3)44, ¼ cups ÷10.6 = 4.15, round up to 4.25 lbs

How many number 10 cans are needed for the pineapple? 44, ¼ cups ÷ 31.8 = 1.38, round up to 2, no. 10 cans

How much rice is needed for this meal service? 1)Need 12 ½ cups 2)Convert 12 ½ cups to ¼ cups; 12.5 ÷ 0.25=50, ¼ cups 3)50, ¼ cups ÷32=1.56, round up to 1.75 lbs dry rice

Scenario D: Day 1 (Monday) Lunch

How many servings of the Fiesta Wrap recipe will need to be prepared to meet the minimum amounts for the M/MA? 1 Fiesta Wrap : 1 oz m/ma & 1 GR/B 1) 1 Wrap x 15 (1-5 year olds) = 15 wraps 2) 1 ½ Wraps x 35 (3-5 year olds, adults) = 52.5, 53 wraps 3) = 68 wraps, make the recipe for 100 servings

Scenario E: Day 2 (Tuesday) Lunch

How many fish sticks are needed for each child? Total: 30 sticks sticks = 135 fish sticks need to be prepared 2 Fish Sticks = 1 oz m/ma, ½ GR/B 1-2 Year Olds 1 oz ÷ 1 = 1 serving 1 serving x 2 fish sticks = 2 sticks per child 2 sticks x 15 = 30 sticks for 1-2 year olds 3-5 year old, adults: 1.5 oz ÷ 1 = 1.5 servings 1.5 servings x 2 sticks =3 sticks per child 3 sticks x 35 = 105 sticks for 3-5 year olds & adult

How much coleslaw should be prepared? 1)Need 11 cups in total 2)11 cups ÷ 0.25 = 44, ¼ cups 3)Need to make 50 servings

How many pounds of fresh cantaloupe are needed? 1)Need 11 cups fruit 2)Convert 11 cups to ¼ cups; 11 ÷ 0.25 = 44, ¼ cups 3)44, ¼ cups ÷ 5.73 = 7.67, round up to 7.75 lbs

Scenario F: Day 4 (Thursday) Lunch

How many slices of cheese should 1-5 year olds (plus adults) receive? 6-12 year olds? - Snack NOTE: 1 ounce = grams How many slices of cheese per child? 1)1-5 year olds, adults need ½ ounce m/ma: 50 x ½ slice = 25 slices 2)6-12 year olds need 1 oz m/ma: 20 x 1.5 slices = 30 slices How many packages of cheese are needed? 1)25 slices + 30 slices = 55 slices 2)55 slices ÷ 11 slices per package = 5 packages

Scenario F: Day 4 (Monday) Snack

How many recipes of the Peanut Butter muffins will have to be prepared for this snack? 1 Muffin = 1 GR/B, Recipe yields 18 muffins 1)Need 45 servings of GR/B in total 2)45 servings ÷ 18 muffins = 2.5, round up to 3

How many granola bars are needed for each child? ® 1 bar = 24 gm Group E of the Grain Bread Chart 1-5 year olds & adults need 31 grams 1 x 31 gm = 31 gm ÷ 24 gm = 1.29, 2 bars 6-12 year olds need 65 grams 1 x 63 gm = 63 gm ÷ 24 gm = 2.625, 3 bars How many total granola bars are needed? 1)1-5, adults: 50 x 2 = 100 2)6-12: 20 x 3 = 60 3) = 160 bars

Scenario F: Day 4 (Wednesday) Snack

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