1. Module 3: Choosing Healthy Foods for Kids Cooking Matters EXTRA for Center-Based Child Care Professionals NATIONALLY SPONSORED BY

2. CACFP: Child and Adult Care Food Program A program of the US Department of Agriculture Provides reimbursement for meals that meet requirements, which helps pay some of the cost of feeding children in child care An important piece of the solution to childhood hunger Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 2

3. CACFP and Nutrition Studies show that children in CACFP receive meals that are nutritionally better than those served to children in child care settings without CACFP. Children on CACFP have higher intakes of key nutrients, fewer servings of fats and sweets, than children in non-participating care. 3

4. CACFP Meal Components

5. CACFP Components, by Meal Type Meal TypeMilkF/VBread/ Bread Alt Meat/ Meat Alt BreakfastXXXNot required Lunch/SupperXXXXX Snack Two of the four components required Can’t offer two liquids or two produce

6. MyPlate

7. MyPlate: Examples! Source: http://blogs.usda.gov/

8. MyPlate: Examples! http://blogs.usda.gov/

9. MyPlate: Examples! http://blogs.usda.gov /

10. The Nutrition Facts Panel

11. What Is a Whole Grain? Whole wheat Bulgur Brown rice Oats Whole corn (not degerminated) Quinoa Buckwheat Amaranth Teff Whole or hulled barley Whole kamut Millet Sorghum Whole spelt Triticale Wild rice

12. What Is a Whole Grain?

13. Questions? Cooking Matters EXTRA for Center- Based Child Care Professionals was developed with support from the Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation