TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST MEAL PATTERN ( 5 DAY)



| |Group I ages 1-2 |Group II ages 3-4 |

|Food components |Minimum Quantities per Day |

|Milk |6 fluid ounces |6 fluid ounces |

|Two Choices required | | |

| |Whole milk required to be offered, and at least one other |Must be fat-free (unflavored/flavored) or 1% low-fat |

| |reduced fat variety |(unflavored) |

|Meat or Meat Alternate (M/MA) |1 ounce |1 ½ ounces |

|Lean meat/poultry, fish, alternate protein products, cheese | | |

|Large egg |½ egg |¾ egg |

|Peanut butter or other nut or seed butters |2 tablespoons |3 tablespoons |

|Cooked dry beans and peas |¼ cup |3/8 cup |

|Yogurt |4 ounces or ½ cup |6 ounces or ¾ cup |

|No more than 50% of the following may be used to meet the M/MA component: Peanuts, |½ ounce (must be used in combination with any of the above) |¾ ounce (must be used in combination with any of the above) |

|soy nuts, tree nuts, seeds | | |

|Grains |5 servings per week |8 servings per week |

|Whole-grain or enriched. One serving is a slice of bread or an equivalent serving of|½ serving per day |1 serving per day |

|biscuits, roll, etc., or ½ cup cooked rice, macaroni, noodles, or other pasta | | |

|Fruit or Vegetable |½ cup |½ cup |

INSTRUCTIONS:

Your menu template will be reviewed by a Registered Dietitian for adequate components and acceptable products.

Please send one of the following forms of documentation for each item that consists of 2 or more ingredients:

• Recipe that includes the ingredients and ingredient amounts by weight and volume

• USDA-Authorized CN Label (provide a digital photo or photocopy of the CN Label and the nutrition facts with ingredient list), or

• Product formulation statement on manufacturer’s letterhead that demonstrates how the processed product contributes to the meal pattern requirement and digital photo or photocopy of the product’s nutrition facts with ingredient list.

|Agreement # |Sponsor |Contact Name |Age Groups |Grade Groups: | |

| | | | |Pre-K & Headstart | |

| Daily |Fat Content | | | | |

|Milk | | | | | |

| |Fluid oz. | | | | |

-----------------------

Notes

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download