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Protected: Cool Summer Broccoli Salad

June 20, 2018

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Filed Under: Food Service Recipe, Summer

Kale: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

  Toss torn, local kale with your lettuce on the salad bar, add minced or shredded kale to your recipes for entrees, side dishes, and sauces, incorporate kale in soups, stews, and sauteed greens, add baby kale to sandwiches, toss minced kale in place of fresh spinach into pasta, or share kale as a taste test item. Agriculture…

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Filed Under: Autumn, Featured for Registered

Tomatoes: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

  Tomatoes can be added to salads like Roasted Corn and Tomato Salad and shared on the salad bar or added as a salad topping on the bar. Add them to your recipes for entrees, side dishes,  pasta sauces, and sun-dried tomatoes are a great addition in dressings! Incorporate them into toppings for entrees like tacos, create…

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Filed Under: Featured for Registered, Summer

Grains: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

LOCAL GRAINS Local grains can be added to cold salads like Asian Wheat Berry Salad. Grains like cornmeal, flour and barley can be added to your recipes for baked goods, side dishes, casseroles, and soups. You can make Crunchy Popped Grains (wheat berries) and serve them as a topping on just about anything, or use them…

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Filed Under: Featured for Registered, Winter

Plums: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

LOCAL PLUMS Plums can be added to salads or placed on the salad bar.  Add them to your recipes for baked items or cut them up in a fruit salad. Use them on the breakfast line or in a breakfast recipe, or serve them as a snack. Plums make a sweet taste test item! Agriculture Facts:…

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Filed Under: Autumn, Featured for Registered

Protected: Honey: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

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Filed Under: Featured for Registered, Winter

Pumpkins: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

LOCAL PUMPKINS You can include pumpkin in a side dish, in a bakery item like Pumpkin Squares, in a breakfast item like Cinnamon Pumpkin Bread, as a spread like a Granny Smith and Pumpkin Butter on rolls or bread, or as a taste test item.  Add pumpkin to your recipes for soup. Pumpkin can also…

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Filed Under: Autumn, Featured for Registered

Carrot Joy in a Jar

June 20, 2018

 3.5.3208 Adapted from: Babble.com What a fantastic way to interest little eaters in a healthy and fun dessert! Serving in individual glass jars adds interest and will peak your kids’ curiosity.  This is a CACFP winter and autumn recipe for carrots and local grains. Cooking and prep level: Basic. Prep Time25 min Cook Time30 min…

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Filed Under: Autumn, CACFP Recipe, Winter

Melons: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

LOCAL MELONS You can include melons on the salad bar, in a fruit dish like Cantaloupe Salsa, as a breakfast fruit, in a fruit cup at snack time, or in a taste test. Included on this website are featured curriculum connections for melons, along with recipes for food service departments and for students and their families….

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Filed Under: Featured for Registered, Summer

Broccoli: Registered Sites Page

June 20, 2018

  You can include broccoli in a cold salad on the salad bar, as a stand-alone side dish, in an entree like a pasta, in Mac and Cheese, or as a taste test item. Included on this website are featured curriculum connections for broccoli, along with recipes for food service departments and for students and…

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Filed Under: Autumn, Featured for Registered, Summer

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