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Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals

The Menu Planner is designed to educate school food service staff on the link between nutrition and health. This nutrition resource includes chapters on meeting dietary guidelines and nutrition goals, food-based menu planning and nutrient standards, nutrient analysis, and basic principles and processes of menu planning. The Menu Planner also includes information about how to promote the school meals programs.

Printed: August 1998

Distributed: to all state agencies and to school food authorities for requests from schools.

Available: Only available in PDF:

• Cover Page
  
• Title Page
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1 You Can Meet the Nutrition Goals in a Variety of Ways
  
• Chapter 2 Food Based Menu Planning
  
• Chapter 3 Nutrient Based Menu Planning
  
• Chapter 4 The ABC's of Successful Menu Planning
  
• Chapter 5 Nutrient Analysis
  
• Chapter 6 Quality Meals: Good for Your Customers and Your Staff
  
• Chapter 7 Menu Planning Records
  
• Chapter 8 Marketing Your Product
  
• Appendix