Step Up Illinois School Meals
with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Meal Planning

Recipes

Links to Available Resources	Fruits / Veggies	Whole Grains	Calcium- Rich Foods	Lean Protein	Low Fat
Best Practices: Handling Fresh Produce in Schools	x
Delivering More: Scaling Up Farm to School Programs	x
Have You Heard The Buzz About Whole Grains?		x
Hawaii Team Nutrition's Whole Grain Recipes		x
North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction, Practical Nutrition: Pathways to a Quality School Foodservice	x	x	x	x	x
Recipes for a Crowd Large Quantity Recipes	x	x	x	x
Rice Bowls: balanced nutrition with a low bottom line	x	x		x	x
School Food Service Quantity Recipe Page	x	x	x	x	x
School Meals That Rock: Healthy ideas from schools across the U.S.	x	x	x	x	x
School Nutrition Association (SNA) Recipe database	x	x	x	x	x
The Lunch Box: A resource for meal planning with whole foods	x	x	x	x	x
USDA recipes, fact sheets, resources, and nutritional information for Beans	x	x	x	x	x
USDA Recipe Finder	x	x	x	x	x
University of Minnesota: Quantity Recipes for Beans	x	x	x	x	x

Cycle Menus and Strategies for Dietary Guidelines Implementation
(schools receiving or striving for HealthierUS School Challenge certification)

Links to Available Resources	Fruits / Veggies	Whole Grains	Calcium- Rich Foods	Lean Protein	Low Fat
K-12 Breakfast and Lunch Menu Templates	x	x	x	x	x
Eleven Illinois Schools Strive to Meet the Challenge!	x	x		x	x
Healthier Montana Menu Challenge	x	x	x	x	x
Illinois School Nutrition Success Stories	x	x		x	x
Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public School District Elementary School Menus	x	x	x	x	x
Prince William County Public Schools (Virginia)	x	x	x	x	x
TNT 2006 HUSSC Winning Menus from Bushnell-Prairie Elementary and Ridgeview Elementary

Nutrition Checkup

Links to Available Resources	Fruits / Veggies	Whole Grains	Calcium- Rich Foods	Lean Protein	Low Fat
Free Nutrition and Menu Planning Software for School Nutrition Association Members	X	X	X	X	X
Free Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals from Team Nutrition and USDA	X	X	X	X	X
Illinois NET Program's Practical Ideas for Dietary Guidelines Implementation	X	X	X	X	X
List of USDA Approved Nutrition Software for Purchase	X	X	X	X	X
Recommended Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools, CDC (for foods outside the school meal programs)	x	x	x	x	x
School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children, Institute of Medicine	x	x	x	x	x
USDA’s National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference	X	X	X	X	X

Food Preference Surveys

Links to Available Resources	Fruits / Veggies	Whole Grains	Calcium- Rich Foods	Lean Protein	Low Fat
Fruit and Vegetable Preference Survey	X
General Taste Test Survey	X	X	X	X	X
General Taste Test Survey	X	X	X	X	X
NFSMI Student Non-participation and School Lunch Experience Surveys - survey guide and results template included