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Home-Style Cooking in Small Batches
Our “back to basics” approach to school nutrition has enabled us to get to the heart of what matters: serving wholesome, great tasting food and teaching students to make nutritious meal and snack choices, thus setting the stage for our children to enjoy a more enriching educational experience.
We prepare our food in small batches, with wholesome ingredients, just like you do for your own families. By cooking in small amounts throughout café serving times, our meals remain fresh and delicious, from the first minutes of service to the last student through our doors. Our purchased items, including meat, produce, and other ingredients, are delivered fresh or flash frozen, and often come from local vendors. Our culinary-trained executive chefs have tested and refined our recipes, incorporating seasonal food trends and regional taste preferences. Wherever possible, we do “scratch cooking,” making our own sauces, soups, marinades, and gravies. We add fresh herbs and spices for the best flavors. The result is wholesome foods made from simple, natural ingredients.
Breakfast Menus
Studies show an increase in both attention skills and knowledge retention when children begin their day with a balanced, nutritious breakfast. Furthermore, children who skip breakfast are at a higher risk for obesity due to overeating later in the day, slower metabolisms, and the tendency to choose less healthy food options. School breakfast is a convenient, nutritious way to start the school day!
Lunch Menus
A healthy lunch is a critical component to the overall educational experience, nourishing the body and setting the stage for a day of learning and knowledge retention. We offer age-appropriate lunch menu options at each grade level. For secondary school students, we offer a food-court style environment with a wide variety of wholesome menu choices.
Accommodating Special Dietary Needs
We work closely with students, parents, and school nurses to provide nutritional, allergen, and ingredient disclosure on the menu items we serve and accommodate doctor-prescribed special diet plans. Allergen information can be viewed on our interactive menus. We also maintain an allergen “right to know” station on every serving line, which includes a detailed listing of all of our food products separated by allergen food categories. In addition, detailed ingredient information is available for our freshly prepared menu items, as well as manufacturer labels for every pre-packaged item (i.e., snacks) through our food service director on site.