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Recipe Finder
Find standardized recipes, quantity recipes, USDA recipes, recipes from industry and more in this searchable database. Preset searches are available for fruit, vegetable, whole grain, and bean recipes.

Taste Testing and Evaluating Recipes
Taste testing empowers students to make decisions about what is served, and often helps them change their food choices. Find evaluation forms and other tools to help conduct taste tests in your program.

Building Quality Meals: Standardized Recipes & Portion Control
National Food Service Management Institute.
Includes a glossary of cooking terms, charts of cooking utensils and their capacity, a portion control performance checklist, standardized recipe information, and a pre and post test for employees.

Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes
Vegetarian Resource Group.
Provides a wealth of vegan and vegetarian recipes. Also includes a section with tips for introducing vegetarian food into institutions.

Basics at a Glance
National Food Service Management Institute.
Gives a list of recipe abbreviations and easy-to-follow visual guide to weights and measurements.

Simply Good Eating Recipe Cards Volume I
University of Minnesota Extension Service.
A samplings of Volume I and Volume II recipe cards which can be purchased from the University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Fruit & Vegetable Recipe Search
Produce for Better Health Foundation.
Tips for adding more fruits and vegetables to your favorite foods.

Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style - With Every Heartbeat is Life
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
This recipe book has many African American favorite recipes, prepared in a heart-healthy way to be lower in fat, especially saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium.

Fruits & Vegetable Recipes
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Find delicious fruit and vegetables recipes by searching by type and meal/menu item.

School Food Service

USDA Recipes for Schools
USDA. FNS. Team Nutrition.
The updated recipes from the 1988 Quantity Recipes for School Food Service and the 1995 Tool Kit for Healthy School Meals are now available. These recipes have been edited and reflect the changes made in the newest edition of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs.

Measuring Success with Standardized Recipes
National Food Service Management Institute.
Online manual is a �how to� guide on recipe standardization for managers and cook-level employees.

Cooking with Whole Grains
Idaho State Department of Education. Child Nutrition Programs; 2010.
This training kit was developed to provide school foods service personnel with the knowledge and skills to comply with the New Nutrition Standards for Idaho School Meals for serving whole grains in their NSBP and NSLP programs.

Fruit and Veggie Quantity Recipe Cookbook
NH DHHS. Division of Public Health Services. Fruit and Vegetable Program.
A collection of recipes that meet the Fruits & Veggies-More Matters recipe criteria.

Whole Grain Recipes (PDF|420 KB)
Hawaii Team Nutrition; 2008.
Whole wheat recipes were developed with the assistance of chefs from a local Culinary Arts Program to increase consumption of whole grains in school meals.

For the Health of It, Kid Approved Recipe Contest
Framingham State University. The John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition.
View award-winning quantity recipes for schools in the following categories: Grains and Bread/Desserts; Main Dishes/Soups/Sandwiches; and Vegetables/Sauces/Salads/Dressings.

Apricot Food Service Recipe Box
Apricot Producers of California.
Provides quantity breakfast, entree, and dessert recipes that utilize apricots.

Avocado Recipes and Resources
California Avocado Commission.
Includes quantity recipes, tips for selecting, handling, and storing avocados, as well as other resources for food service.

California Cling Peaches- School Food Service
California Cling Peach Board.
Provides quantity recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, as well as a school kit, fun facts about peaches, and various activities for children.

California Raisin Food Service Recipes
California Raisin Marketing Board.
Provides storage and usage tips, as well as several quantity raisin recipes. Many of the recipes featured here were developed by the USDA as part of other publications.

Dried Plum Recipes for School Food Service
California Dried Plum Board.
Provides tips and recipes for using plums in school food service.

Grade A+ Egg Ideas and Information for Schools
American Egg Board.
Find school food service recipes, merchandising guides, a buyer's guide, and other tips for using eggs.

School Food Service Strawberry Recipes
California Strawberry Commission.
Smoothie, parfait, and dessert recipes using strawberries.

Turkey Recipes for Food Service
National Turkey Federation.
Searchable database of over 700 turkey recipes. Search for "school" to view a list of kid-friendly quantity recipes.

Child Care Providers

USDA Recipes for Child Care
USDA. FNS. Team Nutrition.
The recipes from the 1999 publication Child Care Recipes: Food for Health and Fun from USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program have been updated to reflect the changes made in the 2001 Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs.

Mealtime Memo for Child Care: Adjusting Recipes (PDF|128 KB)
National Food Service Management Institute.
USDA Recipes for Child Care are developed and tested to yield both 25 and 50 servings. Use these steps to adjust recipes to yield smaller amounts.

Making It Balance and Kickin' It Up- A Cycle Menu for Montana Child Care
Montana Team Nutrition. Montana Office of Public Instruction; 2006
This toolkit contains menus, with accompanying recipes and resources, to assist childcare providers in serving healthy meals which are cost effective, easy to prepare, and appealing to children.

What's Cookin' II
Nebraska Department of Education Nutrition Services.
The 171 new recipes, each with a suggested menu, have been child-tested and checked for nutrition quality, CACFP creditability, ease of preparation, and cost. There are also cooking tips and directions for increasing quantities.

Physical Activities and Healthy Snacks for Young Children
Team Nutrition Iowa. Iowa Public Television.
A collection of recipes for healthy snacks for young children. Each card provides a book title appropriate for young children relevant to the specific foods in the recipe. The recipes provide either a fruit, vegetable or bread/grain serving for snacks for 1 to 5 year olds according to the Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines.

Spanish/English Pictorial Recipes
Oregon State University. Multnomah County Extension Office.
English and Spanish versions of recipes that use illustrations to communicate food preparation techniques. Includes: Breakfast Burrito, Funny Face!, Peanut Butter Cookies, Carrot-Raisin Salad, Fruit Cocktail, Tuna Turnovers, Spicy Rice casserole, Anything Smoothie, Splendid Fruit Salad, and Orange Smoothie.

Last Modified: Feb 10, 2012