These 5-week, seasonal menus offer increased whole grains, fruits and vegetables and legumes, optional locally grown Iowa produce, and healthy USDA Foods. Seven schools pilot tested the menus and recipes in Fall 2010.
Iowa Gold Star Cycle Menu tools include:
- Iowa Gold Star Cycle Menu (PDF | 64 KB)
- Iowa Gold Star Recipes (PDF | 1.03 MB)
- Iowa Gold Star Shopping List (PDF | 240 KB)
- Nutrikids Nutritional Analysis (PDF | 341 KB)
- Nutrikids Nutrition Analysis- MS Excel (XLS | 37 KB)
- Produce Merchandising
- Apple (JPG | 619 KB)
- Apricot (JPG | 651 KB)
- Banana (JPG | 574 KB)
- Green Bell Pepper (JPG | 576 KB)
- Red Bell Pepper (JPG | 581 KB)
- Black Beans (JPG | 607 KB)
- Blueberry (JPG | 627 KB)
- Broccoli (JPG | 698 KB)
- Carrot (JPG | 610 KB)
- Cauliflower (JPG | 623 KB)
- Celery (JPG | 576 KB)
- Corn (JPG | 562 KB)
- Cucumber (JPG | 536 KB)
- Grapes (JPG | 595 KB)
- Green Beans (JPG | 614 KB)
- Green (JPG | 638 KB)
- Hummus (JPG | 608 KB)
- Jicama (JPG | 535 KB)
- Kiwi (JPG | 598 KB)
- Lettuce (JPG | 611 KB)
- Melon (JPG | 620 KB)
- Orange (JPG | 612 KB)
- Pear (JPG | 579 KB)
- Peas (JPG | 622 KB)
- Pineapple (JPG | 607 KB)
- Potato (JPG | 612 KB)
- Raisins (JPG | 586 KB)
- Romaine (JPG | 587 KB)
- Spinach (JPG | 703 KB)
- Squash (JPG | 671 KB)
- Strawberry (JPG | 692 KB)
- Summer Squash (JPG | 600 KB)
- Sweet Potato (JPG | 685 KB)
- Tomato (JPG | 640 KB)
- Zucchini (JPG | 596 KB)
- Technical Assistance
- Bell Pepper Preparation (PDF | 2.13 MB)
- Butternut Squash Preparation (PDF | 1.25 MB)
- Carrot Preparation (PDF | 1.4 MB)
- Celery Preparatoin (PDF | 1.6 MB)
- Checking Food Temperatures (PDF | 1.05 MB)
- Food Scales (PDF | 1.06 MB)
- How to Hold a Chef Knife (PDF | 1.39 MB)
- How to Use a Chef Knife (PDF | 1.37 MB)
- Jicama Preparation (PDF | 1.39 MB)
- Knife Cutting Techniques (PDF | 84 KB)
- Measuring Flour (PDF | 1.57 MB)
- Measuring Techniques (PDF | 1.28 MB)
- Melon Preparation (PDF | 919 KB)
- Mise en Place (PDF | 1.73 MB)
- Onion and Garlic Preparation (PDF | 240 KB)
- Thermometer Calibration (PDF | 130 KB)
- Types of Knives (PDF | 699 KB)
- Washing Produce (PDF | 817 KB)
- Work Station Setup (PDF | 2.11 MB)
