Sandwich ideas

http://www.parents.com/recipes/cooking/kid-friendly-food/lets-do-lunch/

Her are some ideas for fun and different sandwich fillers. Just be sure to add enough of each component to meet serving amount guidelines.

Essential Nutrition for Kids

http://www.everydayhealth.com/kids-nutrition/essential-nutrition.aspx?xid=cs_cocr_nl&xid=nl_EverydayHealthDietandNutrition_20090708

A New Look Inside Babies\' Minds

A New Look Inside Babies\' Minds

August Mandatory Trainings

Tonight is the first of the mandatory trainings for this month. It is from 6-9 PM at the Day Nursery Lilly Center in the training room.

The next trainings are:

8/18/09 6-9 PM
8/26/09 6-9 PM
8/29/09 8-11 AM

All trainings are at the Lilly Center 3522 Central Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46205

English Muffin Pizza
Ingredients:
1 split English Muffin
pizza sauce
pizza cheese (shredded)
your favorite toppings such as: mushrooms, pepperoni, green pepper, hamburger,sausage, bacon...etc.
Directions:
1. Toast your English muffins.
2. Spread pizza sauce evenly on muffin halves.
3. Sprinkle cheese on top and add your toppings!
4. Put on tray and put into toaster oven set on broil. Cook for about 5 to 10 minutes

This is a fun and easy recipe that the children can prepare themselves. Just make sure enough cheese and/or meat is added to meet the minumim serving amount for the meat/meat alternate component.

Learn more about Paths to QUALITY

Learn more about becoming a Paths to QUALITY provider with this fun and informative webpage!

http://www.sandersnet.com/ftp/ptq/media/paths_main.html

Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs has been expanded and updated. It has a great new look, with an updated design, including color-coded tabs for each section, pictures, new charts and graphics. There are hundreds of new food items and much, much more.

Printed: November 2001

Revised: January 2008

For School Food Service: CD copies of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs and the Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals will be packaged in a dual mailer and will be available to order in Fall 2008.For Child Care Centers: A CD copy of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs will be available to order in Fall 2008.

To download the guide follow this link...

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/foodbuyingguide.html