Helping Students Discover a Variety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
SAGE StandardsSAGE Standards #2 and #3: We use fresh fruits and vegetables and we offer fresh salads and house-made dressings. What We Do We offer two kinds of fresh-cut fruit every day, serve fresh fruit salad every Friday, and offer fresh fruit as an alternative to sugary dessert items. We serve fresh vegetables daily, including one plain steamed veggie, as an accompaniment to our main entree. We also offer grilled and raw veggies for sandwiches and wraps, and to accompany our...
5 Rules for Picking Summer Produce
Nutrition, Sustainability, From Our Kitchen, GardensHave you ever bought produce only to find it's too ripe, or not ripe enough? It can be challenging to choose perfect produce every time. We've put together five simple rules to guide your purchases this summer: Trust your sense of smell. The scent of some produce can help determine whether it's ripe. Fruit should smell fragrant, particularly melons, berries and stone fruits like plums, peaches and nectarines. Handle with care. Ripe fruits like plums should yield to gentle pressure...
Make Room for More Fruits, Vegetables & Whole Grains
Nutrition, From Our KitchenAre you looking for an easy way to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains? When planning your meals, don't be afraid to take meat off of the menu! Traditionally, Americans view meat as their main source of protein. However, there are plenty of non-meat protein sources, such as beans, lentils, tofu, seitan, tempeh, nuts, seeds, quinoa, amaranth, and oats, that provide a wide variety of valuable nutrients, fiber, and healthy fats. Vegetables provide protein as well - peas, asparagus...