Assignment: Take a typical school lunch menu item and tailor it to include more nutrition, also meeting USDA guidelines.
Lunch: Pizza and granola bar
Team 1: Julie, Dana, Reba, Shelly
- Changed the pizza dough to be 1/3 whole wheat flour
- Added baked sweet potato and carrot to our pizza sauce
- Cut our granola and fruit bars into cut out shapes to appeal to children
- Drizzle raspberry reduction over the bar for dipping
Our presentation
Team 2: Jo, Naomi, Karen, Krista
- 50:50 whole wheat to regular flour
- reduced fat cheese sticks with marinara dipping sauce
- make your own taco pizza
- fruit and granola bar with nonfat yogurt to dip
Jo is a great chopper.
Our guest judges
Team 2 won but I think we both succeeded in designing healthy versions of a not-so-nutritious lunch.
TIPS:
- Play with vegetables in your sauces. You will be amazed at the flavors they provide
- Kids LOVE shapes. Buy crazy cookie cutters and turn any boring snack into fun
- Buy low fat cheeses
- Take the time to plan for kids. The effort is worth the time when you're kids grow up with healthy eating habits
looks like a fun competition. i would have loved to participate in culinary school as part of my foodservice rotations.
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