ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE SERVING A REIMBURSABLE BREAKFAST?

The menu pattern requirements are the same for both Traditional or Enhanced breakfasts. They each need four required menu components. There is only one breakfast grade group which is K-12.

1. Milk

2. Juice – Fruit – Vegetable

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Select one serving from each of the following components,

two from one component, or an equivalent combination

3. Grains – Breads

4. Meat – Meat Alternates

Refer to USDA blue Meal Pattern Requirements and Offer Versus Serve Manual and USDA Team Nutrition binder, A Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals for further guidance.

A Breakfast Program Self Quiz

Liberty School implements the enhanced menu pattern for grades 1-12. Students are allowed to decline 1 required component. Do the following menus meet program requirements?

Menu Student Takes Reimburseable

Breakfast?

A. 4 oz. orange juice 4 oz. orange juice ____ Yes ____ No

2 slices toast 2 slices toast

2 T. peanut butter

½ pint fluid milk ½ pint fluid milk

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B. ½ cup fruit cup ½ cup fruit cup ____ Yes ____ No

l- lg. hard cooked egg

1 slice whole wheat toast ½ sl. Whole wheat toast

8 fluid ounces milk 8 fluid ounces milk

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C. 4 oz. Comm. Peach cup ____ Yes ____ No

2 (1.1 oz. each) Pancakes 1 Pancake

½ pint fluid milk 2 (½) pints milk

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D. 1 Comm. Uncrustable PBJ 1 Uncrustable PBJ ____ Yes ____ No

(1 m/ma; 1.25 g/b)

1 whole fresh apple

8 fluid oz. Choc. milk 8 fluid oz. Choc. Milk

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E. ½ cup diced pears ¼ cup diced pears ____ Yes ____ No

¾ cup Ready to Eat Cereal

1 slice (.9 oz.) Raisin Toast 1 slice raisin toast

1 slice crisp bacon 1 slice crisp bacon

½ pint 1% fluid milk ½ pint fluid milk

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F. ½ c. Strawberry Yogurt ½ cup Yogurt ____ Yes ____ No

1 (0.9 oz) English Muffin 1 English Muffin

2 tsp. Honey

4 oz. Apple Juice 4 oz. Apple Juice

½ pint 1% Milk

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G. 1 Comm. Toasted Cheese Sand. 1 Cheese Sandwich ____ Yes ____ No

(2 m/ma; 2 g/b)

4 oz. Tomato Juice 4 oz. Tomato Juice

8 oz. fluid 1% Milk

Answers to the Breakfast Program Self Quiz:

A.Yes B.No C.No D.Yes E.No F.Yes G.Yes

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