MPM Vegetables Archives

Meal Pattern Minute: Plantains

Are plantains credited as a fruit or a vegetable in the CACFP?

Can providers who serve primarily Native Americans and Alaska Natives substitute vegetables for grains?

Can you credit tomato-based pizza sauce as a vegetable component?

Can store-bought tomato soup be credited as a vegetable in the CACFP?

Can pumpkin pie fit into the meal pattern? You might be surprised to learn the answer!

Veggie straws are made using vegetables, but do they credit in the CACFP?

There are sugar limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt. Do any foods have sodium limits?

Full-strength juice can be served once per day in place of the fruit component, but can juice be served with milk for snack?

The CACFP has minimum serving sizes for reimbursement – are there maximum serving sizes?

Cucumbers credit as a vegetable in the CACFP, so what about pickles?