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Meal Pattern Minute: Gluten
What is gluten?
Meal Pattern Minute: Plantains
Are plantains credited as a fruit or a vegetable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: CACFP Funds for a Garden
Can CACFP funds be used for supplies for an edible garden?
Meal Pattern Minute: Sourcing Local Foods
Where can local foods be sourced to serve in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Rhubarb
Does rhubarb credit as a fruit or a vegetable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Verifying CN Labels
How do you know if a CN Label is still valid?
Meal Pattern Minute: Preventing Cross-Contact
How can cross-contact be prevented when serving participants with allergies?
Meal Pattern Minute: Cross-Contact
What is cross-contact?
Meal Pattern Minute: Cross-Contamination
What is cross-contamination and how can we create safe food preparation environments?
Meal Pattern Minute: The Danger Zone
In terms of food safety, what is the “danger zone?”
Meal Pattern Minute: Corn Masa
Is corn masa creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Vegetables for Grains in Tribal Communities
Can providers who serve primarily Native Americans and Alaska Natives substitute vegetables for grains?
Meal Pattern Minute: Taking Food Offsite
July 19, 2024 View this post on Instagram A post shared by National CACFP Sponsors Assoc. (@nationalcacfp) Serving Child and Adult Care Food Program meals helps children and adults gain access to nutritious foods on a consistent basis. Some centers or family child care home may provide breakfast, lunch/supper, and/or snack to those in their…
Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Nuts and Seeds
Can peanuts, tree nuts, seeds or soy nuts be served to meet the full meat/meat alternate component for a meal?
Meal Pattern Minute: Writing Medical Statements
Who is able to write a medical statement?
Meal Pattern Minute: Medical Statements
What is a medical statement, and why might one be needed in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Frozen Fruit Juice Bars
Can frozen fruit juice bars be credited for reimbursement in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Amaranth
What is amaranth and how is it used in the CACFP?