Menu Planning
General Guidance |
Crediting Foods |
Food Safety |
Nutrition Facts Label
Sample CACFP Menus |
Snacks |
Special Diets
Sugars Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt |
Vegetables
General Guidance
- CSDE Menu Planning Guidance Series
- Best Practices for Menu Planning (National CACFP Association)
- Cycle Menus (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Resource List for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Resources for the CACFP Meal Patterns (CSDE)
- USDA Memo CACFP 15-2016: Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern
Crediting Foods
- Guide to Meeting the CACFP Adult Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements
- Crediting Commercial Processed Products (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Crediting Foods Made from Scratch (CSDE's Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Crediting Foods in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
- CSDE Operational Memo No. 7A, 9C-16 and 9H-16: Requirements for Documenting CACFP Meal Pattern Contribution of Processed Foods
Nutrition Facts Label
- CARE Connection Online Training: CACFP: Navigating Nutrition Facts Labels (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- Reading Food Labels for Allergens (CSDE's Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers webpage)
- Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP (USDA webpage)
Sample CACFP Menus
- Breakfast Cold: Sample Cold Breakfast Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- Breakfast Hot: Sample Hot Breakfast Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- Lunch Cold: Sample Cold Lunch and Supper Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- Lunch Hot: Sample Hot Lunch and Supper Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
- Snack: Sample Snack Menus for CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE)
Snacks
- Cycle Menus for Child Care: Preschoolers (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- Let's Make a Snack: Child and Adult Care Food Program Snack Menu Planner for Children 3 Through 18 Years of Age (USDA)
- Serving Snacks in the CACFP (USDA)
- Snack Inspiration: Menus with 240 Snack Ideas (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Special Diets
- Resource List for Special Diets in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Special Diets in CACFP Adult Day Care Centers (CSDE webpage)
Sugars Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt
- Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals in the CACFP (USDA)
- Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt in the CACFP (USDA)
- Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)
- Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)
Training
- CACFP Cooking Videos (USDA webpage)
- CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series (USDA): Topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements
- CACFP Meal Pattern Training Slides (USDA webpage)
- CACFP Training Tools (USDA webpage)
- CARE Connection Online Training: Step-by-Step Menu Planning (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- More training: Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)