Menu Planning

General Guidance  |   Breakfast  |   Crediting Foods  |   Food Safety
Lunch|   Nutrition Facts Label  |   Snacks  |   Special Diets
Sugars Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt  |   Vegetables

General Guidance

• CSDE's Menu Planning Guidance Series for the Preschool Meal Patterns
  • Guide to Meeting the Preschool Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements for the School Nutrition Programs
  • Guide to Meal Service Requirements for Preschoolers in the School Nutrition Programs
  • Guide to Menu Documentation for the School Nutrition Programs
• Cycle Menus (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Menu Forms and Production Records (CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School 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)
• Resources for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Resources for the Preschool Meal Patterns (CSDE)
• Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
• Sample CACFP Menus ("Menu Planning " section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
• Serving School Meals to Preschoolers (USDA)
• USDA Memo CACFP 15-2016: Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern

Breakfast

• Cycle Menus for Child Care: Preschoolers (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• It's Breakfast Time! Child and Adult Care Food Program Breakfast Menu Planner for Children 3 Through 18 Years of Age (USDA)
• Sample Menus for CACFP Child Care Programs ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)

Crediting Foods

• Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Guide to Meeting the Preschool Meal Patterns and Crediting Requirements for the School Nutrition Programs
• Noncreditable Foods in the Preschool Meal Patterns for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Food Safety

• Food Safety for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Lunch

• Cycle Menus for Child Care: Preschoolers (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Sample Menus for CACFP Child Care Programs ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)

Nutrition Facts Label

• Reading Food Labels for Allergens ("Food Allergies" section of CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP (USDA)

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)
• Sample Menus for CACFP Child Care Programs ("Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for CACFP Child Care Programs webpage)
• 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 School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)

Sugars Limit for Breakfast Cereals and Yogurt

• Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals in the CACFP (USDA)
• Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)
• Crediting Breakfast Cereals in the Preschool Meal Patterns for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
• Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt in the CACFP (USDA)
• Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars (USDA)
• Crediting Yogurt in the Preschool Meal Patterns for the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)

Vegetables

• Serving Vegetables in the CACFP (USDA) 
• Vegetable Subgroups in the CACFP (CSDE)