Summer mealtime changes: Please update us at [email protected] with summer mealtime changes and schedules if going out of the home during a snack or meal.
Annual Renewal Forms will be mailed or delivered beginning in July. Please complete them promptly and return to us. The Enrollment Renewal Report and Application can be signed, scanned and then emailed to us or the signed forms may be mailed to our office. [email protected] or 3131 Smokey Pt Dr Ste 5A, Arlington, WA 98223.
2021 Annual Provider Traiining Webinar! Please keep a watch for our email link. WE are preparing the training webinar now to be available in August. Be ready with your staff to complete the webinar before our September deadline.
July header Holidays:4th Independence Day; 9th Nat’l Motorcycle Day; 17th World Snake Day; 20th Moon Day; 23rd
Summer Olympics; 27th Walk on Stilts Day; 29th Int’l Tiger Day
Starting October 1, 2021, all program operators will be reqruied to use ounce equivalents (oz.eq.) when menu planning. Training on this change will be included in our annual training webinar.
Grains are an important part of meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). To make sure children and adults get enough grains at CACFP meals and snacks, required amounts for the grains component are listed in the meal pattern as ounce equivalents (oz. eq.). Ounce equivalents tell you the amount of grain in a portion of food.
Check out Team Nutrition's Recipes for Child Cares. All of these healthy recipes are low in total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium. With fun names like Porcupine Sliders, Smokin' Powerhouse Chili, and Squish Squash Lasagna, these kid-tested, kid-approved recipes are sure to please children and be an instant hit!
The recipes in the cookbook feature recipes to entice kids to eat and enjoy foods both children and adults should consume more of: dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains.
