New Resources

Focused on nutrition and wellness in child care settings, Mealtime Memo is a monthly electronic newsletter specifically intended for child care professionals participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). It provides research-based best practices for planning, preparing, and serving nutritious, safe, and child-friendly meals in child care settings operating the CACFP.

As of February 2024, Mealtime Memo is now available in downloadable PDF format.

January Mealtime Memo: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Foods

February Mealtime Memo: Family Style Meal Service

March Mealtime Memo: Best Practices to Improve Nutrition in the CACFP

Visit TheICN.org/MEMO for all current and past issues.

Shaking It Up! Small Flavors Lead to Big Changes

Summer Food Service Program Training Resources

It is that time of year to begin training Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites for summer 2024. ICN has FREE resources available to help train your sites. These SFSP resources are available in English and Spanish, and all can be downloaded at no cost.

Included in the download list:

• Food Safety Training Guide
• Food Safety Tips Poster
• How to Properly Use Disposable Gloves Poster
• How to Properly Wash Your Hands Poster

Incluido en la lista de descargas:

• Guía de Entrenamiento sobre Alimentaria Seguridad de las Comidas en Verano
• Sugerencias de seguridad alimentaria cartel
• Utilice correctamente los guantes desechables
• Como lavarse las manos correctamente

iLearn

Q1 Campaigns

National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign celebrated every year in March, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. We are honored to participate in such an integral campaign that focuses on the importance of making healthy food choices and helping people develop healthy habits.

Training Opportunities

Upcoming Conferences

The Child Nutrition Recipe Box provides child nutrition program operators with recipes:

• To prepare healthy and delicious meals that meet meal pattern requirements
• That are standardized to provide meal pattern crediting information for meal pattern components
• Made with legumes, whole grains, and vegetables from vegetable subgroups, including dark green, red, and orange vegetables

Visit TheICN.org/CNRB to search and downlad all recipes available.

La caja de recetas de nutrición infantil (Child Nutrition Recipe Box) le proporciona a los operadores de Programas de Nutrición Infantil recetas:

• para pareparar comidas saludables y decliciosas que cumplen con los requisites del patron de comidas
• que están estandarizadas para proporcionar la información de acreditación de los components del patrón de comidas
• preparadas con legumbres, granos integrals y vegetales incluyendo los subgrupos de vegetales de color verde oscuro, rojo y anaranjado

TheICN.org/CNRB-ES

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