{"id":3597,"date":"2011-12-13T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2013-08-07T21:21:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:21:57","slug":"chefs-move-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/chefs-move-to-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Chefs Move to Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Chefs Move to Schools program, run through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will help chefs partner with interested schools in their communities so together they can create healthy meals that meet the schools\u2019 dietary guidelines and budgets, while teaching young people about nutrition and making balanced and healthy choices.<\/p>\n

This program also provides schools with REALLY NICE tools to help both the school and the Chef.\u00a0 The kits contain All-Clad pans, an induction burner, utensils, bowls, a cutting board and knives, etc\u2026.\u00a0 $2,000 in total!<\/p>\n

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Kiwi–the before picture!<\/p><\/div>\n

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As an RD with a culinary background, it was a simple to apply for the grant and partner with my local school.\u00a0\u00a0 We utilize our Fuel Up to Play 60 grant money and the great equipment to prepare foods that are not on the monthly menu.\u00a0 Once a month we have a \u201cTasting\u201d lunch, where the Food Service Manager and myself prepare a new fruit\/vegetable, low-fat dairy item or whole grain item for the students to taste.\u00a0 Then we poll everyone to see if it\u2019s a keeper or not.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great way to test items that we want to add to increase the nutrient density of the children\u2019s meals!\u00a0 So far we\u2019ve had fresh strawberries and kiwi!\u00a0 Dairy and whole grains are on our list.\u00a0 The students get EXTREMELY excited about these tasting days, and so do I.<\/p>\n

I talk to people about healthy eating every day, but rarely do I get to be part of helping individuals actually try to!\u00a0 This is a win-win for everyone involved.\u00a0 I challenge my fellow RD\u2019s and Chef Friends to partner with their local school to promote healthy eating!\u00a0 It\u2019s not hard, and everyone benefits!<\/p>\n

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Kiwi–the after picture!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Chefs Move to Schools program, run through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will help chefs partner with interested schools in their communities so together they can create healthy meals that meet the schools\u2019 dietary guidelines and budgets, while teaching young people about nutrition and making balanced and healthy choices. This program also provides schools with REALLY NICE tools Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,780],"tags":[580,581,49,59,582,77,168,555,145,212,51,241,123,52,61,1086,91,159,583],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-nutrition-2","tag-chefs","tag-chefs-move-to-schools","tag-children","tag-cooking","tag-dietiticians","tag-fruit","tag-fruits-and-vegetables","tag-fuel-up-to-play-60","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-meals","tag-kids","tag-milk","tag-nutrition","tag-obesity","tag-overweight","tag-g","tag-picky-eaters","tag-recipes","tag-school-food-service","cat-42-id","cat-780-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cmts-blog1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7639,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/7639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}