Youth Nutrition Programming
Breakfast After the Bell
For students of all ages, a nutritious breakfast is essential to learning readiness and long-term success.
This resource offers guidance for everything from menus to student activities to make your program a success.
School nutrition professionals can depend on us for valuable resources to make the most of your school breakfast programming.
MooLatte: Greatness is Brewing
Make the most of a hot trend – add the new MooLatte program to your school menus!
Tell students to skip the coffee shop, and grab their morning beverage in school instead. This milk-focused option is a healthier choice that still gives them the coffee experience they crave. Our new MooLatte Resources Kit will walk you through every step for setting up a successful program, so you can offer popular hot or cold lattes, or both. Click now for all the details.
The Yogurt All Ways Toolkit is Here for You!
This all-digital kit will help you promote yogurt-based menu items “all ways.” That means all kinds of yogurt – smoothies, parfaits, cups and dips – as well as all the times it can be served, driving student participation during all school meal periods. Download the entire kit, with posters, tips sheets, recipes, presentation suggestions and more.
For an easy demonstration of how to make popular Blueberry Smoothies, watch this awesome video from the great nutrition staff at Brighton Central School District in Rochester, NY.
Looking for a great way to avoid spills? Use cup dividers to transport smoothies and parfaits, keeping them upright, clean and ready to go!
For better taste, longer freshness and more effective nutrition delivery, ensure that your milk is kept cold! Participate in the Strive for 35 program for more cold milk assistance.
Interactive Cheese Resource Guide
Download the Cheese Resource Guide with 13 pages of serving tips, strategies, recipes and great ideas for adding and promoting cheese on your menu.
Hot Chocolate Milk for Students
American Dairy Association North East is dedicated to supporting you in keeping students engaged and excited about school meals. To achieve this, we’ve helped schools implement new and exciting menu items such as Hot Chocolate Milk. Students love it and reports from participating schools have been very positive.
Make hot chocolate milk one part of the grab & go options on kiosks, while providing prepackaged meals to your students.
Pre-pour hot chocolate milk cups for easy student retrieval. Use a program-branded dispenser to help market this item throughout the school day.
To make the most of your Hot Chocolate Milk program, download our helpful resources including FAQs, Best Practices, Promotional items and more.
Serve it Cold!
Remember, students drink more milk – and get more of the nine essential nutrients – if you serve it to them COLD! Always strive for 35 degrees for storage and delivery of milk.
Click the Strive for 35 logo for valuable tips, and register to participate using the button below.
For better taste, longer freshness and more effective nutrition delivery, ensure that your milk is kept cold! Participate in the Strive for 35 program for more cold milk assistance.
Mobilizing Milk Stations
Set up milk stations – with rolling coolers – for easier access during classroom meal delivery. You’ll simplify the distribution process and keep milk cold throughout the serving period.
Four-crate milk coolers provide an easy way for staff to deliver milk with meals and to boost student access.
Two-crate milk coolers are ideal for smaller classrooms or for use in conjunction with remote meal kiosks.
Get the Summer Meals Marketing Resources Guide
Our engaging animated guide to serving summer meals is designed to help you promote your feeding site, offer kid-tested kid-approved recipes, marketing strategies and much more! Boost student meal participation throughout the summer months by using these helpful tools, tips and resources.
The complete interactive guide features a digital flipbook that can be viewed online or downloaded. Flip through the pages right now and get started with your summer meals program with these resources:
- Marketing Resources
- Theme Day Ideas
- Fun Recipes
- Best Practices and Service Tips
- Promotion Strategies and Ideas
Fuel Up
Fuel Up has the winning recipe for your school smoothie program. Check it out!
Recipes
We are happy to share recipes and cooking classes from our partners and friends – find those below. Want to share a student recipe with us? Contact us today!
You can find recipes to implement in your school cafeteria in our expansive school recipe library here. Designed to meet the needs of the federal meal program, these recipes are fun and exciting for students and easy to implement for your nutrition department!
