Standardizing Recipes

The Child Nutrition Programs Standardizing Recipes online training.

Course Description

By completing this interactive module, you will learn how standardizing recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) is key to ensuring children and adults receive the calories and variety of nutrients they need daily as part of the CNP meal service. Participants will learn to identify steps to accurately increase or decrease recipe yield to meet meal requirements, and access sample standardized recipes and resources to create standardized recipes for breakfast, lunch, snack, or supper.

The content of this training focuses on applying standardized recipes in School Nutrition Programs, however, the information is applicable to meal service in all CNP.

Course Number: 655
Training Length: 30 minutes
Certificate: Available at the end of the training
Target Audience: Food Service Director and Staff
Mandatory: No
Cost: Free
Date Recorded: August 2017

Online Course

Begin the Standardizing Recipes course.

Referenced Resources

Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) Basics at a Glance poster
California Department of Education (CDE) California Culinary Centers Standardized Recipe for Rotisserie Chicken
ServSafe Cooking Requirements for Specific Types of Foods (PDF)

Crediting

Crediting: 0.5 hour

Key Area: Nutrition (1000)
- Training Topic: Menu Planning (1100)
  - Learning Objective: Write Standardized Recipes (1140)

For more information on crediting, access the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF)

Additional Information

USDA Food Buying Guide manual assists with buying the right amount and the appropriate type of food, and determine the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.
ICN Basic Culinary Math for School Nutrition Professionals training provides participants the opportunity to review and practice basic culinary math skills.
USDA My Plate Kitchen site includes recipes, cookbooks, recipe videos and recipe resources.
CDE California Culinary Centers Standardized Recipes web page provides a collection of standardized recipes to support schools across California in creating recipes and preparing menus to meet the National School Lunch Program meal pattern