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Module 5: Menu Management on a Budget

Module 5: Menu Management on a Budget. Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals. Why Is Making a Food Budget Important?. The Importance of Menu Planning. Menu planning allows you to: Stick to your budget Create a shopping list Use up foods you have on hand

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Module 5: Menu Management on a Budget

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  1. Module 5:Menu Management on a Budget Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals

  2. Why Is Making a Food Budget Important?

  3. The Importance of Menu Planning • Menu planning allows you to: • Stick to your budget • Create a shopping list • Use up foods you have on hand • Determine which ingredients you can buy in bulk or stretch across several meals

  4. Other Ways to Stay Within Your Budget • Choose recipes with similar ingredients • Adjust recipes to use ingredients in season, on sale, or on hand • Make a shopping list • Compare prices • Shop smart • Other ideas?

  5. Healthy Classroom Celebrations Policies in your center? Sweets or no sweets? Family members or no family members? Food or no food? Photos or no photos? Every birthday or once a month?

  6. Healthy Classroom Celebrations Source: http://thecraftedsparrow.blogspot.com

  7. Healthy Classroom Celebrations Martha’s Table, Washington, DC

  8. Activity • Veggie Superhero or Clown Faces • Rinse and cut fruits and veggies into pieces • Have the kids make superheroes or clown faces with their choice of fruits and veggies See page 7 in Exploring Foods Together.

  9. Goal Setting • Complete the worksheet on page 45 • Discuss in small groups • Food budgeting • How can I use why I learned in class in my work

  10. Questions? Cooking Matters forChild Care Professionals was developed with support from the Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation

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