Menus
When creating a menu for your center you must follow these meal patterns. The potions are based on the age of the children being served.
Lemons Inc. also provides a monthly menu template that you can follow. You can find our monthly menu below.
Breakfast
Breakfasts in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) include milk, vegetables and/or fruits, and grains. You can also serve meats and/or meat alternates instead of grains at breakfast up to 3 times per week. This option gives you more choices for menu planning. During Breakfast 3 of 5 compontents must be served.
Lunch or Dinner
The CACFP lunch and dinner meal patterns requires all five food components to be offered: milk, meat/meat alternates, vegetables, fruits, and grains.
Snack
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requires that 2 of the 5 components be served for snack. Include milk, vegetables and/or fruits, and grains.
Meal Pattern and Component Requirement
The five CACFP food components: milk; meat/meat alternates; vegetables; fruits; and grains.
