Free Tools & Resources to Get Schools Cooking
Find 400+ USDA-compliant recipes and the information you need to start or expand a scratch cooking program in your school or district.
Salad Bars to Schools Grant Applications are Open!
Our Salad Bars to Schools program provides K-12 schools with equipment and training to successfully implement a salad bar.
Watch Our Short Film
Produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions for Chef Ann Foundation, this six-minute film shows how we worked with a Texas district to bring scratch-cooked meals to 37,000 students.
A resource library for scratch cooking in schools
Serving students fresh, healthy, and delicious meals cooked from scratch is one of the most important ways schools can support student health and learning — now, and in the future.
Find recipes, step-by-step guides, tools, and other resources to help your school or district transition from heat-and-serve foods to scratch-cooked meals.
The Lunch Box is a program of the Chef Ann Foundation
400+ Kid-Approved Recipes
Our recipes are tested in cafeterias and analyzed according to USDA meal components. You can easily scale them to any portion quantity.
ImpactSince 2009 |
27,539
users registered |
157,706
resources downloaded |
6,794
school districts registered |
ImpactSince 2009 |
|
27,539
users registered |
|
157,706
resources downloaded |
|
6,794
school districts registered |
