Recipes and Menu Development
Discover why recipes are vital for sustainable scratch-cooking, what makes a good recipe for school food, and how to incrementally transition popular menu items to scratch-cook.
Course
Course Access lasts for 12 months from purchase for all individually purchased courses as well as for certificates (Gold, Silver, Bronze).
Description
Recipes and menus are is the heartbeat of a scratch-cook school food operation. In Recipes and Menu Development, we’ll discuss why recipes are important for a sustainable scratch-cook model, what makes a good recipe for school food, and what it might look like to transition some of your most popular menu items to scratch-cooked incrementally over a 3-year period. We’ll look at how to put your school food recipes into a 6-week menu cycle, using a real school food menu cycle as an example that illustrates the culinary and operational decisions behind the menu mix. And we’ll end the course with marketing insights to help you promote the delicious menu you’ve created so that more kids will come through the lunch lines.
Prerequisites
New users must also register or have previously taken the Introduction to School Food Institute.
