Done Right Food School News - Dec/Jan 2012
Let's All Eat School Meals Every Day!
One of the great things about Done Right Food’s meals is that they always contain truly healthy, wholesome, real food every single day. We believe that there are so many, many, many opportunities outside of the school cafeteria to be able to eat in other ways --- that it only make sense for students in the lunchroom to be offered daily healthy food that helps teach a consistent healthy message.
Outside of the school meal program --- during the evenings, weekends, holidays, days off, and all summer long --- endless options for all kinds of other foods are widely available in today’s society. And we all know that many of these options aren’t necessarily the best choices. But nonetheless, they are out there.
This is why DRF follows our own Healthy Menu Guidelines when planning menus that offer great food for students at school. Menus are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, health education curriculum, and school wellness policies. Our guidelines state specific types of healthy, wholesome foods that are popular with students and are served every day in school. In addition, the guidelines state specific types of heat-and-serve, convenience, less “healthy” foods that will not be served at all. Contact us for a copy of our DRF Healthy Menu Guidelines.
Make Eating School Meals Fun!
Done Right Food is happy to provide information, guidance, and support for making eating school meals a great part of every day. There are lots of ways to encourage participation in your healthy meal program. Here are just a few ideas:
• Our chefs are available for doing taste testing, food demonstrations, kitchen tours, and cooking classes.
• We can provide staff, parent, and student development classes in nutrition, as well as share at staff or parent meetings.
• Consider having a student advisory group and inviting us to your meetings.
• We can assist with your local school wellness policy activities.
• There are grant opportunities that we may be able to help you with.
• We encourage you to invite families to lunch.
• Make sure to evaluate your school cafeteria environment for a nice atmosphere, clean spaces, friendly staff, enough room to sit and time to eat, and not too much time standing in line.
• We encourage staff to eat school meals as much as possible --- it’s a great way to role-model making healthy choices to students.
• Always keep it positive and make it fun!
Our Done Right Food Commitment --– Healthy Food, Healthy Message
DRF follows our own Healthy Menu Guidelines when planning menus that offer great food for students at school. Menus are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, health education curriculum, and school wellness policies. Our guidelines state specific types of healthy, wholesome foods that are popular with students and are served every day in school.
For more information, please contact us
