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Turning Your Students Into Super Food Testers

Hillsborough County Public Schools Tampa, FL

MaryKate Harrison,PhD, RD Heather Wellings, MS, RD Cindy Burnside, CC

Objectives • Introduce new menu concepts

and receive instant feedback from students

• Increase fruit and vegetable consumption within each school site

• Get your students excited to eat

school lunch!

Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Nutrition Services Highlights

• 142 million dollar self-supported business that is financially solvent

• 65% economically needy • 216 self-op Kitchens; 2 Production Kitchens; total

of 233 sites receive meal service • Over 250,000 meals served daily • 6th largest feeding program in the country • Breakfast free for all students! • Reduced lunch price of .40 cents is waived

Hillsborough County Public Schools Student Nutrition Services Highlights

• Fresh Fruit & Vegetable grant program in 39 sites • Super Snack & Dinner Program available in 161 sites • Summer Food Service program operates in 202

schools, parks, and recreation centers • Core Catering, catering program that offers culinary

service within the district

Increasing awareness of fruits and vegetables through

district wide sampling program

“Try It Tuesday Branded Concept

“Try It Tuesday”

• Menu sampling program that provides students an opportunity to try different fruit & vegetable recipes – Confetti Carrot Salad – Fresh Pineapple Salsa – Black Bean & Corn Salsa – Buffalo Roasted Cauliflower – Southwest Tomato Soup

“Try It Tuesday” Monthly Sampling Record

"Try It Tuesday" Sampling Record

Week of Product Preparation

Technique Portion Size & Paper

Product to Use Date

Served

Comments How/where was sample offered? Student response?

4/7/14 Black

Bean & Corn Salsa

Cold Side 2oz Souffle Cup & Spoon

“Try It Tuesday” Nutrition Education

“Try It Tuesday”

“Try It Tuesday”

Roasted Cauliflower A sampling favorite, now a menu staple

Turning your kids into Super Food Testers through district

wide testing

Fresh Flavors Food Expo 6th Annual Fresh Flavors Menu Concept Testing Event- Making your customers your official food testers!

Fresh Flavors Food Expo

• Event Details – 215 students

• 3rd-11th grade • 14 school sites

– 21 menu concepts • Manufacturers/Brokers • Local Produce Companies • Our Student Nutrition Managers

Fresh Flavors Food Expo

• Communication • Vendor participation • Principal invites • Press releases

• Community Partnership • PTA members/parent groups • Dairy Council

Fresh Flavors Food Expo

• Event Logistics • Room space • Kitchen space • Transportation

Fresh Flavors Food Expo

• Results • Survey through Nutrislice • Ipads provided by FDAC • Able to provide real time results

Apple Monkey Mini’s

Almost Summertime Smoothie

Cuban Flatbread Sandwich

Fresh Flavors Food Expo

Product/Recipe Testing

• All products are evaluated prior to each upcoming bid period

• Fall (July 1- December 31) • Spring (January 1- June 30)

• Paper Screen • Product Information Packet

• Student/Staff Taste Screen • Competitive Bid Pricing

Getting your students excited to eat lunch with specialty

menus & demos

Healthy Snack Demos With District Chef • Select weeks

throughout the year – National School Lunch Week – National Nutrition Month – National School Breakfast

Week

• Students perform hands-on, kid-friendly recipes with district chef

Healthy Snack Demos With District Chef • Fruit Pizza • Vegetable Sushi • Queso Fresco

(Tostadas) • Salad Shakers

Florida Fresh Friday

• Program Goals – Feature locally sourced Florida fresh produce

each month – Improve partnership with local farmers – Introduce fresh fruits and vegetables to our

students

Florida Fresh Friday

• Example Menu Tampa’s Own Cuban Quesadilla

“1905” Salad ~~~

Florida Fresh Green Beans Florida Fresh Mango Slices La Segunda’s Cuban Toast Florida Fresh Low Fat Milk

Florida Fresh Friday

• Partner with produce distributor to develop monthly plan

Getting your students to select the fruits & veggies for

their tray

Nutrition Communication New Tray Design

Nutrition Communication Menu Identifiers

Nutrition Communication Menu Boards

Must be legible & readable from 5ft away Use menu board to highlight specialty items new menu items local produce local farmers healthy choices

Nutrition Communication

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