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Meal Pattern Minute: Substituting Cheese By Volume
If you had a recipe that called for one cup of shredded cheddar cheese, could you replace it with one cup of Parmesan cheese and have the same ounce equivalency?
Meal Pattern Minute: Goat’s Milk
Can you serve goat’s milk in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Grain-Based Desserts
How do you define a grain-based dessert in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Tofu for Infants
USDA released a revised memo regarding tofu in the CACFP infant meal pattern.
Meal Pattern Minute: Meat Alternates
How can you identify a meat alternate in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Soy Yogurt in the Infant Meal Pattern
USDA FNS updated is guidelines on soy yogurt – can it be used in the CACFP infant meal pattern?
Meal Pattern Minute: Tortilla Chips
Are tortilla chips always whole grain-rich?
Meal Pattern Minute: Offering Water
Does water have to be offered to children in the CACFP, or just made available?
Meal Pattern Minute: Mixing Cereals
Can you mix a high-sugar cereal with a low-sugar cereal, and have the average meet the CACFP sugar limits?
Meal Pattern Minute: Age for Choking Risk
At what age are children at a higher risk for choking?
Meal Pattern Minute: Granola Bars
Are granola bars creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Sugar Limits in Breakfast Cereal
What are the sugar limits for breakfast cereals in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Honey Graham Crackers
It is recommended to not serve honey to infants under 1 year old – does that also apply to honey graham crackers?
Meal Pattern Minute: Pumpkin Pie
Can pumpkin pie fit into the meal pattern? You might be surprised to learn the answer!
Meal Pattern Minute: Chestnuts
How do chestnuts fit into the CACFP meal pattern?
Meal Pattern Minute: Sugar Limits in Yogurt
What do you need to know about sugar limits in yogurt?
Meal Pattern Minute: Full-Strength Juice and Infants
Is full-strength juice creditable in the Infant Meal Pattern?
Meal Pattern Minute: Plant-Based Meat Alternates
How do you know what plant-based foods can be credited as a meat/meat alternate?