Brant Food for Thought

BRANT FOOD FOR THOUGHT HEALTHY SNACK PROGRAM SAMPLE MENU PLANNER *Reminder: 2 out of 4 food groups required

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Triscuit Muffin Breads & Crackers (1 / student) Cereals (4 / student) Green Grapes / Bananas / 100% juice boxes Fruits & Pepper Strawberries Apples (1 / student) Vegetables Strips & (1/2 cup / (1 / student) Carrots student) (1/2 cup / student) Cheese Yogurt Cheese Chunks Milk (250ml) Milk & Milk String (1 / student) (4 / student) (1 / student) Products (1 / student)

Meats & Alternatives

Spoons Other BRANT FOOD FOR THOUGHT HEALTHY SNACK PROGRAM SAMPLE MENU PLANNER *Reminder: 2 out of 4 food groups required

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Cereal bar Whole Grain English Muffins Breads & (1 / student) Cheerios (1/2 / student) Cereals (1 cup / student indiv. bagged)

Oranges Carrots & Celery / Fruits & (clementine Cucumbers Broccoli Vegetables or mandarin 1 (1/2 cup / student) (1/2 cup / student) /student; slices of regular size 4 / student) Yogurt Tubes Milk (250ml) Cheese Chunks Cheese Strings Milk & Milk (1 / student) (1 / student) (4 / student) (1 / student) Products

Spoons Jam Other (students can pour cereal into milk carton or eat cereal dry)

BRANT FOOD FOR THOUGHT HEALTHY SNACK PROGRAM SAMPLE MENU PLANNER *Reminder: 2 out of 4 food groups required

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Cereal Mix PC Blue Menu Crackers Breads & (1 / 2 cup / W/W Alphabet Cereals student) Pretzels ( / student) Kiwi / Cantaloupe / Red & Green Fruits & Pineapple Honey Dew Seedless Vegetables (1/2 cup / Melon Grapes student) (1/2 cup / student) (1/2 cup / student)

Cheese Milk (250ml) Yogurt Tubes Cheese Chunks Milk & Milk Strings (1 / student) (1 / student) (4 / student) Products (1 / student)

Other TOP PICK GRAIN PRODUCTS THAT MEET SNP GUIDELINES (November 2014)

Cereals: Cheerios – Plain & Multi Grain (1 cup = 1 serving) Post Shreddies (2/3 cup = 1 serving) Kellogg’s Rice Krispies – Multi Grain Shapes (1 cup = 1 serving) Quaker Corn Bran Squares (1 cup = 1 serving) Quaker Life, Original or Multigrain (3/4 cup = 1 serving)

Breakfast / Cereal Bars (to be served 1x/week or less) Compliments: -Flax & Fibre -Cereal Bars (Blueberry, Apple & Cinnamon, Raspberry, Wild Jumbleberry, Strawberry, Variety Pack) -Banana Strawberry Chewy Granola Bar Quaker: -Chewy Granola Bars (Apple Fruit Crumble, Bumble Berry, Raspberry Fruit Crumble) Kellogg’s: -All Bran Bars (Honey Nut, Oatmeal Cinnamon, Orange Cranberry) -Nutri-Grain Bars (Cherry & Pomegranate, Strawberry & Acai, Blueberry, Mixed Berry, Apple, Raspberry, Strawberry) President’s Choice: -Whole Grain Cereal Bars (Apple, Strawberry, 5 Fruit) -Blue Menu Chewy Cranberry Apple Granola Sunny Crunch: -Probiotic Oat & Strawberry -Probiotic Oat & Cranberries Peek Freen -Lifestyle Cranberry Citrus Oat Crunch Cookies (3 cookies = 1 serving) Crackers: Christie: Triscuits (30g = 6 crackers) Dare: Grains First, Whole Grain Snack Crackers (32g = 10 crackers) PC: Ancient Grains Crackers (30g = 15 crackers) Kashi: TLC Original Grissol/Melba Toast – 60% whole wheat

Breads: President’s Choice Blue Menu: -Whole Wheat English Muffins -Thins Multi Grain Bagels Oakrun Farm Bakery: -100% whole wheat English muffins -Country Good Bagels

Once a Week or Less: Muffins, cookies, grain based bars, pancakes, pretzels, baked tortilla chips

**Please always read the labels as the companies may change their ingredients at any given time without notice! Ensure all products served are nut free. ***If serving CHEWY cereals or cereal bars, try to pair with milk or an apple to assist with getting the stickiness off the students’ teeth.