FNS Documents & Resources

Check out this easy-to-use menu planner and recipe booklet for Child and Adult Care Food Program operators who provide breakfast meals for children 3–18 years of age.

Update your breakfast menus with these easy-to-prepare USDA standardized breakfast recipes.

These CACFP instructional cooking videos demonstrate the preparation and portion sizes of USDA standardized recipes for two age groups, children 3-5 and 6-18 years of age.

Inspired by Team Nutrition’s CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinars, these ready-to-go presentation slides can be used by state agencies, sponsoring organizations, and others to train providers, operators, and menu planners on the CACFP meal patterns.

This CACFP cooking video demonstrates the quick-and-easy preparation of the USDA standardized recipe for Baked Carrot Fries with Yogurt-Sunflower Seed Butter Dip for children 6 through 18 years of age.

For children to grow and reach their full potential, it is critical that they have access to nutritious foods and develop lifelong healthy dietary habits.

This Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) cooking video demonstrates the quick-and-easy preparation of the USDA standardized recipe for Baked Tilapia Fish Fillets for children 3 through 5 years of age.

The recipes in the cookbook feature foods both children and adults should consume more of: dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains. All of these healthy recipes are low in total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium.

Explore a world of possibilities in the garden and on your plate using ten inquiry-based lessons that engage 5th and 6th graders in growing, harvesting, tasting, and learning about fruits and vegetables.

These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement meal pattern requirements.