Preparing California-Grown School Meals: A Professional Development Guide

Preparing California-Grown School Meals: A Professional Development Guide supports school foodservice staff in serving more freshly prepared California crops. Increasing student consumption of California-grown fruits and vegetables contributes to student health and readiness to learn, benefits local economies and the environment, and helps students learn where their food comes from and how it reaches the table. 

The guide offers step-by-step visual instructions that engage foodservice staff and inspire the skills and confidence to incorporate fresh fruits and vegetables into school meal programs. It includes recipes that focus on fundamental knife skills and two culinary techniques: roasting and braising. Recipes are scaled for tasting portions so that foodservice staff have an opportunity to taste the results of their efforts, understand and practice essential skills, and experience how the same techniques can be used with a variety of foods.

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