Menu Planning and Meal Patterns
Locate a Summer Meal Site
Summer Meals Locator
1-866-348-6479
or text "Summer Meals" to 97779
Contact Information
Summer meal programs help children get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow throughout the summer months. Discover the components of the nutritious, well-balanced, and age-appropriate meals served.
Food Safety
- Share Table Reference Sheet
- Running A Successful Share Table
- Printable Food and Safety Guidance Flyer–English | Arabic | Chinese | Khmer | Korean | Marshallese | Punjabi | Russian | Somalian | Spanish | Ukranian | Vietnamese
Inventory
Meal Pattern
- SFSP Meal Pattern
- NSLP/SBP Meal Pattern
- USDA Meal Pattern Comparison Chart
- Substituting Vegetables for Grains Reference Sheet
- Substituting Vegetables for Grains in Tribal Communities - Documentation
- Substituting Vegetables for Grains in Tribal Communities - Training
- Exhibit A: Grains & Breads
Menu Planning
- SFSP Menu Planner Template
- SFSP Sample Menus
- Minimum Food Specifications
- USDA Food Buying Calculator
- USDA Food Buying Guide
- USDA Summer Meals Handbooks
- USDA Crediting Tip Sheets
- Child Nutrition Recipe Box
- MyPlate Kitchen Recipes
Meal Pattern Documentation
Offer vs. Serve
Product Documentation
- Crediting Flow Chart
- Tips for Processed Products Documentation
- USDA Guidance for Processed Product Documentation