Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Build Your Tray The Healthy Way!
All students eating school lunches are encouraged to Build Your Tray The Healthy Way by taking at least 3 of the food items offered on the lunch menu.
Remember that one of these items must be a fruit or vegetable. CUSD School Lunches provide the 5 meal components of a lunch (grain, milk, protein, fruit and vegetable) daily. Students must take 3 components to count for a meal. Encourage your student to take all 5 components since the cost is the same whether they eat all 5 items or only 3! USDA regulations require that a fruit or vegetable be on every tray. This requirement is based on the USDA Choose My Plate nutrition education promotion that includes 1/2 a plate contain fruits & vegetables, 1/4 whole grain and 1/4 protein, & low fat dairy to be considered healthy.
CUSD Nutrition encourages students to start with a fruit or vegetable...better yet take both! Next, choose a whole grain item, pick a lean protein and top your meal off with a carton of milk to equal one great tray for the best school day!