Fillable Printable Child Care Meal Template
Fillable Printable Child Care Meal Template
Child Care Meal Template
Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program
Updated 12/06
Child Care Meal Pattern
Minimum Component Requirements
LUNCH OR SUPPER
for
CHILDREN
Must Select All Four Components
Food Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12
¹
1 milk
fluid milk
½ cup ¾ cup 1 cup
2 fruits and/or vegetables
juice,
²
fruit and/or vegetable
¼ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
1 grains or bread
³
bread or
cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin
or
cold dry cereal or
hot cooked cereal or
pasta or noodles or grains
½ slice
½ serving
¼ cup
¼ cup
¼ cup
½ slice
½ serving
1/3 cup
¼ cup
¼ cup
1 slice
1 serving
¾ cup
½ cup
½ cup
1 meat or meat alternate
meat or poultry or fish
4
or
alternate protein products or
cheese or
egg or
cooked dry beans or peas or
peanut or other nut or seed butters or
nuts and/or seeds
5
or
yogurt
6
1 oz.
1 oz.
1 oz.
½
¼ cup
2 Tbsp.
½ oz.
4 oz.
1 ½ oz.
1 ½ oz.
1 ½ oz.
¾
3/8 cup
3 Tbsp.
¾ oz.
6 oz.
2 oz.
2 oz.
2 oz.
1
½ cup
4 Tbsp.
1 oz.
8 oz.
¹
Children age 12 and older may be served larger portions based on their greater food needs. They
may not be served less than the minimum quantities in this column.
²
Fruit or vegetable juice must be full-strength
³
Breads and grains must be made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour. Cereal must be whole-
grain or enriched or fortified.
4
A serving consists of the edible portion of cooked lean meat or poultry or fish.
5
Nuts and seeds may meet only one-half of the total meat/meat alternate serving and must be
combined with another meat/meat alternate to fulfill the lunch or supper requirement
6
Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened.
HCCNP - 7/2009
Lunch or Supper Menu Template
*Must include all 4 food components.
Portion Portion Portion Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Food Components
per child per child per child Date: Date: Date: Date: Date:
1-2 yrs 3-5 yrs 6-12 yrs Food Item Food Item Food Item Food Item Food Item
1 Milk, fluid
2 Fruits / Veggies
1 Grain / Bread
•Bread
(serv or slice) OR
•Cold cereal OR
•Hot cereal OR
•Pasta, Rice
1 Meat / Meat alternate
•meat, poultry, fish OR
•cheese OR
•egg OR
•beans or peas OR
•nut or seed butters OR
•nuts & / or seeds OR
•yogurt
**Refer to “Instructions for using the Lunch Menu Template”
