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Highlight recipes from home

One school district asks families to submit potential menu additions.

June 28, 2019

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Highlight recipes from home
One school district asks families to submit potential menu additions.Photograph: Shutterstock

We have families from different ethnic backgrounds submit recipes from home. We then tweak the recipes to fit school nutrition guidelines and test them out at different schools throughout the district. If students respond positively, they are added to our permanent menu. 

Mellissa Honeywood
Director of Food and Nutrition Services
Cambridge Public Schools
Cambridge, Mass.

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