Loudoun County School Nutrition Services

It's Friday! 🙌

Reminder that next week we will ONLY be doing meal service on Monday and Tuesday.

On Tuesday, you can pick up Wednesday, Thursday & Friday breakfast, lunch, supper & snack meals at a walk up site or bus stop.

📸: School Nutrition Staff @Park_View_HS

What student favorite are we featuring on our menu today?

Baked Sidewinders 🥔

Sidewinders are potatoes that have a fun curly shape and are an excellent source of vitamin C, potassium, and fiber!

National fun with fondue month

November is NATIONAL FUN WITH FONDUE MONTH!
Join CHEF FEIST from Cedar Lane Elementary School in creating an Apple Cider Fondue.

Fondue derives its name from the French word “fondre” which means “to melt.” Three types of fondue have developed over the years and each has flavor profile all its own.

Cheese – The oldest fondue style and believed to have been developed by the Swiss, cheese is versatile. Blend a variety of cheese choices with white wine and dip vegetables, meat, and pieces of bread to have a complete fondue experience.

Oil – While the French originally developed this savory fondue option for steak, we are only limited by our imagination. Add seasonings, dipping sauces and your choice of protein and the fondue celebration begins!

Chocolate – When the United States discovered fondue, they added dessert. Dip fruit, pretzels, or cake bites. There’s really no limit to what we will fondue.
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Ingredients

1 clove of garlic halved
1 cup of apple cider
1 teaspoon of your favorite hot sauce (optional)
13 ounces of blended cheese shredded (Emmental Swiss, Gruyere cheese and cheddar)
1 tablespoon of cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar (mix 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon)
2 apples cut into slices
½ loaf of French Bread cut into cubes

Method: Rub garlic on the bottom and sides of the saucepan then leave in pan add 1 cup apple cider. (remove garlic optional)
Then add hot sauce and seasonings, nutmeg, cinnamon let simmer. Then toss cheeses in bowl with cornstarch. Add cheese to apple cider small amounts, stirring and it will all blend. Pour into fondue pot and keep warm.

Use skewers to dip your sliced apples into the fondue pot and swirl on the cheese. Don’t drop your apple or bread or you will have to kiss the person next to you.

Watch Chef Feist create apple cider fondue

Rev Your Bev over the years @ LCPS School Nutrition Services. Encouraging you to make WATER your beverage of choice!!

This week, we're talking about fiber.

What's your favorite high-fiber food?

Macaroni and cheese is a popular menu item at LCPS schools. It's freshly prepared in our school kitchens and is a great source of protein and calcium. What's your favorite school lunch? #LCPShealthycafe

Nutrition Staff at Independence High School currently prep about 600-700 servings of fresh fruit and veggies daily. Fresh celery stalks make great dippers to go with our creamy hummus dip! What's your favorite veggie and dip combination? #LCPShealthycafe

We're excited to kick off our supper program TODAY! 👏

On the menu is a yummy French Bread Pizza from Nardone Brothers Baking Company **Official Page**.

Be sure to pick up supper with your breakfast and lunch meal!!

This week, we wanted to emphasize the importance of #breakfast!

If you got a postcard with your meal today, you may have already seen why breakfast is an important meal of the day.

Dietetic Intern, Amy, shares with you a delicious breakfast recipe that you can prep the night before to ensure that you start your day off energized!

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🚨 REMINDER 🚨

TODAY is the first nutrition webinar in collaboration with Giant nutritionist, Emily Massi!

Topic: Holiday Eating Strategies
Time: Nov 5, 2020 05:00 PM EST

Join:
https://zoom.us/j/96199698493?pwd=TEdTQ2VCbVRzYlE3YmROWWZURGtoUT09

Meeting ID: 961 9969 8493
Passcode: cF0Vzd

See you at 5pm! 🍎

Why Is Breakfast Important?

Find out tomorrow in your meal bag 🍴

👉 School Nutrition Manager Highlight 👈

Last week, LCPS intern Amy, had the privilege of training with Karen Sopko, School Nutrition Training Manager at Riverside High School. Food Safety is a top priority at LCPS and Karen demonstrated the method she uses for calibrating her thermometers every day to ensure that all foods are cooked and cooled to the appropriate temperature.

Karen has been a Nutrition Manager at LCPS for 10 years. Her favorite part of being a trainer for other nutrition staff is seeing people grow professionally, accomplish workplace goals, and demonstrate the values of the LCPS nutrition department. She attributes her school cafeteria's success to her focus on customer service and serving top quality food.

#LCPShealthycafe

Check out @SugarlandES 's Halloween display!

If you're in the area, we invite you to pick up meals from 10-1pm... at your own risk 🎃👻

Reminder: Since schools will be closed on Monday, November 2nd and Tuesday, November 3rd, we will be serving meals for these two days... TODAY!

Pick up your meals at a walk up site or bus stop. If your student is in school, he/she can pick up these meals at dismissal time.

We're excited to announce a FREE 30-min webinar on Holiday Eating Strategies by Giant nutritionist, Emily Massi, RDN, LDN.

Join us to learn helpful tips and strategies to enjoy your holiDAYS - with none of the guilt! EVERYONE is welcome. Details & link will be in the comments!

We love the creativity in this family!

Don't forget to check out the bus stops in your area to pick up nutritious meals by visiting www.lcpshealthycafe.org

Who knows... you may end up running into the Tiger King crew too! 🐆

Halloween is going to look a bit different this year... 👻

However, you can still get in the spirit by making this simple and nutritious bean dip for you and the family!

Tag us in your bean dip photos! #lcpscafe

We're happy to see students in the cafeteria again! #lcpslunch

📸: @arcola_dragons

Whether you're in school, at one of our walk-up sites, or at a bus stop...

Pick up a delicious chicken sandwich meal to fuel your day! 😋 #lcpslunch

Are you staying properly hydrated? 💧

*Find out why proper hydration is important
*General recommendations for men and women
*Ideas to increase your water intake

How many cups of water do you drink in a day?

Our dietetic intern, Amy, is 3 weeks into her foodservice rotation with #lcpscafe and learning a lot! Today, she's hard at work prepping meals in the kitchen. 🍴👩‍🍳

The school nutrition staff @bwhs_lcps is loving their new sidewalk art! 🎨 Thank you for making time out of your day, to make their day. #lcpscafe

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🥳

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🥳
Something new is coming your way... #lcpscafe #nutrition

LCPS supports a positive learning environment by providing access to healthy meals for all of our students! @BSTElementary's school nutrition staff was excited to welcome back their first students! #LCPShealthycafe

Have you heard...
We're celebrating National School Lunch Week this week!! 🤩

#Funfact: President John F. Kennedy created the National School Lunch Program in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life.

@WoodgroveHigh is excited to see smiling faces returning to school.

Check out their lunch stations where they will be distributing meals from 👇

Did you know the salads at LCPS contain a variety of dark green, red, and orange veggies 🥦🍅🥕 so students can get a variety of the vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy? #LCPSCAFE

A #lcpsmeal to accompany virtual learning gets two thumbs up from us 👍👍

Per parent request, a special s/o to Ms. Debralee from @emerickelem1967 for always having delicious meals ready to brighten her kids' day.

We have an awesome community here at #LCPS. 😀

Ms. Farzana @RBMS_Official was super happy about this beautiful gift!

"We received wonderful gifts from the children today, they made my day!" - Ms. Thanh from @GoshenPostES

Thank you for showing your appreciation to our school nutrition staff. You truly make their day! ☀️

Thank you to everyone who participated yesterday in our Crunch Round the Commonwealth! We loved seeing all of your pictures 🍎 #farmtoschool #lcps

We're celebrating #farmtoschool week!
Today is Crunch Round the Commonwealth.

Did you hear the crunch coming from the school nutrition office?

We sense a friendly fall decor competition amongst schools 😉

Check out tomorrow's menu at our walk up locations. Mmm!

📸: @CoolSpring_ES & @the_corner_lcps

@RockRidgeHigh is having a Freshman Smooth(ie) Start to the '20-21 school year!

Drop by to pick up a nutritious #LCPS meal and to say hi to Rocky, RRHS's mascot 👋