Child Nutrition Recipe Box for Providers

Child Nutrition Recipe Box (CNRB) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides Child Nutrition Program operators, including family child care and child care centers, with recipes to prepare healthy and delicious meals.

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Child Nutrition Recipe Box provides Child Nutrition Program operators with recipes:

• to prepare healthy and delicious meals that meet meal pattern requirements;

• that are standardized to provide meal pattern crediting information for meal pattern components;

• and are made with legumes, whole grains, and vegetables from the vegetable subgroups including dark green, red, and orange vegetables.

Each CNRB recipe contains nutrition information per serving, including calories, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, total sugars, and fiber.

Learn more about recipe boxes for child care centers and family child care.