Planning New Menus
- Click on “Menu” on the main dashboard. This will take you to the menu calendar.
- On the menu calendar, click on the date and meal type for which you want to enter a menu. This will take you to the meal details screen.
- On the meal details screen, click on the blue “Edit Menu” button.
Optional Entries
- Enter a “Description for Print View”. The text typed into this box will appear when you print a menu instead of the list of food items. Some sponsors have this option turned off. If you do not see a Description for Print View box, then your sponsor has this option turned off.
- Enter “Menu Notes”. The text typed into this box will appear when you print a menu in addition to the list of food items.
- Select a saved menu from the “Use Saved Menu” drop-down and the food items will populate.
Required Entries
- Go through each of the required food groups and select the food item that you are using to satisfy that meal pattern requirement. You must have a food item for each required meal component in order to save the menu.
- You may add food items two ways
- Use the Favorite Foods dropdown.
- Search our food database. If you use the search function, we recommend keeping your search term broad as the system will not recognize mis-spelled words or partial matches. Some sponsors limit the use of the search function. If you do not see a search box, then this feature was turned off by your sponsor.
- If you would like to see portion sizes or adjust the portion served, click the hyperlink that says "Show portion sizes"
- If you select a food item by mistake, simply click the red “Remove” button.
- When you are done, click the green “Save” button to return to the Meal Details screen.
Video Explanation