Los Lunas Schools
Los Lunas, NM
 8500 Students
 10 Elementary Schools (PreK-6),
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2 Middle Schools (7-8),
2 High Schools, 1 alternative School
75% Free and Reduced
7 Elementaries and alternative school are C.E.P.
breakfast, lunch, and after school snack
ADP of 5900 for lunch
ADP of 2950 for breakfast
Breakfast is offered at no charge to all students
Menus
Lunch
3 week cycle menu that changes in August, November, and March
Elementaries have one entrée choice each day
Middle Schools follow the elementary menu with hamburgers (3x),
pizza (2x), and chef salads (2x)
High School menu offers
a main line
a burger and pizza line
a salad
a sandwich
Breakfast
3 week cycle for Elementary
and Middle Schools
High School is a one week
menu with a different
special entrée
Cereal, breakfast burrito,
muffin and yogurt, and
bagels are offered everyday
Writing Menus
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3.
Review last years’ menu
A. What was popular
B. What was not
New ideas
A. Staff contests
1. sweet potato bread
2. sweet potato burrito
B. Constantly looking at magazines, TV commercials,
watching what is being ordered around town
Old Favorites
A. Frito pie, burritos, chicken bowl, pizza. Can we tweak
any of these to find another popular entrée?
B. Chinese – every week
Writing menus - Prep
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2.
3.
Review what we have in the
warehouse
Make a list of processed
commodities and when they are
scheduled to arrive
A. When ordering processed
commodities, I write out a plan, so I
can remember how we are going to
use them.
Make lists
A. All of the entrees
B. Vegetable groups
C. Fruits
Writing Menus
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4.
Start with elementary
menus then high school
and last middle school
Use a worksheet to keep
track and make sure all
components are on the
menu
Have them put into our
software system and review
Tweak what we need to
and publish!
Component
Protein #of oz.
Monday
2
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
2 1/4
Thursday
2
Friday
2
Total Veg
Green
Red
Bean
¼
1/8 1/2
½
Starchy
¼
1/4
1/2
¼
1/4
1/2
1/2
3/4
Other
1/2
Fruit
Grains
1oz. 2oz.
2 oz. ½ oz.
2 oz.
Frito Pie
Hamburger
Chicken
Bowl
2 oz.
Turkey &
Cheese
Sandwich
2 oz. 1
oz.
Spaghetti
Required
9-12
3¾ 5
Total
10 1/4
5 3/8
½
¾ 1 1/4
½
1/2
1/2
1/2
9-12
1 1/4
1 7/8
1/2
1/4
1/2
5
12 1/2