Ohio Department of Education Learning Supports

If you are interested in learning about ways your school can meet the criteria for the USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) through school menu planning and healthy food preparation, the following webinar series will be helpful. After viewing the six webinars, you are eligible to attend the four hour Healthy Cuisine for Kids  - HealthierUS School Challenge Cooks Training.  This four hour hands-on training/workshop is designed for school nutrition professionals who are interested in serving healthier meals to the students at their schools.  In this four hour workshop, participants will participate in hands-on recipe preparation with sampling.

Before signing up for the workshop, you will need to view each of the brief six webinars.  You will be asked to share information from the webinars at the cooking class.  Download the associated  handouts to help you prepare for the cooking class.

Click here for the dates, time, and locations of the four hour Healthy Cuisine for Kids – HealthierUS School Challenge Cooks Trainings.

Lesson Topic	Webinar	Handouts	Recipes for 50
Lesson 1 Overview of the HUSSC	Click here to listen to webinar PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) summary to accompany the webinar ·        HUSSC Checklist ·        HUSSC Criteria Packet
Lesson 2 Healthy Cooking Techniques for School Meals	Click here to listen to webinar    PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of Healthy Cooking Techniques for Healthy School Meals to accompany the webinar ·        Dietary Guidelines Fact Sheets for Cholesterol ·        Dietary Guidelines Fact Sheets for Trans Fats ·        Dietary Guidelines Fact Sheets for Sodium ·        Ethnic Rubs ·        Recipe Basics at a Glance	·        Pacer Zinger – Beans and Rice Dish ·        Chic Penne
Lesson 3 Whole Grains in HUSSC Meals	Click here to listen to webinar PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of whole grains to accompany the webinar ·        Grains	·        Hawaiian Chicken Wrap ·        Fiesta Beans and Rice
Lesson 4 Dried Beans and Peas in HUSSC Meals	Click here to listen to webinar PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of Dried Beans and Peas to accompany the webinar ·        Dietary Guidelines Bean Fact Sheet ·        Bean Descriptions	·        Marinated Black Bean Salad ·        Hummus ·        Lentils of the Southwest
Lesson 5 Vegetables and Fruit in HUSSC Meals	Click here to listen to webinar PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of Vegetables and Fruit to accompany the webinar ·        Dietary Guidelines Fact Sheet for Fruit ·        Dietary Guidelines Fact Sheet for Vegetables ·        Fruit Flavor Enhancements ·        Vegetable Flavor Enhancements ·        Ohio Produce Availability Chart ·        Vegetable subgroups	·        Squish Squash Lasagna ·        Hatton Chicken Crunch ·        Strawberry Spinach Salad
Lesson 6 Menu Planning for HUSSC Meals	Click here to listen to webinar PowerPoint to accompany webinar	·        Overview of Menu Planning to accompany the webinar ·        Facts About Fats ·        Cooking Terms