Hot Meal Recommendations

Cold and hot meals offer the greatest opportunity to increase the proportion of GREEN items on a menu.

Nearly all menus have core GREEN items by offering a selection of cold meals including sandwiches, wraps and rolls. Menus can be improved greatly by:

Increasing the number of other GREEN food choices available. Use the Recipe section of this website to find simple recipes able to be made on site.

When serving AMBER foods as a meal, eg chicken strips and hamburgers, take opportunities to include salad or vegetable items. These items should not be offered as an optional extra.

Limiting the number of AMBER ONLY meals available or eliminate them all together. These items compete with the efforts made to offer the better choices.