The links in this category include cooking and knife skills, including videos and handouts for step-by-step food preparation techniques and resources for school nutrition programs.
Culinary Skills
Link | Description |
|---|---|
| A PACKed Kitchen: Pinch and Claw – Knife Skills | This video shows the basics of knife safety including how to properly position your hands when cutting with a knife. |
| Careful Cutting: Knife Safety Tips | Careful cutting fact sheet from ICN. |
| Chop! Chop! Culinary Skills for Wisconsin-Grown Produce in School Meals | A series of culinary skills training videos from UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems |
| CIA Healthy Kids Videos | Videos with tips on promoting the school salad bar, and providing healthy and delicious options at the salad bar. |
| CIA: School Nutrition Staff Training | This source includes posters, presentations, and breakout session videos. |
| Culinary Skills Guides | Healthy School Recipes provides culinary skills guides at a glance. |
| Culinary Techniques for Healthy School Meals: Preparing Pasta, Rice and Grains | From NFSMI Culinary Techniques YouTube training. Important terms, techniques and ideas on how to create healthy school meals. |
| Florida Kitchen Hacks | Tips and tricks for school nutrition professionals kitchen challenges. Tips include help with preparation, preservation, and more. |
| ICN: Video 1 Herbs & Spices | A training video from ICN's Culinary Videos for Child Care series. |
| ICN: Video 2 Legumes | A training video from ICN's Culinary Videos for Child Care series. |
| ICN: Video 3 Preparing Nutrition Meat Dishes | A training video from ICN's Culinary Videos for Child Care series. |
| ICN: Video 4 Recipes and Workstations | A training video from ICN's Culinary Videos for Child Care series. |
| ICN: Video 5 Fruits and Vegetables | A training video from ICN's Culinary Videos for Child Care series. |
| Knife Safety | Tips from the National Food Service Management Institute on how to handle knives safely. |
| Measuring Success with Standardized Recipes | Training package addresses the benefits of using and developing standardized recipes. |
| NM State University: Knife Skills Videos | A series of videos demonstrating how to properly cut various vegetables. |
| The Mushroom Council: Basic Handling & Storing of IQF Mushrooms | A YouTube video that shows the basic handling and storing of individually cut frozen mushrooms |
