The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is a private, not-for-profit culinary college committed to advancing healthier food choices in society. The CIA Healthy Kids Initiative is dedicated to providing culinary strategies and resources to school foodservice professionals, to help them continue to serve tasty, appealing, nutritious food to our nation’s children. The links in this category provide a variety of resources offered by the CIA.
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Link | Description |
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| Basic Knife Skills | Here is a knife skills guide with both tips for your grip and video guides. |
| CIA Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids 2014 Leadership Summit | The CIA's 4th Annual Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids National Leadership Summit. |
| CIA Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids 2015 Leadership Summit | The CIA's 5th Annual Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids National Leadership Summit. |
| CIA Healthy Kids | Culinary Institute of America Healthy Kids initiative homepage, dedicated to providing culinary strategies and resources to school foodservice professionals. |
| CIA Healthy Kids Collaborative | The CIA Healthy Kids Collaborative was formed in 2015. It is a year-round, invitational initiative designed to both accelerate innovation and deepen technical and professional expertise in K-12 school food. |
| CIA Healthy Kids Recipes | The Culinary Institute of America offers Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids link to recipes and where they come from. This includes the fruit, whole grain, vegetables, and meat/meat alternative amount per a serving. |
| 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. |
| Menus of Change: Healthy, Sustainable Delicious Food Choices | Collaboration with the CIA and the Harvard School of Public Health-Department of Nutrition, to create a long-term vision for the integration of nutrition and public health, in relation to foodservice and more. |
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