Menu Planning

Lunch and breakfast menu matrixes were developed to help child nutrition professionals develop appealing, customized weekly menus using the Mississippi Recipes for Success recipes and meet the USDA FNS nutrition standards for the school breakfast and lunch programs.

Menu matrixes are divided into breakfast matrixes and lunch matrixes. Each age/grade group includes a sample weekly menu and a worksheet to help you plan menus for your child nutrition program. Breakfast matrix menu planning options include a menu planning tool with grain component choices (“Choices” menu) or a menu with only one grains component offered (“No Choices” menu). Lunch matrix menu planning options include a menu planning tool with meat/meat alternate component calorie ranges that rise over the week (“Ascending Ranges” menu) or meat/meat alternate component calorie ranges that are assorted throughout the week (“Mixed Ranges” menu).

The second section of this webpage is the recipes lists for matrixes. Each list includes the MRS recipe names, MRS recipe numbers, amount of calories, saturated fat and sodium for each recipe, meal component(s) the recipe meet (“credit”) and amount of each meal component included in that recipe (“menu contribution”). The breakfast grain, breakfast meat/meat alternate and lunch meat/meat alternate lists are arranged by calorie levels into groups. The vegetable lists are divided into each vegetable subgroup.


Menu Matrixes

BreakfastMatrixWorksheet
Grades K-5 (No Choice & Choices)
Grades 6-8 (No Choice & Choices)
Grades 9-12 (No Choice & Choices)
LunchMatrixWorksheet
Grades K-5 (Ascending Ranges)
Grades K-5 (Mixed Ranges)
Grades 6-8 (Ascending Ranges)
Grades 6-8 (Mixed Ranges)
Grades 9-12 (Ascending Ranges)
Grades 9-12 (Mixed Ranges)

Recipe Lists

Breakfast GrainsRecipesPDF
Group A
(0-99 calories)
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Group B
(100-149 calories)
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Group C
(150-199 calories)
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Group D
(200-299 calories)
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Group E
(300+ calories)
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Breakfast Meat/Meat Alternate
Group A
(0-99 calories)
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Group B
(100+ calories)
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Lunch Meat/Meat Alternate
Group A
(0-199 calories)
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Group B
(200-249 calories)
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Group C
(250-299 calories)
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Group D
(300-349 calories)
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Group E
(350-399 calories)
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Group F
(400+ calories)
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Lunch GrainsView List
Fruits
Group A
(0-49 calories)
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Group B
(50-74 calories)
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Group C
(75-99 calories)
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Group D
(100+ calories)
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Vegetables
Beans/PeasView List
Dark GreenView List
OtherView List
Red/OrangeView List
StarchyView List
MilkView List
CondimentsView List
DessertsView List