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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
| Breakfast | Matrix | Worksheet |
|---|---|---|
| Grades K-5 (No Choice & Choices) |  | |
| Grades 6-8 (No Choice & Choices) | | |
| Grades 9-12 (No Choice & Choices) | | |
| Lunch | Matrix | Worksheet |
| 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 Grains | Recipes | |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (0-99 calories) | View List | |
| Group B (100-149 calories) | View List | |
| Group C (150-199 calories) | View List | |
| Group D (200-299 calories) | View List | |
| Group E (300+ calories) | View List | |
| Breakfast Meat/Meat Alternate | ||
| Group A (0-99 calories) | View List | |
| Group B (100+ calories) | View List | |
| Lunch Meat/Meat Alternate | ||
| Group A (0-199 calories) | View List | |
| Group B (200-249 calories) | View List | |
| Group C (250-299 calories) | View List | |
| Group D (300-349 calories) | View List | |
| Group E (350-399 calories) | View List | |
| Group F (400+ calories) | View List | |
| Lunch Grains | View List | |
| Fruits | ||
| Group A (0-49 calories) | View List | |
| Group B (50-74 calories) | View List | |
| Group C (75-99 calories) | View List | |
| Group D (100+ calories) | View List | |
| Vegetables | ||
| Beans/Peas | View List | |
| Dark Green | View List | |
| Other | View List | |
| Red/Orange | View List | |
| Starchy | View List | |
| Milk | View List | |
| Condiments | View List | |
| Desserts | View List | |