Center Daily Menu

You can record menus for any selected center, if needed. Note that at Step 4, these are the same steps a center would follow to record menus themselves in KidKare.

1. From the menu to the left, click Menus/Attendance.

2. Select Center Daily Menu.

3. Click the Select Center drop-down menu at the top of the window and select the center for which to enter menus.

4. Click the date box and enter the date for which to record a menu.

5. Click Non-Infants or Infants.

6. Click to expand a meal. Click  to collapse it again.

7. Select the appropriate meal components. You can also click Menu to select a saved menu template. A message displays when the meal pattern requirements for the meal type have not been fulfilled by the menu. Once the meal pattern guidance has been satisfied, and the required number/types of components are associated with the meal, the error no longer displays. You can click Create Menu to save this meal as a menu template.

8. If you are recording a Bread/Alt or Infant Cereal and need to override the ounce equivalents calculation saved to the food list to accommodate brand differences, click  Calculate Oz Eq for 1 Serving under the Bread/Alt or Infant Cereal food item. Enter the updated serving from the nutrition label and click Save.

9. If you are recording a Milk and have enabled policy M.21, fat-content options display once you select the Milk item. Click a Fat Type for each age group in attendance. You must select at least one fat type for the milk you chose.
   • Use the APPLY TO ALL AGES option to bulk-apply a fat type. Note that 1 year-old children can only be assigned to Whole milk, and any bulk actions taken with Reduced-Fat (2%), Low-Fat(1%), or Fat-Free (Skim) will ignore the 1 year age group.
   • For children over 6 and adults, use click the Flavored toggle to indicate the milk was served.
   • If you require Actual Quantities to be recorded, each fat-type will appear in the Enter Actual Quantities pop-up.

10. If this center has participants over the age of 18 enrolled, the Adult Meal Pattern Substitutions section displays.

    • Click  next to Was yogurt substituted for milk? if you substituted yogurt for milk at this meal.

    • Click  next to Was milk served to adults? if milk was served to adults at this meal.

      Notes: You can only select one option. When you select an option, the other is immediately set to No. Milk and yogurt substitutions are reflected on the Menu Production Record.

11. Click Estimate Attendance to estimate attendance for this meal.

12. Click the Menu Notes box and enter any notes about this meal, if needed.

13. Click Save.
    

Record Actual Quantities Served

If your state requires you to do so, you can record the actual amount of food that was served after each meal. This reflects the actual quantities served on the menu and Menu Production Record. You must first set policy M.01 to Y.

1. On the Center Daily Menu page, click +  in the Actual Quantities Served column. The Enter Quantities Served pop-up opens and only displays those menu components where a food item was selected on the Daily Menu.

2. Click each box and enter the quantity served.

3. Click the corresponding drop-down menu and select the unit of measurement.

4. Click Save.

Estimate Attendance

Learn how your centers can estimate attendance to view the estimated quantities required for planned menus. Watch the video below, or scroll down for step-by-step instructions.  To view more, see the Center Estimate Attendance article.