Nutrition Fun Facts

The EASD Food Service Department strives daily to serve our students tasty, nutritious options.  Here are some of the healthy options we serve daily:

• Breakfast in each building, offering a variety of whole grain, reduced sugar cereals, low fat yogurt and 100% fruit juice
• Skim or 1% milk varieties
• Whole wheat, whole grain and white bread products
• A variety of fresh fruits and vegetables
• Chef salads in the elementary schools and salad bars in the middle & high schools

Get the Facts on:  Calcium & Vitamin D
Your body and bones need it!  Milk, cheese and yogurt are a great way to get it!
            Serve low-fat (1%) and fat-free milk
            Offer flavored milk to encourage your children to drink more of it
            Use low-fat milk, cheese and yogurt when cooking and baking and
                        offering them as snacks
            Use low-fat or fat free yogurt as dips for fruit or vegetables

Low-Fat Smoothie:  Cool Blue
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, 1 container of low-fat blueberry yogurt, 1 cup 100% grape juice. Add all ingredients plus a few ice cubes into a blender and mix until thick