RED CLAY
CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
DECEMBER 2015
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Choice of Skim or 1%, Fat Free
Chocolate & Strawberry* Milk
served with every meal.
**MENU IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE
Check out our nutrition &
fitness website! Go to
www.RedClayCafe.com
Prices (Non-CEP)*
Breakfast: $0.90
Lunch $1.75
Milk $0.50
Adult Breakfast $2.25
Adult Lunch $3.50
*If your school is participating in CEP (Community Eligibility Provision),
the first meal for daily breakfast and lunch is provided at no charge to all
students.
FOOD OF THE MONTH
Homemade Chicken Chili w/Tostitos & Corn Muffin
Normandy Blend and Orange Wedges
Wednesday, December 2
Calzones w/ Vegetable Pasta Salad
Fresh Broccoli Salad and Fresh Fruit Combo
Thursday, December 3
Popcorn Chicken Bowl w/Whole Grain Biscuit
Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy & Corn and Bagged Apple Slices
Friday, December 4
Sweet ‘N’ Sour Meatballs w/Asian Pasta Salad & Breadstick
Green Beans & Craisins and Applesauce Cup
Monday, December 7
Meatball Parmesan Sandwich
Crispy French Fries and Fresh Fruit Combo
Tuesday, December 8
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Subs, Sandwiches & Wraps w/Whole
Grains
Freshly Made Salads
Half Sandwich & Half Salad Combo
Pizza w/ Whole Grain Crust *M/W/F
Chicken Poppers & WG Biscuit *T/Th
Fruit & Yogurt Parfaits
Jamwich Packs & Dairy Lunchables
Meals-To-Go Pack (Cheese, Protein,
& Wowbutter Varieties)
Assorted Fresh Fruit & Raw
Vegetables are available daily to
add vitamins, minerals, bright color
and a FRESH taste to your healthy
meal!
Collard Greens
Tuesday, December 1
Protein Bowl w/Muffin & Syrup
Baked Sweet Potatoes and Juicy Pears
Wednesday, December 9
Ham & Cheese on Pretzel Roll
Sautéed Spinach and Apple Crisp
Thursday, December 10
Nachos Supreme w/Tostitos & Salsa
Golden Corn and Orange Wedges
Friday, December 11
Tangerine Chicken w/”Fried” Rice
Teriyaki Broccoli and Pineapple & Mandarins
Collard Greens are a large leafy green that can be
used in a number of dishes and is part of the
cruciferous family of vegetables. It grows as a
large, dark colored, edible leaf and provides an
enormous amount of nutrition. With a huge source
of soluble fiber and Vitamin C, and multiple
nutrients with anticancer properties, one serving of
Collard Greens contains more than your daily
allotment of Vitamin K and A, and is a great source
of folate, manganese, calcium and tryptophan. A
single serving has a mere 46 calories!
Did You Know?
 Collard Greens are native to the Mediterranean
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region and Asia Minor. Around about 400 B.C.
they were brought over to Britain and France.
The first collards were documented in the
Americas in the 1600s,
Stalks and leaves of collard greens are edible.
Blue max, Georgia, Vates, Champion, Flash and
Heavy crop are some of the best known and most
commonly cultivated varieties of collard greens .
Substances isolated from collard greens have
anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties that may
prevent development of certain types of cancer.
Collard greens is biennial plant, which means that
it completes its life cycle in 2 years
"Collard" originates from "colewort", which is a
synonym for the wild cabbage - an ancestor of
modern collard greens.
Digital Menu Boards!
Lookout in your cafeteria for our digital menu boards
this month of December.
RED CLAY WELLNESS
Monday, December 14
Red Clay School District has an active wellness policy
and plan that outlines specific goals pertaining to:
Nutrition Education, Nutrition Promotion, Physical
Activity and Physical Education. All schools are
required to complete a school-based assessment on
their implementation of the wellness policy, which can
be found on the District’s Parent & Student Wellness
Page. To get involved in District Wellness, email
[email protected] for a list of wellness
committee meetings.
Red Clay Nutrition Service Point of Sale software will
no longer be able to offer bonus meals for every 10
meals purchased. This will go into effect immediately
for all future prepayments.
Monday, December 21
Chicken Patty on Whole Grain Bun
Peas & Carrots and Perfect Peaches
Buffalo Chicken Cheesesteak
Corn & Tomato Salad and Juicy Pears
Tuesday, December 15
French Toast Sticks w/Breakfast Sausage
Sweet ’N’ Spicy Sweet Potatoes and Applesauce Cup
Wednesday, December 16
Jalapeno Grilled Cheese w/Pretzel Goldfish
Warm Tomato Soup and Peach Cup
Warm Baked Ziti & Meatballs w/Mediterranean Breadstick
Marinated Vegetable Salad and Mixed Fruit
Mozzarella Sticks w/Marinara
Roasted Broccoli and Fresh Fruit Combo
Tuesday, December 22
Wednesday, December 23
Thursday, December 17
Oven Roasted Chicken w/Dinner Roll
Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Apple Crisp
Snickerdoodle Cookie
Friday, December 18
Handmade Stromboli w/Marinara Sauce
3-Bean Salad and Bagged Apple Slices
Please
join us for a
HOLIDAY
FEAST!
THURSday, Dec. 17
Last day
of school:
Wednesday,
Dec. 23
Classes
resume:
Monday,
Jan. 4