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School Meal Recipes

Our 500+ scratch-cooking recipes are tested in cafeterias and kid-approved! All of our recipes are analyzed according to USDA meal components, and can be easily adjusted to fit any portion quantity. 

Identify Fresh Proteins

The Lunch Box features a variety of similar recipes that use precooked meat, fresh/raw meat, canned beans, and dried beans. Recipes that include an icon in the title contain a fresh protein ingredient, such as fresh chicken or fish, or dried beans. Use these icons to easily identify the recipe that best suits your needs.

Key
🐄 = Fresh Beef 🦃 = Fresh Turkey 🦬 = Fresh Bison 🥚 = Fresh Egg
🐖 = Fresh Pork 🐟 = Fresh Fish 🐓 = Fresh Chicken 🫘 = Dried Beans

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