Planning Menus

Go to Meals in the left sidebar and open the Menu tab. Menu has three views: Calendar, Food Library and Templates. Meals need CACFP setup first; the other tabs say Available after CACFP setup until then.

1. Build Your Food Library

In Food Library, click Add Food Item. Give it a name, choose its CACFP Component (Milk, Grain/Bread, Fruit/Vegetable or Meat/Meat Alternate) and tick any Allergens it contains (Dairy, Gluten, Nuts, Eggs, Soy, Fish, Shellfish, Sesame or Other). See Managing the Food Library.

2. Make a Day Template

1. 1In Templates, create a template and name it for the day it describes, for example Week A - Monday.
2. 2For each meal you serve (Breakfast, AM Snack, Lunch, PM Snack, Dinner), search the food library and add the items.
3. 3Save. Make one template per day of your rotation.

3. Put It on the Calendar

1. 1In Calendar, choose the classroom and week.
2. 2Click a day and pick the template for it.
3. 3To fill many days at once, click Bulk assign: choose the Template, the Classrooms and the Days. It warns you if it will overwrite an existing menu.

Allergen Check

When a template contains an allergen that matches a child in that room, Neztio shows Allergen Conflicts Found with each child and item before it assigns. Cancel and adjust the menu, or choose Assign Anyway if the kitchen will substitute. See Tracking Allergens.

Menu planning is included in the Standard plan and higher.