Offer Vs Serve (OVS) or

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Offer Vs Serve (OVS)orIs that breakfast really
reimbursable?
Presented by Loriann Knapton, DTR, SNS Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
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• http//teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/offer_v_se
  rve.html

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Meal Pattern - BreakfastTraditional and
EnhancedGrades K-12
FOUR COMPONENTS STUDENTS MUST SELECT 3
MILK 1 CUP component must offer
JUICE/FRUIT/VEGETABLE ½ CUP component must offer
Plus must offer a combination of the grains/breads and meat/meat alternate components as either
2 grains/breads servings 2 component OR
2 meat/meat alternate servings 2 component OR
1 serving of g/b and 1 serving of m/ma 2 components
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Breakfast must be easierThere arent as many
componentsRight?
FOUR COMPONENTS STUDENTS MUST SELECT 3
MILK 1 CUP component must offer
JUICE/FRUIT/VEGETABLE ½ CUP component must offer
Plus must offer a combination of the grains/breads and meat/meat alternate components as either
2 grains/breads servings 2 component OR
2 meat/meat alternate servings 2 component OR
1 serving of g/b and 1 serving of m/ma 2 components
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Combination foodsRecognizing tricky combos at
breakfast

• Know the planned portions
• Work with menu planner
• Understand crediting especially for
  grains/breads servings.
• Educate students to know what they must select

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Combination foods at breakfast

• Egg burrito m/ma, g/b, f/v
• Egg muffin m/ma, g/b
• Yogurt parfait m/ma, f/v, g/b ?
• Breakfast pizza m/ma, g/b, f/v ?
• Pancake on a stick g/b, m/ma

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How can you possibly know???Practice Practice
- Practice LETS DO BREAKFAST!
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Practice Breakfast

• Under OVS (3 of 4) which breakfasts
• are reimbursable?

Bagel 2 g/b Cereal 1 g/b Peaches 1/2 cup
f/v Juice ½ cup f/v Milk 1 cup
Meal 1 Bagel Milk 1 cup
Meal 3 Juice Peaches Milk
Meal 2 Cereal Milk 1 cup
Meal 4 Cereal Bagel Milk
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Practice Breakfast

• Under OVS (3 of 4) which meals
• are reimbursable?

Cheese Stick 1 m/ma ½ cup Yogurt 1
m/ma Muffin 2 g/b Juice ½ cup f/v Milk 1 cup
Meal 1 Cheese stick Yogurt Milk
Meal 3 Muffin Cheese stick
Meal 2 Muffin Milk
Meal 4 Yogurt Muffin Juice
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Food for ThoughtAre these breakfasts
reimbursable?

• 1 oz Muffin, ½ cup Juice, 1 cup milk
• 1 Hard boiled egg, ½ cup Juice
• 1 slice of toast, 1 cup milk
• ½ cup Strawberries, 4 oz yogurt, 28 gram granola
  bar
• ¾ oz Cereal, ½ cup peaches, 4 oz orange juice

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Reimbursable breakfastPutting it all together

• Learning to recognize reimbursable meals is
  critical for the success of your programs.
• To ensure accuracy remember to
• Check with your menu planner each day to verify
  the component contribution of menus
• Understand that depending on the menu food items
  may be different than meal components
• Understand that some foods may count as more
  than one component
• Verify that students select full portions of each
  component as planned by the menu planner

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