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This Santa Fe Pasta Soup recipe came from Gale Wood at Rutherford County, TN. Gale and the students liked our Santa Fe Pasta so much that not only did they start menuing it regularly, but Gale also took the our pasta recipe and turned
it into a soup recipe...I ate it for lunch last time I went down for a menu care meeting and LOVED IT (but I still like our Menu solution best for schools!!!). Ken
Gale's / Santa Fe Pasta Soup - Recipe (.PDF)
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Kudos to Yadkin County North Carolina for a little Holiday initiative! Kathy Sommers took Gage Coffee Cake and turned it into a special Holiday Treat by adding - Commodity Canned Sweet Potatoes! Please check out the recipe for an exciting NEW Menu Solution! Yadkin is already getting their second order in of Gage Coffee Cake and we can't wait to see what they have in store next.
Take advantage of our Gage "End of the Year Menu Slot Clean up Promotion" to earn extra rebate dollars as well!!!
Sweet Potato Cake - Recipe (.PDF)
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Here is a quick listing of Gage Best Sellers and the Commodities that work great with them. YUM!
Commodity Menu Solutions - Quick Grid (.PDF)
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A few short years ago the only vegetarian options seen on a lunch line were slices of cheese pizza and French fries. Not so anymore. According to the School Nutrition Association, as many as 67% of schools in the U.S. are making an effort to serve up more Vegetarian options on a regular basis, up from just 22% just five years ago.
Rosalyn Scruggs, Nutrition Education Coordinator of the Little Rock School District in Little Rock, Arkansas, was also looking to make more vegetarian options available this coming school year. However, finding affordable and healthy vegetarian options that fit into their school meal program was proving to be very difficult. That’s where Gage came in.
At Rosalyn’s request, Gage took 3 of their most cost effective, kid-friendly entrees and created new Vegetarian recipe variations that would keep costs low while appealing to vegetarians, flexitarians or semi-vegetarians (when one removes certain types of meats from the diet), selectarians (when one consciously makes food choices to promote overall health and lifestyle), and meat eaters alike.
Access Gage’s new recipes below:
Rosalyn and her team tested all three recipe variations on their students over the summer and were happy to report that all were extremely well-received. These Gage products, along with 2 LunchWell items, are being menu-ed and have added variety, lowered their product AND labor costs, and improved consistency across schools.
To read more about School Lunch and Vegetarian Trends, Click on One of the Links Below:
What’s for Lunch? Schools Bring Vegetarian Options to the Table
Source: Today's Dietician
Majority of School Nutrition Programs Now Offer Vegetarian School Lunches
Source: School Nutrition Association
Don't Have a Cow, Mom
Source: Washington Post
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Gage entrees are a great way to save time and labor in the kitchen as they enable the user to prep, bake, and serve your meal in the same pan. However, it is very important to use boiling water when preparing your entrees to ensure the proper amount of starch is released from the noodles while cooking.
If you do not have the facilities to boil water first, obtaining very hot water (preferably 160 degrees or higher) should achieve the desired effect.
Cooking Tip Contributed by: Sara Brooks, Citrus County Schools, FL
Food Preparation Guide: Entrees (.PDF)
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Gage has officially unveiled new product labels, coming soon to a facility near you. The new labels feature two designs, one design for Gage classic products and one design for Gage’s LunchWell line.
Besides a new look, Gage has worked to make their labels more user-friendly by revising their directions and nutrition panels. They also added a new feature for food-based school menu planners that show how many ounces of Meat, cups of Vegetables, or servings of bread are in each finished serving of the product.
“We’re very excited that we were able to redesign our product labels for our customers,” states Laura Devlin, Brand Manager of Gage Foods, “It was our goal to create fun, user-friendly labels with all the relevant information necessary to build and plan a menu.”
This isn’t the only change Gage will be making. Gage is already working on providing aggregate nutrition panels on each of their cans, showing both the packaged nutrition as well as the nutrition prepared according to the basic recipe.
“In talking to customers I quickly realized this was a change we should make. We have the aggregate nutrition panels complete already, which is most of the battle.” Laura says. “We just need to acquire the technology to support it before we can implement the improvements.”
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