A Warm and Filling Soup for You

February 4 is National Soup Day, and we've got a hearty soup recipe from Team Nutrition to warm your participants up and keep them full throughout the afternoon. This recipe features beans, which can be credited as a vegetable or as a meat/meat alternate. Check out some of the resources we have on our website that will help you with serving beans in the CACFP.

· Bean Soup Recipe

· USDA Worksheet: Serving Vegetables

· Meal Pattern Minute: Crediting Beans

· Free Activity Page: Bean Counting

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Did you miss out on some of our past virtual events? We upload many of our webinars to the Learning Center, so be sure to check for any you may have wanted to attend. Just last week, we added on-demand webinars from the Special Diets Boot Camp, the 2022 Virtual Summit and 2022 Saturday Summit, and the Power of the Food Program.

Industry Partner Spotlight

Pacific Northwest Canned Pears are grown by American farmers in Oregon and Washington and packed by local processors. These Bartlett pears are versatile and ready to use in recipes or enjoyed straight from the can. Poached in juice or sweetened syrup right in the can, nothing else is added to the pears. U.S. grown canned pears are available through USDA child nutrition programs or from your distributor.