What's on the menu?
Every leap meal is built from the five food groups and meets USDA, CACFP, and SFSP nutritional standards — more vegetables and fruit, more whole grains, less added sugar and saturated fat.
The five food groups, in every meal
- Vegetables
- Fruit
- Grains
- Dairy
- Protein
School Year (CACFP)
Supper & snack — or supper only. During the school year, leap serves sites through the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Meals component, which allows up to one meal and one snack per student per day, served after the school day ends. Most of our sites serve supper only, or supper plus a snack (served at least two hours apart). Our partner vendors run rotating four-week cycle menus with a hot entrée, a vegetarian entrée, and a cold entrée option daily. All grain items are whole grain; every meal comes with fruit and vegetable servings and milk.
Real items from our vendors' current cycle menus. Menus rotate weekly and are subject to change without notice.
More from a typical month: Teriyaki Chicken with Rice · Pollo Asado with Brown Rice & Beans · Spaghetti & Meatballs · Veggie Lo Mein · Chicken Caesar Wrap · Scratch-made Granola & Yogurt.
Summer (SFSP)
Breakfast & lunch. When school is out for summer, leap serves sites through the SFSP, which allows up to two meals per student per day in any combination except lunch and supper. Our summer sites typically serve breakfast and lunch — so students stay fed all summer long.
Real items from our vendors' current summer menus. Menus rotate weekly and are subject to change without notice.
More from a typical summer: Pancakes & Fruit · Yogurt Parfait & Granola · Turkey & Cheese Sub · Cheese Pizza on Whole-Grain Crust · Chicken Caesar Wrap · Bean & Cheese Burrito.
How our meals meet the standards
Every leap meal follows USDA meal-pattern requirements for CACFP and SFSP. School-year suppers include the required components — milk, a grain, a fruit, a vegetable, and a meat or meat alternate — and snacks include two of the four CACFP snack components. Summer breakfasts and lunches meet the SFSP meal pattern, with whole grains, fruit, vegetables, milk, and protein in the right amounts for each age group. Allergy and religious dietary accommodations are available on request.
leap is an equal opportunity provider.
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