Table 1.
Menu at baseline
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrée 1 with bundled side | |||||
| Entrée | Asian chicken salad | Veggie burger on whole-wheat bun | Steak and blue cheese salad with whole-wheat roll | Sausage gumbo over brown rice | Tuna caprese salad with flatbread crackers |
| Bundled side dish | Mediterranean mix (tomatoes, cucumbers, feta cheese) | ||||
| Entrée 2 with bundled side | |||||
| Entrée | Grilled mozzarella cheese sandwich on whole-wheat bread | Barbeque turkey tips with corn bread | Popcorn chicken | Roasted turkey wrap with spinach and tomato | Pizza on whole-grain crust |
| Bundled side dish | Baby carrots | Baby spinach side salad with cucumbers and grape tomatoes | Cucumbers and carrots with dip | Whole grain goldfish | Garden greens side salad |
| Soup | Turkey wild rice cranberry soup | Vegetable soup | Tuscan soup | Chicken noodle Florentine soup | Roasted garlic rosemary chowder |
| Dessert | Chocolate pudding with whipped topping | Yellow cake with chocolate frosting | Homemade trail-mix | ||
| Canned fruit | Canned peaches | Fruit cocktail | |||
| Whole fresh fruit | Apples | Apples | Apples | Apples | Apples |
| Bananas | Bananas | Bananas | Bananas | Bananas | |
| Oranges | Oranges | Oranges | Oranges | Oranges | |
| Yoghurt | 4 oz low-fat | 4 oz low-fat | 4 oz low-fat | 4 oz low-fat | 4 oz low-fat |
| Milk | Skimmed, 1 %, Lactaid (white only) | Skimmed, 1 %, Lactaid (white only) | Skimmed, 1 %, Lactaid (white only) | Skimmed, 1 %, Lactaid (white only) | Skimmed, 1 %, Lactaid (white only) |
| Alternative entrée with bundled side dish | Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with side of pretzels | Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with side of pretzels | Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with side of pretzels | Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with side of pretzels | Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with side of pretzels |
| Condiments | Saltine crackers | Saltine crackers | Saltine crackers | Saltine crackers | Saltine crackers |
| Ketchup | Ketchup | Ketchup | Ketchup | Ketchup | |
| Mustard | Mustard | Mustard | Mustard | Mustard | |
| Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | |
| Butter | Butter | Butter | Butter | Butter | |
| Margarine | Margarine | Margarine | Margarine | Margarine |