The Dish
Food Service Production
Spring 2019
Office of Food Service
450 E Fulton St.
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-365-5671
Joe Brown, Director of Food Service
Robin Chapman, Assistant Director of Food Service
Edith Murphy, Area Supervisor
Brenda Klein, Area Supervisor
Lynn Maistros, Area Supervisor
Liz Solomon, Area Supervisor
Jodena Beale, Food Service Supervisor
Les Hamilton, Food Service Production Center Supervisor
Jeannine Marcum, Dietitian
Chris Weatherholtz, Nutrition/Farm to School Coordinator K-12
Office of Food Service
Not pictured: Edith Murphy, Tee Elder, Roxanne Ritchey, Deb Cunningham, Ann Garren, Julia Ford, and Patti Dow
Nourish to Flourish: Not Just a Motto!
- Taste Testing in Your Classroom: Our dietician, Jeannine Marcum visits schools regularly and will provide taste testing lessons that teach children about nutrition and allows them to have a voice through voting and sharing their ideas
- Field Trips to the Production Center: Our staff organizes and implements field trips to the Production Center. This month Alpine 1st graders visited the center to learn about where their food comes from and how good nutrition helps to keep them growing and learning strong. To sign up for one of the limited spots for next school year contact Tee Elder: telder@columbus.k12.oh.us
- Other Initiatives: Our supervisors, listed above, actively support several school initiatives. One example is Fuel Up to Play 60, FUTP60 is a fitness/nutrition program that motivates students to focus on a healthy lifestyle with diet and fitness education. This program not only brings information to the participating schools but those students and schools that participate receive support, trips and even monetary rewards.
- Staff is Available to Support Your Events: This year several of our staff were invited to attend or participate in school events. Lynn Maistros recently presented at North Linden ES Career Day. Feel free to reach out to our directors, supervisors, and staff to support your events.
East Columbus ES gets the fun taste testing lesson.
Alpine Visits Food Service Production Center
Supervisor, Lynn Maistros, Sharing Career Day at North Linden Elementary School
The CCS Composting Super Heroes Save the Planet!
These four schools participated in weekly food waste audits, as well as, composting food waste. All four of the locations did an amazing job!! Each site had a student Green Team to lead the charge. The pilot required the schools to do the food sort and audit one day a week. However, some of the schools wanted to try to do the food sort and composting 5 days a week!! And of course, we are learning right along with the students through this pilot opportunity.
As the program progressed, each elementary school had an assembly where the students were granted superhero status and given superhero masks for saving the planet from the evil "Methane Man"!
Lindbergh Elementary School Green Team
Ecole Kenwood Green Team
Maize Planet Saving Super Heros
Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls
Special Thanks to the Downtown High School Early Childhood Students and Teachers
The Compost Initiative Was Showcased on 10TV News. Click on the picture below.
New Schools Are Joining the Farm to School Movement and Doing Great!
Ms. Anderson' Pre-K at Eakin ES
Ms. Johnson started a garden club at Georgian Heights ES
Ms. Bloodworth and Mr. Good at Lindbergh ES join the Farm to School Movement.
Harvest Recipes and Lesson Plans to Use With Your Garden Goodies
Spinach Smoothies
Ingredients:
- 4 cups local spinach
- 6 bananas
- 1 bag of frozen strawberries (approx. 10 oz.)
- 1 bag frozen peaches or blueberries (approx. 10 oz.)
- 16 oz. container plain yogurt
- 2 cups milk or apple juice
- Honey (optional)
- Ice (if needed)
Click on the icon above for the lesson plan for this recipe.
Baked Kale Chips
Ingredients
- 1 bunch (about 6 ounces) local kale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Rinse and dry the kale, remove the stems and tough center ribs.
- Tear or cut into large pieces, toss with olive oil and salt.
- Arrange kale in a single layer on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until crisp.