While the national debate on school nutrition requirements continues, one thing is certain: the importance of healthy meals for students. Many students depend on school prepared meals for lunch and increasingly breakfast, snacks and dinner.
For over 20 years, RATIONAL has worked with schools and school districts across the country to ensure foodservice operations meet federal requirements, maximize budgets, and make meals that increase lunch and breakfast program participation.
How RATIONAL products increase food quality for kids in school.
When serving food to thousands of students, it’s hard to create quality meals at scale, especially ensuring that everything is evenly cooked and delicious. Often, school meals can be boring and bland due to the high production requirements. Luckily, RATIONAL products make it a lot easier for schools to cook innovative and simple meals for students. These products take the pressure off of kitchen staff and require even less personnel, while simultaneously producing consistent results.
“I just really wanted to bring it into all my schools so that we could start with this scratch cooking, improve our quality, but also minimize time for my staff. And also take in the safety consideration as well,“ she says. “It’s one thing preparing meals, but we make them with heart, we make them with love. And using the iCombi and iVario to do that, it was just an enhanced product.“
Nielsen remembers when the district‘s first RATIONAL combi arrived in 2009. “The first thing we cooked was grilled cheese. I was amazed how you could get the color on both sides just like you get it off the grill, and it only took three to four minutes. It was quick – you could put six trays into the oven and cook about 150 grilled cheese sandwiches at the same time.“
“I am very happy with how the products come out using RATIONAL. You don’t have to worry about the food burning, you can control it easily, and you can do multiple things while food is being cooked,“ she said. “It’s safe and helpful, and the end result is much better.“
Offer kids nutritious and delicious budget-friendly meals.
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