The Lunch Box is the largest online resource for scratch cooking in schools. Our mission is to provide school district administrators, food service directors, and their teams with the tools and …

Welcome to The Lunch Box! The nation’s trusted resource for scratch cooking in schools, featuring recipes, tools, and operational knowledge.

Chef Ann secured funding to develop The Lunch Box website by 2007, and founded the Chef Ann Foundation in 2009. The site officially launched in 2010, and included the largest database of …

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Hundreds of kid-tested, culinary-inspired recipes built specifically for school meal programs.

Discover More The Lunch Box Welcome to the largest online resource for scratch cooking in schools! A program of the Chef Ann Foundation, this site features step-by-step guides, tools, …

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Monthly Menu Calendar Templates We know how much time and effort goes into menu planning, especially within a scratch-cook operation. Once menus are created for the school year, they …

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