It’s Turkey Day in the cafeteria! 🦃🎉 We served up a delicious Thanksgiving-inspired feast for students. 🍽️ We’re grateful for our amazing school nutrition team and the smiles they bring to every meal. 💛

Learning about nutrition never tasted so good! 🍓 We visited The North Star School to teach an engaging nutrition lesson on how smart food choices can boost energy, focus, & overall wellness — and students rolled up their sleeves for a chef-led frozen yogurt parfait activity!

🌟 What an incredible turnout! 🌟 Our 2nd Annual Food Show was a huge success — we welcomed just shy of 500 attendees! 🍽️🎉 We loved seeing our community come together to taste, share, and celebrate the next generation of school meals.

It’s pumpkin season! 🎃 This month, we’re cracking into pumpkin seeds — our crunchy, #local Taste It Tuesday/Fear Factor Friday featured item. Nutritious, delicious, and enjoyed at all levels!

🍎 It’s National School Lunch Week! This week, we’re celebrating the power of nutritious school meals to fuel minds, build healthy habits, and support growing students every day. #NSLW #NationalSchoolLunchWeek🌟

We’re excited to participate in the 9th annual Crunch Heard ‘Round the Commonwealth Day! 🍎 This statewide event raises awareness of VA’s Farm to School programs and supports our local farmers. To celebrate, we're making some noise by taking a bite into a fresh, #local apple!

🌟Local goodness on your lunch tray! 🌟 This month’s featured ingredients for Taste It Tuesday/Fear Factor Friday are #local zucchini & yellow squash from Kirby Farms in Mechanicsville VA 🌱

What better way to celebrate the end of the school week than with two student favorites? 🎉 🍗 Asian Style Chicken - Solid muscle chicken breast meat, WG breading, & Asian style glazed sauce w/ bold flavors from honey, brown sugar, and ginger. 🍕Pizza - An all-time classic!

The first two weeks of school are in the books! We’ve loved fueling busy days with delicious meals. 🍎🥪 What’s been your favorite menu item so far? 👇

Our Executive Chef was thrilled to present a culinary demonstration on egg rolls and wontons at Rock Ridge High School, while also sharing exciting updates about upcoming enhancements to the school menus 🍽️

Fresh, crunchy, and packed with nutrients 🌱✨— asparagus took center stage in our school cafeteria this month! Our final Taste It Tuesday/Fear Factor Friday featured a chef favorite: Balsamic Roasted Asparagus 🧑‍🍳

🍓🍇🫐 It's Fruit Cone Day! A refreshing blend of strawberries, blueberries, and grapes awaits in the cafeteria —sweet, juicy, and the perfect treat.

Two taste tests, two big wins! This week at @emerickelem1967 and @RiversideLCPS, students sampled new recipes and are already excited for what’s coming to next year’s menus! 💫

Three NEW recipes are being taste-tested for next school year, and Ashburn ES got a taste today! ✅ Triple Berry Pancake featuring @SimplotCompany Berries 🍓 🫐 ✅ Chicken Adobo w/ Java Rice (Filipino-inspired Recipe 🇵🇭) ✅ Asian Noodle Salad 🍜 Which one would you try first?

Today we celebrate our School Lunch Heroes—serving up kindness, nutrition, and smiles every day! 🍎🥪💪 #SchoolLunchHeroDay

🥬 Kale Yeah! This month's Taste It Tuesday and Fear Factor Friday is KALE. Students enjoyed the delicious vegetable as a chip — crispy, crunchy, and full of nutrients! 😋

This past Saturday, Chef Erik joined the annual LCPS Middle School FACS Cake Wars competition! This year’s sweet theme? Candy Shop! After sampling some truly impressive creations, Chef Erik had the honor of presenting the award to the talented team from @BelmontRidge 🏆🎂🍭

We had a blast @LCPS_EagleRidge today! Our dietetic intern, Josie, served up a delicious triple berry sheet pan pancake sampling at breakfast – it was a hit! Plus, our executive chef and registered dietitian got great insights from a student focus group.

Congratulations to Alec Loyd, School Nutrition Manager at the Academies of Loudoun, on being recognized as the well-deserved SNS Employee of the Year! His outstanding leadership and dedication is truly appreciated.

Happy #EarthDay! For today's #VATrayTuesday we have a delicious feature from @LCPSCafe North African Lentils with Couscous 😋 This hearty vegetarian recipe highlights amazing spices and fresh staple ingredients. What an amazing way to celebrate nature's bounty!