Meal Kits

[Eliza Cook]

Hi all,

I hope you are doing well!  I wanted to reintroduce the idea of meal kits to everyone.  A meal kit is used at pantries to help push out a bundle of items while also providing someone with a convenient meal idea while they are shopping the pantry. The most important thing is that you are using recipes that make sense for your pantry and clients.   

Some pantries do a meal kit of the week; others rotate monthly. A few pantries had been using bags and pre-bundling items with a recipe.  Depending on your pantry, that may not be practical or possible.  What has been done, with repeated success, is to highlight a recipe, with an ingredient display, and allow the clients to shop for their items as they move through the pantry (see the included pictures). 

A meal kit allows your pantry to highlight and push out slower moving items, or perishable goods.  If you have a variety of fresh produce, encourage clients to add in their favorite items.  As we are moving into prime produce season, please keep this concept in mind.  

Example

Recipe on display (see attached files):

• Garbanzo Bean Salad (Crowd favorite, by the way!)
• Bean Cooking Tip Sheet

Suggested Ingredients on display:

• Dry/Canned Chickpeas 
• Onion
• Olive Oil
• Fresh Produce
  
  

Also, you can always reach out to me for specific ideas for your pantry to help you save time and energy!  Here are a few sites for inspiration:

Food Bank of the Southern Tier

Recipes – SNAP-Ed New York

Recipes - Just Say Yes

Recipes-EatFresh

Click 'N Cook

Thank you for all you do,

Eliza Cook JSY Nutrition Educator   Food Bank of the Southern Tier 607.796.6061 x4012 | eliza...@foodbankst.org 388 Upper Oakwood Ave. | Elmira, New York 14903 www.foodbankst.org   Donate | Advocate | Volunteer Working together to build and sustain hunger-free communities throughout the Southern Tier.

 

 

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