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    k-12 RD

    I am a Registered Dietitian specializing in School Nutrition and Menu Planning Support.

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  • Menu Boredom

    Looking for a fresh set of eyes to get the students interested again?

  • Sponsor Application

    Need help making sense of the requirements and process of getting onto the National School Lunch Program?

  • SN Jargon Translation

    All the talk about USDA, HACCP, NSLP, NSBP, meal pattern, components, production records, and CN Labels making your head spin?

  • Paperwork Overload

    Unable to find your desk under the stacks of production records, certification worksheets, menus, and HACCP logs?

  • Software Headaches

    Having trouble translating nutrition labels, calorie content, and trans fat grams into readable analysis reports?

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What I can do for you?

As a school nutrition dietitian, I partner with charter schools and school districts in North Carolina to create efficient School Nutrition programs customized with systems and menus that meet the approval of both the students AND the USDA.

Menus

Evaluate products and recipes for meal pattern compliance
Develop cycle menus that:

  • are compliant with USDA guidelines
  • help to make efficient use of inventory and space
  • meet the expectation of school’s population and parents

Interpret NSLP & SBP meal patterns and the Certification process to develop a systematic plan of attack

Analysis

Develop and maintain nutrition database of USDA-approved nutrient analysis software (proficient in NutriKids, Mosaic, MealsPlus and LINQ).
Complete nutrient analysis efficiently to meet submission deadline.

Certification

Complete, review and submit Certification documents to DPI for approval.
Develop North Carolina-approved production record templates based on certified cycle menu.
Create standardized recipes to ensure menu compliance with each meal.
Organize recipes and required documentation for DPI reviews.

Training

Provide staff training on School Nutrition topics

  • Meal Patterns
  • Production Records
  • Offer v. Serve
  • HACCP
  • Food Safety

Jill Marie Pratt | RD, LDN, SNS

From early on in college, I’ve been drawn to the food service field of dietetics. While my peers longed for careers in a hospital setting, I had my eyes on the shiny stainless steel of industrial kitchen equipment. I didn’t know it then, but for me, school nutrition would come to be the perfect mix of problem-solving, data analysis, associate training, wellness promotion, and nutrition education.

Over the past two decades, I’ve worked as the menu planning dietitian for programs as small as a single charter school to as large as more than 150 school site kitchens. Since the introduction of the new meal pattern, I’ve been involved in the process of menu certification of over two dozen programs here in North Carolina.

When I’m not helping schools make sense of the crazy world of School Nutrition, you can find me around Apex with my family and basset hound Jenkins.

Let’s work together!

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