The meal portions 2 cups vegetables, 1 cup broth, 1/2 cup rice, 4 to 6 ounces protein seemed adequate enough.

Despite these requirements, the Administration says school officials will have new flexibility in selecting foods and deciding on the size of meal portions.

-Prepare sensible meal portions.

While afternoon tea is commonly recognised, the meal portions are usually significantly smaller, with many afternoon teas consisting of nothing more than coffee or other beverages.

Instead of the previous five age-specific groups, the report suggested streamlining meal plans to fall within three, more general groups-preschool, elementary, and secondary students-and made such meal portions consistent within these specified groups.

If this is not practical, you could try cooking a chicken to eat cold over several days; but once it is cooked, divide it up into the meal portions you require, and place them in the freezer or refrigerator as appropriate.

To deal with such a decline, he said, schools would have to reduce meal portions or quality, raise lunch prices or take other action to shave costs.

I still haven't got the meal portions right.

The meal portion is based on the costs of an average breakfast, lunch, and dinner at facilities typically used by employees at that location, including taxes, service charges, and customary tips.