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🌱 | Adding plant-based options to menus
👩‍🍳 | FREE culinary trainings for food service
🖊️ | Sign our Forward Food Pledge

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🚨 Don’t toss those banana peels! 🚨

Instead, use them to create these sustainable, sweet and savory banana peel arepas. 🍌

We love finding new, creative ways to make our kitchen more sustainable. 🌎

What #sustainable practices do you use in your kitchen?

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In 2025 we hosted 46 educational events, taught 1,847 food service professionals & trained 332 institutions on plant-based menus.
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If each of these institutions adds even just a few more plant-based meals to their menus next year, the impact on the planet will be HUGE! 🌍

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It's amazing what you can make with plant-based products! 😍

We tried plant-based chicken from Swap Food and made a yummy pesto pasta and chicken pancit.

Have you tried Swap Chicken yet?

#plantbasedprotein #veganmeat #veganchicken #plantbasedmeat

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The 2025 Plant-Forward Opportunity Report revealed that price tops protein when choosing plant-based meals.💰

1 in 5 consumers would be more likely to try plant-forward dishes if they cost less than an animal-based dish.

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We commend @freshideasfood on its industry leading commitment to offer 50% plant-based meals by 2025 across their dining operations & we look forward to helping them reach that goal at the end of this year!👏

DM us for more info about how we can help your dining operations! 📬

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Atlantic City memories from the New Jersey SNA: great connections and convos, and our sweet curry chickpea salad was a winner! Plant-based foods are always a smart bet. #sna #schoolnutrition #schoolfood #veganfood

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Highlight from the @NewYorkSNA Conference: Sweet curry chickpea salad & BUFFALO-style chickpea salad were a hit! 🙌

The reviews?

“I don’t even LIKE chickpeas, but this is delicious!” 🤯

Thanks to all the food service directors who stopped by!
#sna #schoolnutrition #schoolfood

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Have you tried our new totcho recipe yet!?

They’re the perfect balance of comfort and nutrition: simple to prepare, kid-friendly, and always a hit in the cafeteria. 💯

Get the full recipe 👇
https://t.co/3Nnx5d1pGi

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Our team had an incredible time at the @Reducetarian Summit in October! 🤩 Swipe to see some highlights 👉

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Plant-based defaults really do work!🙌

📈In a 2022 study, the average take-rates of plant-based options went from 31% to 82% when a plant-based default was implemented consistently.

DM us for support with implementing a default at your operations.📥

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This tofu ‘egg’ salad sandwich hits different 🥪✨

Get the full recipe 👇
https://t.co/5QQ1HRj87K

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@nerdzrope @gardein Love this roast! 🍂

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They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 🥞We trust them, so we came up with a bunch of new breakfast recipes to fuel your students for a full day of classes! 🌄

Swipe to see some of our new favorites. 👉

Let us know below what your go-to breakfast is! ⬇️

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Black beans are incredibly versatile! Here are some of our favorite new recipes that feature black beans. 🫘

What are your favorite ways to use black beans? Tell us below! 👇

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October standout: our panel at @CaliforniaSNA with Los Gatos USD, @foe_us and @CDFAnews's Farm to Fork program. Full room, great energy and tons of interest in chef-led, plant-based resources. Awesome turnout! #sna #schoolnutrition #schoolfood #veganfood

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UC Riverside’s goal to serve 50% plant-based meals by 2027 will create positive change for students, animals, the planet and the food system. 👏

Is your institution interested in setting a plant-based or sustainability goal? DM us to learn more. 📬

@ucrdining

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EXCITING NEWS! @UCRDining signed our Forward Food Pledge, committing to serve 50% plant-based meals by 2027. 🥳🍽️🌱

Read more about their exciting commitment 👇
https://t.co/ljkSfgpklX

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We re-imagined your favorite homestyle meals! 🍲

What home cooked meal do you hope we re-imagine next? 🏠 Let us know below! ⬇️

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These meatloaf cupcakes are too cute not to try! 😍

Get the full recipe 👇
https://t.co/kTpQfldKeu

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In January, we partnered with @veganuary to host a free culinary training for 8 schools.🤝

They saved 27,323 pounds of CO2 emissions by increasing their plant-based options for 1 week.🤯

Want to join our 2026 Veganuary training? Register at https://t.co/FQegUo5iHg by Nov 21st!

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@kvegan_jee Looks amazing! 🍣