You’re Gonna Lava This Recipe for National School Lunch Week!

This week is National School Lunch Week!

For NSLW 2017, we are featuring recipes from our 2017 Meals Plus Customer Cookbook. This cookbook will feature 40+ delicious school meal recipes submitted by Meals Plus Customers, and school lunch recipes using USDA Foods. The cookbook will be available to download for everyone this Fall.

Today’s featured recipe is a ‘Volcano Bowl’, submitted by Yorktown Community Schools (IN).

Ingredients:
25 – bread bowl, (Super Bakery)
100 – meatballs, (JTM)
1 qt. + 2.25 c. – marinara sauce, (Red Gold)
1 qt. +2.25 c. – mozzarella cheese, (Land O’ Lakes)

Directions:

  1. Wash hands.
  2. Clean and sanitize work surface.
  3. Repeat step #1.
  4. Put on a pair of disposable gloves.
  5. Using vegetable spray, spray the inside of a full-size steamtable pan.
  6. Place 1 quart + 2.25 cups marinara sauce into pan, cover and set aside.
  7. Repeat steps #1, #2, #3 & #4.
  8. Place 100 meatballs into a full-size steamtable pan.
  9. Place in steamer for approximately. 10 to 15 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 160° F.
  10. Cover and place in a preheated warmer and hold until serving time.
  11. Place marinara sauce in a steamer for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 160° F.
  12. Cover and place in a preheated warmer and hold until serving time.
  13. Repeat steps #1, #2, #3 & #4.
  14. Place 1 quart + 2.25 cups of cheese into a ¼ size steamtable pan. Cover and place in the cooler and hold until serving time.
  15. Place 25 bread bowls into a full-size steamtable pan. Cover and set aside until serving time.

 

To Serve:

  1. Wash Hands.
  2. Put on a pair of disposable gloves.
  3. Place a bread bowl on the lunch tray.
  4. Place 4 meatballs inside the bread bowl.
  5. Using a 2 oz. spoodle, cover the meatballs and bread bowl with the marinara sauce.
  6. Top meatballs with 2 oz. of mozzarella cheese.