Components of Menu Planning

Meal Plan

 Refers to the number of meals offered over a specified period of time, usually 24 hours. Includes the three meals of the day which include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
A simple exercise which involves applying the knowledge of food, nutrient requirement, individual preferences to plan adequate and acceptable meals.

Menu Pattern

 An outline of foods to be included and the extent of choice at each meal. This varies in different establishments. Is regarding a one day Menu Plan. Is a menu planning tool used to develop menus for a specific age group.

3 meal plans with corresponding meal patterns and specific meal courses.

Breakfast

MENU PATTERN
Fruit or juice Cereal hot or cold Protein food

SPECIFIC MEAL COURSES

FOOD
ESTABLISHMENT
Orange juice Fried rice Ham / Bacon

FAMILY
Banana or Pineapple juice
Fried rice Longganisa

Bread
Beverage

Sliced bread

Pan de sal

Coffee/Milk/Chocolate Coffee/Chocolate/ Milk for children

Lunch

MENU PATTERN
Soup (optional) Entre Salad/Vegetable Bread

SPECIFIC MEAL COURSES

ESTABLISHMENT

FOOD

FAMILY

Butter/Rice
Fruit or Light Dessert Beverage

Cream soup Chicken noodle soup Fish Amandine with lemon Fried tilapia Sauted Slices ampalaya Tossed salad Rice Rice/Bread Banana Gelatin Coffee/Tea/Juice Coffee/Tea

MENU PATTERN
Soup (optional) Entre Main course Vegetable Salad Bread with butter/Rice Dessert Beverage

SPECIFIC MEAL COURSES

FOOD
ESTABLISHMENT

FAMILY
Corn soup Baked tahong
Chicken adobo Sauted green beans Fruit salad

Chicken asparagus soup Steamed fish Beef caldereta

Fresh lumpia Fruit salad Rice/Bread Leche flan Coffee/Tea

Rice
Maja blanca Coffee/Tea/Juice

Brunch

 Amuse-bouche (mouth amuser) Full course dinner Hors d'oeuvre (first course) Desserts Entre (entrance) Entremets (between servings) Side dish

Tea(meal)

 Afternoon Tea

High Tea

- Is a light meal typically eaten between 4 pm and 6 pm. Observance of the custom originated among the wealthy classes in England in the 1840s. - (also known as meat tea) is the evening meal or dinner of the working class, typically eaten between 5 pm and 7 pm. - High tea typically consists of a hot dish, followed by cakes and bread, butter and jam. Occasionally there would be cold cuts of meat, such as ham salad.

Supper

 Is derived from the French souper , which is still used for this meal in Canadian French, Swiss French, and sometimes in Belgian French. May refer to, on largely class-based distinctions, either a late-evening snack (working and middle class usage) or else to make a distinction between "supper" as an informal family meal.

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