Recipes for Schools

Find a variety of recipes below to add to your upcoming menu! Beans, dry peas, lentils and chickpeas are excellent sources of fiber and in protein, vitamins and minerals, and they help you meet the National School Lunch Program Guidelines. Pulses can credit either in the beans and peas sub-category of vegetables or in the meat/meat alternate category in the National School Lunch Program.

Pulses in School Meals:

Chickpea Granola

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Curried Black Eyed Peas

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Lentil Street Tacos

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Pumpkin Pie Parfait with Chickpea Granola

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Asian-Style Sweet & Spicy Veggie Burger with Pineapple Slaw

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Breakfast Lentil Quesadilla

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Harissa Red Lentil Hummus

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Maple Sriracha Baked Chickpeas

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Split Pea Curry

pdf - 3.46 MB

Farmer's Meatball Grinder

pdf - 2.31 MB

Southwest Sloppy Joes

pdf - 1.66 MB

Rockin' Ranch Hummus

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Peas on Earth Taco Salad

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Orange Sriracha Protein Bowl

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Cowboy Beans and Cornbread

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(text version)

Nacho Average Lentil Taco

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(text version)

Blazin' Buffalo Chickpea Salad

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(text version)

RaMarKable Apple Muffins

Sweet Chickpeas and Rice

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Awesome Egg Rolls

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Roasted Cauliflower and Lentil Tacos

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NPR: Here's What's Been Flying Off Store Shelves

According to NPR, here are the top food staples people to stock their pantry shelves. Read this March 16th article from their Coronavirus Crisis special series.

Bon Appetit: 86 Ways to Use Up All Those Beans

If you have a bunch of pulses in your pantry and need some ideas about how to put them to use, check out Bon Appetit’s 86 Ways to Use Up All Those Beans.

NYT: A Boom Time for the Bean Industry

Beans, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas - aka "pulses" are flying off the shelves as consumers brace for the worst - an extended quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a NY Times article published Sunday, March 22nd, 2020, Americans are filling their pantries with long-lasting essentials, and pulses are high on the list. Read the rest of the article here.

2019 Pulse Innovation Summit: Sprouting and Fermentation

The USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council and American Pul …

World Pulses Day 2019

February 10, 2019, will be the first-ever World Pulses Day, a designated United Nations global event to celebrate pulses worldwide and continue the important gains made with the 2016 International Year of Pulses.