Tase T. Lentil makes an appearance in Illinois!

Tase T. Lentil, Chel C. Chickpea and Dan D. Pea

The National Lentil Festival is proud to announce that Tase T. Lentil and his friends Dan D. Pea and Chel C. Chickpea were recently included in the Illinois Child Care Bureau News about national nutrition month!

The Illinois Child Care Bureau is a sponsoring agency of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and supports licensed day care home providers and working parents with young children. In their March newsletter there was an article titled "Offer More Cooked Dry Beans or Dry Peas as a Meat Alternate" containing information about cooking with dry peas, lentils and chickpeas. The article featured characters Tase T. Lentil, Dan D. Pea and Chel C. Chickpea and gave home day care providers many excellent ideas for serving dry beans and peas to children. You can view the newsletter here!

Congratulations to Tase T., Dan D., and Chel C. on this national coverage! :)

~Amberly, Event Coordinator