Student input welcomed for menu

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Breanna Rae Weber

Dining service welcomes student recipes for future meal ideas.

Maria Cervantes, Staff Reporter

Lakeland College dining service invites students and staff to share suggestions and recommendations on what should be included on the cafeteria menu.

Lakeland College Director of Dining Services Mark Wagner says, “(The opportunity) is always open for students and staff to bring in recipes or suggestions.”

According to Wagner, about 70 percent of the cafeteria menu is built by taking into consideration students’ suggestions and recommendations.

Karissa Anderson, senior education and Spanish major, is one of the students who provided a recipe to be served at the school cafeteria.

“I proposed something we call ‘pizza bubbles’ at my house,” Anderson said. “Essentially, it is a homemade recipe where raw biscuits are covered with marinara sauce and any topping.”

Anderson’s recipe was put on the cafeteria menu under the name of “Pizza Biscuit Bake.”

Starting this spring semester, Lakeland College is planning to have a healthier menu and the staff of dining services wants to hear what students have to say.

“We like to hear what students have (to say). We’d like to have their input in the menu,” said Wagner. “If you have anything in particular that you like, bring it in!”