Mushroom Monday
Meet Taco Tuesday’s Next-Door Neighbor: Mushroom Monday!
What’s that you ask? Mushroom Monday is a day each week when we can all gather around the plate to enjoy one of the most delicious, nutritious and Earth-friendly foods: the fresh mushroom.
No matter your school’s capabilities, no matter your students’ tastes, Mushroom Monday is for you and your district!
Within the Toolkit and below, you will find resources to:
- Get inspired with easy, creative mushroom recipes like Sloppy Joes and Ramen Bowls to suit all tastes.
- Educate your team and students with fun, informative materials about the health and sustainability benefits of mushrooms.
- Boost excitement with customizable promotional tools—from social media to signage—to support your Mushroom Monday events.
Mushroom Monday Toolkit for Schools
Everything you need to run a successful Mushroom Monday promotion! Plus, tips for explaining the benefits of mushrooms to your students, staff, and community; a step-by-step promotion guide; links for downloading every resource, and much more.
Delicious Recipes
We’ve hand-picked some of our favorite recipes for you to feature on Mushroom Monday – and we also have 80+ delicious kid-approved recipes in our full database. There’s something for everyone!
Merchandising & Marketing Materials
Mushroom Monday Logo and Menu Icon
Customizable POS Signage (Can also be used for flyers)
Educational Materials
Handouts for Home or Classroom Use:
Roasted Mushroom Recipe Card (Sized for home use)
“I Love Mushroom Monday” Stickers
Steps to Grow Mushrooms Handout & Answer Key; Goes well with the full lesson here (Middle School Lesson 2).
How to Host an Education Table (Included in the Mushroom Monday Toolkit, Page 7)
How Will You Celebrate Mushroom Monday? 🎉
Spore Start ➡️
Use the resources in this guide to introduce students to mushrooms for the first time—before making them a regular item on your menu.
Mushroom Momentum ➡️
Host Mushroom Monday as a monthly event! Feature a new recipe each time and invite students to vote on which ones should be added to your cycle menu.
Full Harvest 🤩
Make every Monday a Mushroom Monday! Whether you’re aiming to be more plant-forward or simply want to serve more delicious mushroom-based meals, use our recipes and marketing materials to run this promotion weekly
⭐️ Special Announcement!.. ⭐️
We’re raffling off Mushroom Monday swag kits to 15 school districts who commit to hosting a Mushroom Monday promotion this Fall!
Here’s How to Enter:
- Use the toolkit, recipes, and marketing materials to plan your Mushroom Monday promotion. To be eligible, the promotion must occur between September 1st to October 15, 2025.
- Submit the date of your promotion and a few other details using the button below – entering takes 2 minutes! The more schools you run your promotion in, the more entries you get!
- We’ll announce our raffle winners by August 15th and kits will arrive by early September, so you can celebrate your Mushroom Monday in style!
Items in swag kit subject to change; image is for illustrative purposes.
Share your plans with us!
Tag us in your social media posts and plans for Mushroom Monday and we’ll reshare them, and include you in our newsletters to fellow child nutrition professionals, too!
Share your plans and recaps of your events (photos are welcomed, too!) at [email protected] or tag us on Facebook @MushroomsInSchools or X (Twitter): @MushroomsK12
