Nutrition & Food

Sample Menu

The following menu has been devised in consultation with The Voluntary Food and Drink Guidelines for Early Years Settings in England. Our youngest children are provided with suitable alternatives where appropriate, and food may be presented whole, chopped, mashed or pureed depending upon the child. Ingredients are fresh and local where possible and almost all meat products are free-range and from local sources. Eggs are free-range. Alternative meals are prepared for children with special dietary requirements (please ask for details.)

Milk and water are available to drink at snack and tea times. Water is offered at lunchtime. Water is freely available throughout the day.

The menu may change from time to time due to the availability of ingredients, celebrations or children’s cooking activities (please see our ‘Food Policy’ for further details.)

Seven-week menu showing snack, lunch, dessert and tea for each day
		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	off menu	off menu
Week 1	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads
	Dessert	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops
	Tea	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie
Week 2	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese
	Dessert	Banana pops	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake
	Tea	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités
Week 3	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella
	Dessert	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche
	Tea	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges
Week 4	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat
	Dessert	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie
	Tea	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce
Week 5	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara
	Dessert	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad
	Tea	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole
Week 6	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese
	Dessert	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops	Peach Crumble	Natural yogurt & dried fruit
	Tea	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter	Filled pitta pockets
Week 7	Snack	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit	Fresh fruit
	Lunch	Baked potatoes with Mexican beans & cheese	Creamy chicken carbonara	Tofu & roasted vegetable bulgar wheat	Spanish Paella	Gnocchi bolognese	Koftes, cous cous salad and flatbreads	Smoked Haddock and Leek Risotto
	Dessert	Natural yogurt & dried fruit	Fruit Salad	Frozen smoothie	Stewed apple & crème fraiche	Berry Cheesecake	Banana pops	Peach Crumble
	Tea	Filled pitta pockets	Quinoa Casserole	Pasta & Vegetable Sauce	Loaded Katsu Wedges	Sardine Pate with toast fingers & crudités	Sweet potato pie	Minestrone Soup with bread and butter

Sample Menu

Our sample menu

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