Food & meals

All meals are freshly cooked on the premises. We incorporate fresh fruit, vegetables and milk into the children’s diet and we encourage the children to experience a wide range of food from different cultures.

We are able to cater for any dietary requirement that your child might have e.g. allergies, parental wishes and cultural diversity.

We do ask parents/carers of young babies to provide any formula milk already made up in their bottles and any weaning food that your baby may need.

Handling cutlery and making food choices are social skills that the children are encouraged to acquire. Small children prefer to eat small amounts at regular intervals and accordingly a full day’s fees covers the provision of breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, tea and a late snack.

The nursery uses a 4-weekly roll-on menu in line with Islington council’s guidance.

WEEK 1	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
BREAKFAST (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided
MID-MORNING SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Rice cake with butter	Toasted bagel with spread DR- Oat cakes with spread	Carrot and cucumber batons	Wholemeal bread with marmite DR- Soya free bread	Grapes
LUNCH (Planned to provide about 30% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Tomato and lentil lasagne served with sweetcorn and garlic bread Fresh fruit yoghurt DR- Dairy free and egg free lentil lasagne Fuit pot	Home made turkey kebabs served with couscous hummus and salad, Baked apple with cinnamon and natural yogurt DR- Egg free turkey kebabs served with couscous hummus and salad, Baked apple VG: Quorn kebabs served with couscous hummus and salad	Ratatouille served with mash potato Banana and honey	Mince lamb hotpot with cabbage VG- vegan mince hotpot with cabbage Carrot and banana muffins DR- fresh berries	Cod bites served with homemade potato wedges coleslaw and salad Fresh fruit salad DR- Vegetable fingers, potato wedges and salad
TEA (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	A cheese or ham sandwich selection Fresh fruit Milk or water	Homemade minestrone soup Fresh fruit Milk or water	Scrambled egg on toast served with mushrooms and tomato DR- Mushrooms and tomatoes on toast with dairy free cheese Fresh fruit Milk or water	Cous cous served with carrot cucumber and wholemeal bread and butter Fresh fruit Milk or water	Homemade pizza with vegetable topping Fresh fruit milk or water DR- Homemade dairy free pizza
AFTERNOON SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Banana and breadsticks DR- apple	Pear	Ryvita and spread	Tangerine	Cucumber and crackers

WEEK 2	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
BREAKFAST (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided
MID-MORNING SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Banana DR- Tangerine	Cream cracker with marmite	Ryvita with spread	Carrot and cucumber	Celery and apple
LUNCH (Planned to provide about 30% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Herby tomato and bean pasta served with salad and garlic bread Fresh fruit yoghurt DR- Dairy free homemade garlic bread with fruit pot	Chicken/quorn curry served with rice and naan bread Homemade cake DR- fresh fruit	Homemade quiche served with new potato and baked beans Strawberry custard DR- strawberries	Savoury lamb enchiladas served with cous cous and sweetcorn Homemade pear tarts DR- pear	Fishermans pie served with peas and cabbage Peaches with cream DR- chicken with mash and peas and cabbage Peaches
TEA (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Cheese and marmite crackers Fresh fruit Milk or water	Boiled egg with turkey ham served with wholemeal bread and butter and tomato, cucumber DR- chicken sandwich with soya free bread Fresh fruit Milk or water	Carrot and butternut squash soup Fresh fruit Milk or water	Baked Beans and hash browns Fresh fruit Milk or water	Noodles in mushroom sauce served with vegetable batons DR- Spaghetti with mushrooms and vegetable batons Fresh fruit Mlk or water
AFTERNOON SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Apple	Tangerine	Banana	Bread sticks	Rice cracker

WEEK 3	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
BREAKFAST (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided
MID-MORNING SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Toasted muffin with spread	Cream cracker with marmite	Bread stick with tomato and cucumber	Banana and raisins DR-Raisins	Celery and apple
LUNCH (Planned to provide about 30% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Spaghetti Bolognese served with salad and garlic bread Fruit yoghurt VG- vegan mince bolognese with salad and garlic bread DR- dairy free home made garlic bread Fruit pot	Chicken fajitas served with wholemeal rice and sweetcorn. VG- Quorn fajitas with wholemeal rice and sweetcorn Pineapple Trifle DR-pineapple	Jacket potato served with cheese and baked beans. Banana custard DR- Banana	Homemade salmon fishcakes served with salad sweetcorn and couscous DR-Vegetable fingers served with salad sweetcorn and couscous Fruit salad	Cauliflower and broccoli bake served with potato Homemade cake DR- Dairy free broccoli and cauliflower bake Dairy free biscuit
TEA (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Crackers with cheese spread and marmite Fresh fruit Milk or water	A dip selection with wholemeal pitta bread and carrot and cucumber batons Fresh fruit Milk or water	Oven baked ham and egg DR- vegetable sticks Fresh fruit Milk or water	Ham and cheese ploughman’s with French stick DR-Soya free bread with tinned spaghetti Fresh fruit Milk or water	Crumpets Fresh fruit Milk or water
AFTERNOON SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Banana	Pear	Melon	Tangerine	Apple

WEEK 4	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
BREAKFAST (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided	A choice of weetabix, cornflakes or rice crispies with milk and wholemeal toast with butter and fresh fruit DR- Dairy free milk and soya free bread provided
MID-MORNING SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Rice cake with spread	Carrot and cucumber sticks	Bread stick and apple DR- Oatcake and apple	Wholemeal bread with marmite DR- Soya free bread with marmite	Cracker with spread
LUNCH (Planned to provide about 30% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Mince lamb alafonte served with salad and garlic bread VG- Meat free mince alafonte Fruit yoghurt DR- dairy free mince lamb alafonte with dairy free garlic bread Fuit pot	Vegetable enchiladas served with salad and sweetcorn Fresh berries with natural yoghurt DR- dairy free vegetable enchiladas and berries with digestive biscuit	Italian cod served with peas and new potatoes Custard tart DR- banana	Jerk chicken with rice and peas Fruit jelly with ice cream VG- Jerk Quorn with rice and peas DR- Fruit Jelly	Cheese and onion pie served with baked beans and mash potato Melon DR- Vegetable sticks with baked beans and mash potatoes Oat cake with honey
TEA (Planned to provide about 20% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Mushroom and pepper frittata DR- Chicken sandwich and vegetable batons Fresh fruit Milk or water	Vegetable cous cous with red pepper and celery batons Fresh fruit Milk or water	Cheese or ham sandwiches Fresh fruit Milk or water	Sweet potato wedges with a cheese and chive dip DR- Sweet Potato wedges Fresh fruit Milk or water	Egg fried rice DR- Rice with Vegetables Fresh fruit Milk or water
AFTERNOON SNACK (Planned to provide about 10% of a child’s daily energy and nutritional requirements)	Banana DR- raisins	Pear	Melon	Tangerine	Apple

Food and meals