Foods and Menu
We like children to try different foods and hope that eating
alongside staff and other children will encourage this
Our Daily eating Plan
Breakfast
Breakfast is offered from 7:30am-8:30am. Children can either have breakfast at home or at Nursery.
Lunch
A hot lunch is provided by Slice of Pie who supply many other nurseries and schools. They cater for a range of diets, and we use colour coded placemats to identify these diets when the children eat. The children sit down and eat with staff at 11:30am. We encourage the children to try different foods and hope that eating alongside other children will support this.
Tea
A hot tea is provided by Slice of Pie who supply many other nurseries and schools.
Snack
Fruit and/or breadsticks etc along with a drink of milk or water will be offered during both morning and afternoon sessions, and throughout the day children can always help themselves to a drink of water at our mini snack bar.
Allergy Information
At Golden Owls Day Nursery we cater for a range of different dietary requirements/needs including vegetarians, dairy and gluten free diets and individual food allergies. We discuss each individual child’s requirements during the application/settling in process and work with you to ensure that your child’s dietary needs can be met as smoothly as possible. None of our food contains nuts, so the children should never be exposed to or eat nuts whilst at nursery as this is common allergy in young children and often a concern to parents.
Sample Menu
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Breakfast |
Cornflakes, Malties or Wholewheat Biscuits
|
Malties or Rice Crackles
|
Cornflakes, Malties or Wholewheat Biscuits
|
Bagels with Jam
|
Rice Crackles or Wholewheat Biscuits
|
|
Morning Snack |
Crackerbread Pear or Banana |
Breadstick Apple or Banana |
Cream Cracker Apple or Clementine |
Rice Cake Pear or Clementine |
Crispbread Apple or Banana |
|
Lunch (Standard option) |
Turkey Dhansak with Lentils and Baby Spinach or Quorn Dhansak Served with Caramelised Onion Rice, Seasonal Vegetables Raspberry Jelly |
Golden Potato topped Lamb Hotpot or Golden Potato Roasted Root Vegetable and Cannellini Hotpot Served with a medley of Vegetables and Gravy Cherry Jammy Dodger |
Creamy Beef Stroganoff or Quorn Stroganoff Served with Braised Rice and Seasonal Vegetables Fresh Fruit
|
Chicken Carbonara with Fresh Parsley and Smoked Garlic or Garlic Parmesan and Cauliflower Balls Carbonara Served with Seasonal Vegetables and Dough Balls Banana Custard Pot |
Homemade Fish Fingers or Homemade Halloumi Fingers Served with Oven Baked Wedges, Peas and Sweetcorn Apple and Rhubarb Cupcakes |
|
Afternoon Snack |
Crispbread Apple or Clementine |
Crackerbread Pear or Clementine |
Breadstick Pear or Banana |
Cream Cracker Apple or Banana |
Rice Cake Pear or Clementine |
|
Tea (Standard Option) |
Penne Pasta served with Alfredo Sauce and Shredded Gammon or Penne Pasta served with Alfredo Sauce Served with Edamame Beans and Peas Orange Smiles |
Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup or Sweetcorn Chowder Served with Crusty Bread and Croutons Fromage Frais |
Indian Flatbread Pizza topped with Tomato, Spinach and Paneer Cheese Served with Asian Coleslaw Tinned Fruit Pieces |
Jacket Potatoes with Homemade Baked Beans and Sausages or Grated Cheese Fromage Frais |
Tomato Pasta Bake with Nut Free Pesto Crust Served with Crusty Bread Melon Wedges |
Our weekly menus are displayed throughout the nursery and there are copies of the ingredients we use in our food menu folder.