All the food at Growing Minds Childcare is freshly prepared in our kitchen, and in the pre-school room children learn to prepare snacks and serve food independently. We have lots of experience with weaning babies on to solid foods and we are happy to promote baby led weaning. Below are examples of the sort of things you can expect your little one to be served at Growing Minds Montessori Childcare.
As well as the drinks served with meals, children have access to drinking water throughout the day.
Before your child’s placement starts you can record your child’s dietary requirements on the Child Registration Form and on the nursery app. We have lots of experience looking after children with specific dietary needs. So if your child is new to solids, a vegetarian or vegan, has an allergy or intolerance, or any other dietary requirement, this is not a problem – we will work together to provide an alternative menu for your child.
Spring/Summer
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Cornflakes with whole milk and raisins Toasted crumpet and spread |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Rice cakes and banana |
| Lunch |
| Beef bolognaise or Vegetarian bolognaise (v) with white spaghetti Carrot cake |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Strawberries and plain yoghurt |
| Tea |
| Beef and vegetable enchiladas or bean and vegetable enchiladas (v) Fresh fruit platter |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Pear and hardboiled egg with wholemeal bread and spread Whole milk |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Toasted muffin with spread and melon |
| Lunch |
| Chickpea and vegetable curry (v) with brown rice Raspberry purée with fromage frais |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Breadsticks with mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes Whole milk |
| Tea |
| Ratatouille with mozzarella cheese and a jacket potato Ginger biscuits with sliced apple |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Rice crispies with whole milk with dried apricots and banana |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Toasted bagel and spread with strawberries Whole milk |
| Lunch |
| Pork and apple casserole or mixed bean casserole (v) with new potatoes and carrots Pineapple upside down pudding with custard |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| White bread and spread with grapes |
| Tea |
| Tuna and sweetcorn wholemeal pasta or chickpea and sweetcorn wholemeal pasta (v) with red pepper sticks Blueberry muffin |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Plain yoghurt with malt loaf and spread Diluted apple juice |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Wholemeal toast and spread with apple and grapes |
| Lunch |
| Lamb burger or bean burger (v) with homemade tomato sauce, potato wedges and garden peas Banana buns |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Wholemeal flatbread with tzatziki and carrot sticks |
| Tea |
| Chicken and vegetable couscous salad or Quorn™ and vegetable couscous salad Rice pudding with sultanas |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Wheat biscuits with whole milk and mixed berries Toasted teacake and spread |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Sugar snap peas and houmous |
| Lunch |
| Salmon and broccoli pasta or broccoli and lentil pasta (v) with sweetcorn Eve’s pudding with custard |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Sliced peach with fromage frais and rice cakes |
| Tea |
| Savoury omelette with potato salad and cucumberCrunchy summer crumble with yoghurt |
Autumn/Winter
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Wheat biscuits with yoghurt and dried apricots Diluted apple juice |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Toasted English muffin and spread with a clementine |
| Lunch |
| Fish pie with sweet potato topping or vegetable and bean pie (v) with swede and cauliflower Apple and rhubarb crumble with custard |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Breadsticks with hard boiled egg and cherry tomatoes Whole milk |
| Tea |
| Chicken risotto or Tofu risotto (v) Seasonal fruit salad |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Porridge with raisins Wholemeal toast and spread |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Wholemeal pitta bread with tuna dip, celery and red pepper sticks Whole milk |
| Lunch |
| Beef lasagne or tomato and lentil lasagne (v) with garlic bread, carrots and peas Yoghurt with dates Diluted apple juice |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Oatcake and satsuma |
| Tea |
| Scrambled egg on toast with mushrooms and tomatoes Banana and raisin flapjack |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Malt wheats with whole milk and chopped plum Toasted bagel and spread |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Plain pancake with yoghurt and pear |
| Lunch |
| Roast chicken and gravy or roast Quorn™ and tomato and basil sauce(v) with roast potatoes, red cabbage and parsnips Semolina with blackberry compote |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Apple with crackers and spread Whole milk |
| Tea |
| Herby pilchard pasta or herby tomato and bean pasta (v) Apple crumble tart Diluted orange juice |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Porridge with blueberries Wholemeal toast and spread Whole milk |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Rice cakes with cottage cheese, apple and beetroot |
| Lunch |
| Mixed bean and root vegetable stew (v) with apricot and herb couscous Cocoa and beetroot cake with cocoa custard Diluted orange juice |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Banana with plain yoghurt |
| Tea |
| Toasted muffin and spread with scrambled egg, tomato and mushrooms Stewed seasonal fruit with plain yoghurt |
| Breakfast |
|---|
| Rice crispies with whole milk Wholemeal toast and spread Diluted orange juice |
| Mid-morning Snack |
| Toasted teacake Whole milk |
| Lunch |
| Lamb curry or chickpea curry (v) with brown rice, naan bread and tomato and coriander salad Warm winter fruit salad with vanilla sauce |
| Mid-afternoon Snack |
| Celery, carrot and cucumber sticks with bread sticks |
| Tea |
| Homemade tuna fishcakes or potato and lentil cakes (v) with tomato relish Banana and cinnamon rice pudding |
