Menus

Curious Explorers ensures all children to receive a healthy balanced diet and to be educated in a healthy lifestyle.

We plan varied menus for meals and snacks in advance, which include different tastes, colours and textures of food and take into consideration seasonality, sustainability and the impact on the environment. Staff with appropriate skills plan menus so that all the children are offered varied and balanced food and drink.

Winter Menu

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Week 1

	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea
Monday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Spaghetti Bolognaise Served with green beans Sticky toffee pudding	Homemade Vegetable soup served with bread and butter Apple slices
Tuesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Toad in the hole Served with seasonal vegetables Natural Greek yogurt Blackberry compote	Homemade cheese scones Served with carrot sticks Fruit flapjack
Wednesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Chick pea and vegetable curry Served with rice Banana custard	Cheese, ham and potato bake Melon slices
Thursday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade fish pie Served with peas Orange and pear slices	Crumpets with marmite Served with peppers Jam coconut sponge
Friday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade chicken and mushroom pie Served with broccoli and carrots Berries and ice cream	Scrambled eggs on toast Grapes and cheese

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

Monday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Served with green beans

Sticky toffee pudding

Homemade Vegetable soup served with bread and butter

Apple slices

Tuesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Toad in the hole

Served with seasonal vegetables

Natural Greek yogurt

Blackberry compote

Homemade cheese scones

Served with carrot sticks

Fruit flapjack

Wednesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Chick pea and vegetable curry

Served with rice

Banana custard

Cheese, ham and potato bake

Melon slices

Thursday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade fish pie

Served with peas

Orange and pear slices

Crumpets with marmite

Served with peppers

Jam coconut sponge

Friday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade chicken and mushroom pie

Served with broccoli and carrots

Berries and ice cream

Scrambled eggs on toast

Grapes and cheese

Week 2

	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea
Monday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade tomato and vegetable pasta Pineapple slices	Jacket potatoes with tuna mayonnaise Fromage Frais
Tuesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Chicken and mushroom risotto Served with French beans Courgette cake	Warm sausage rolls with baby new potatoes Banana slices
Wednesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade fish cakes Served with wedges and baked beans Cinnamon poached pears With crème fraiche	Tomato soup Served with garlic bread Satsuma and grapes
Thursday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade chilli con carne Served with rice Apple crumble and custard	Toasted English muffin topped with cherry tomatoes and cheese Shortbread biscuit
Friday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Sausage and mash in gravy served seasonal vegetables Natural yogurt with dried fruit	Cheese and broccoli quiche served with carrot Ginger cake

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

Monday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade tomato and vegetable pasta

Pineapple slices

Jacket potatoes with tuna mayonnaise

Fromage Frais

Tuesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Chicken and mushroom risotto

Served with French beans

Courgette cake

Warm sausage rolls

with baby new potatoes

Banana slices

Wednesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade fish cakes

Served with wedges and baked beans

Cinnamon poached pears

With crème fraiche

Tomato soup

Served with garlic bread

Satsuma and grapes

Thursday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade chilli con carne

Served with rice

Apple crumble and custard

Toasted English muffin topped with cherry tomatoes and cheese

Shortbread biscuit

Friday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Sausage and mash in gravy served seasonal vegetables

Natural yogurt with dried fruit

Cheese and broccoli quiche served with carrot

Ginger cake

Week 3

	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea
Monday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Fish fingers Served with mashed potatoes and peas Banana loaf	Welsh rarebit Served and peppers Natural Yogurt
Tuesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Chicken hotpot Served with seasonal root vegetables Sliced pear and melon	Macaroni Cheese Oaty cookies
Wednesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Bean and vegetable tagine Served with mashed potato Winter berry cheesecake	Homemade mackerel pate with cracker bread and tomatoes Pineapple slices
Thursday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Spaghetti with turkey meatballs in tomato sauce Baked apples	Jacket potato with ham and cheese Carrot cake
Friday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Ham, eggs and chips Served with peas Raisin flapjack	Homemade leek and potato soup Served with crusty bread Fresh Fruit salad

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

Monday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Fish fingers

Served with mashed potatoes and peas

Banana loaf

Welsh rarebit

Served and peppers

Natural Yogurt

Tuesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Chicken hotpot

Served with seasonal root vegetables

Sliced pear and melon

Macaroni Cheese

Oaty cookies

Wednesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Bean and vegetable tagine

Served with mashed potato

Winter berry cheesecake

Homemade mackerel pate with cracker bread and tomatoes

Pineapple slices

Thursday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Spaghetti with turkey meatballs in tomato sauce

Baked apples

Jacket potato with ham and cheese

Carrot cake

Friday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Ham, eggs and chips

Served with peas

Raisin flapjack

Homemade leek and potato soup

Served with crusty bread

Fresh Fruit salad

Week 4

	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea
Monday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Chicken and vegetable stir fry served with noodles Fresh Fruit salad	Quiche Lorraine Serve with Cucumber Berry brownies
Tuesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Cottage pie served with broccoli Cinnamon rice pudding	Crumpets with marmite Served with carrots and red peppers Natural Yogurt
Wednesday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Traditional roast dinner Served with carrots and cabbage Warm plum and orange salad	Beans on toast Ginger bread
Thursday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade vegetarian lasagne Pineapple upside down cake	Minestrone soup Melon slices
Friday	Variety of cereals Toast Fresh fruit	Homemade fish and vegetable curry Served with brown rice Berry Sorbet	Creamy Quorn pasta Apple and pear slices

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

Monday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Chicken and vegetable stir fry served with noodles

Fresh Fruit salad

Quiche Lorraine

Serve with Cucumber

Berry brownies

Tuesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Cottage pie

served with broccoli

Cinnamon rice pudding

Crumpets with marmite

Served with carrots and red peppers

Natural Yogurt

Wednesday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Traditional roast dinner

Served with carrots and cabbage

Warm plum and orange salad

Beans on toast

Ginger bread

Thursday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade vegetarian lasagne

Pineapple upside down cake

Minestrone soup

Melon slices

Friday

Variety of cereals

Toast

Fresh fruit

Homemade fish and vegetable curry

Served with brown rice

Berry Sorbet

Creamy Quorn pasta

Apple and pear slices