Little Angels, Nursery, Cardiff

Food and Menu


Our food is healthy, nutritious and freshly prepared on the premises daily by our cook who holds a Level 2 Open College Network course in Nutrition. Menus are both fun and seasonal to continually simulate the children's imaginations and are rotated on a three weekly basis. All menus include a vegetarian/halal meat alternative and we also cater for any additional special dietary requirements your child may have. We provide breakfast, a two course lunch, a light tea and a morning and afternoon snack. Fresh fruit and drinks are also served to complement mealtimes, with fresh water additionally available all day. During all mealtimes the staff sit with the children to encourage social skills. In July 2009 Little Angels Nursery was awarded a certificate in recognition of achievement for The Gold Standard Healthy Snack Award.

A healthy diet is a key factor in determining health in later life. Eating habits are established at a young age making the early year’s environment an ideal setting in which to influence a child’s diet. Children within the Nursery are given the opportunity to try, and to taste repeatedly, a wide range of nutritious foods. The aim of the award is to establish sound eating habits for life through the provision of healthy snacks between meals that meet the nutritional requirement of a growing child. Please see below a typical weekly menu.

The babies follow a separate menu of freshly pureed vegetables and fruit in line with the parents wishes and their child's individual stage of weaning. All decisions regarding weaning are made together with you the parents.

Sample Menu

Week 1

DAY

BREAKFAST

MID MORNING SNACK

LUNCH

DESSERT

TEA

AFTERNOON SNACK


 

Monday

Weetabix

 

Fresh Fruit

Cheese & potato pie

with

Baked beans

Strawberry whirl

Sausage & pizza rolls

Rasins

&

Dried apricots

Tuesday

Rice Krispies

 

Fresh Fruit

Chicken/quorn chicken, fresh diced carrots & green cabbage with roast potatoes

& gravy

Fromage Frais

Muffins with a selection of spreads

&

breadsticks

Rice cakes

Wednesday

Toast/Jam

 

Fresh Fruit

Spaghetti Bolognese

(beef/quorn, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes and onions)

&

parmesan cheese

Fruit and jelly

Homemade cheese scones

&

Fruit

 

Pineapple

&

oranges

Thursday

Porridge

 

Fresh Fruit

Homemade Vegetable chilli

(mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes and onions)

&

Rice

Chocolate brownies

Beans on Toast

 
 

Digestives

&

raisins

Friday

Cornflakes

 

Fresh Fruit

Fish pie

Mashed potatoes

Served with

Sweetcorn & peas

Apple

and custard

Home made mushroom and onion/ham pizza

 

Carrots

&

Cucumber


 Fresh drinking water and juice readily available in each room