I am able to provide a healthy cooked lunch and tea (breakfast can also be provided) to suit all dietary needs. I am familiar with nut allergies and special diets, e.g. wheat and dairy free.

I am willing to make up bottles and puree food for babies. Parents are welcome to provide their own food for their child; this would be discussed at the initial interview.

Examples of Menu Served

Cooked Lunch or Tea

Roast chicken, lamb,
Chicken / fish goujons
Chicken casserole
Savoury lamb mince,
Lasagne
Pasta Carbonara, - various pasta shapes
Fish Pie, cod, haddock, smoked and plain
Chicken & potato topped pie, Shepherds pie
Bolognaise, other pasta sauces
Sausages, beans, mashed potato
Salmon, cod or smoked haddock, breaded or in a sauce

All served with fresh vegetables; broccoli, carrots, baby sweetcorn, french beans, courgette, cabbage, potatoes or pasta.

For the more adventurous, curry, chilli, noodles, rice, risotto, are available, favourites on request! Festivals will be celebrated with appropriate foods and dishes,

Desserts

Fromage frais, yoghurt, banana and custard
Fruit, apples, bananas, apricots, nectarine, peach, grapes etc.
Raisins, dried fruit
Jelly with fruit
Fruit salad
Rice pudding

Snacks

Dried fruit, plain sweet biscuits, rice crackers, cheese and ham slices, raisins, fresh fruit, milk and water to drink. Hot chocolate in winter, if preferred.

Only water is served, and is available freely from the chiller, or at room temperature. Milk is also available. Squash / fruit juices are used sparingly.

Light Lunches

Soup and crusty bread or filled rolls
Baked beans on toast with an egg or frankfurters
Boiled eggs and soldiers
Scrambled egg, with ham or salmon
Omelette, cheese, ham, tomato
Followed by fruit or a dessert

Sandwich (usually in wholemeal bread, rolls or pitta bread)
Chicken, ham, cheese, turkey, salad, banana, peanut butter, tuna, salmon served with some of the following: -

Cheese, salami, frankfurter, cold sausage, raisins, cherry tomatoes, carrot, cucumber, rice crackers, dried apricots, crisps, crackers,

I always sit with the children at table or sit with a baby at a highchair; example and gentle reminders encourage good table manners. Children use napkins, and are encouraged to serve themselves and others; they may only leave the table when everyone has finished eating.