Ok, well, I don't have a menu template. I started with a menu when my daycare was new but none of the parents paid any attention to it and it caused me stress to try to stick to it to the letter day by day. Sometimes our days are crazy and that isn't possible. I like the freedom of serving something quicker some days when we have been outside too long. My dc clients trust me to serve nutritious food to their children. Everything is home cooked with a minimum of prepackaged foods at my house.

I serve a couple of things for breakfast snack, one type of fruit with a grain serving like a pancake or croissant or a protein serving like bacon or breakfast sausage. For lunch I always serve a protein like chicken, pork, beef, fish, with a veggie or two and a grain serving and fruit. Then for afternoon snack I serve two things again such as nacho chips and cheese, yogurt and fruit, crackers and ham chunks, lots of different combinations, but always simple and quick.

I have very picky eaters, always have so I can't serve fancy dishes. They won't even eat dips for pete sake.