I dont think your foods sound exotic cfred. I think the food you offer is wonderful, exposing the children to foods that are not only superior in nutrition but also help the children have much more evolved pallets beyond produced foods which are layer upon layer of salt sugar and fat. It may not be regular everyday foods for some folks but once people try these foods they soon realize they are actually super easy to prepare. My meal plan does not include red meat, pork or lamb and is prodomenantly organic or antibiotic free and no processed foods. I serve only ground turkey, chicken and fish and vegetarian meals are regular as my own son is veggie and so I realize the huge benefits to cookking vegetarian meals. They cost a LOT less and also stay fresh much longer. I think its personal preference though so whatever works for a persons lifestyle. Back to the original question about rotating.....

I have tried many different ways of prepping meals for my daycare over the years and for the last two I find what works best for me is to cook once every 9 weeks. I have 15 meals and my recipes end up making enough for 5 kids x 3 so I have a 3 week menu that rotates three times. Its a busy weekend when I cook I admit but I have a way to busy week to be cooking an extra meal everyday and I dont feed my kids leftovers. I found when I cooked daily by the time i got to my evening mal I couldnt be bothered cooking any more and would be prone to eating unhealthy convenience food or eating out.

Shopping in the sales weekly from the flyers doesnt really work to well for my meal plan. I buy my whole grains..kamut or quinoa pasta, quinoa and brown basmati rice in bulk from a great organic supplier. It works out cheaper than in the store too which is a bonus. I also buy my meat direct from the farm too and portion everything, vacuum seal it and freeze it. Im sure that this seems above and beyond what I should do for my daycare kids but I somehow couldn't sleep at night knowing that I feed my family great nutritional food but feed the daycare kids whatever food is on sale which may not match my personal values when it came to nutrition. Dont get me wrong I buy what I can that is healthy and cheap but what I save there I invest on my organic extras.

I love only cooking once every 9 weeks and freeze everything in foil trays and reheat in the oven in the morning slowly while we are all busy with our program (no microwave) and it means I dont spend extra time cooking in the evenings which I couldnt possibly do with my own kids activities and night school and I couldnt imagine making a whole meal from scratch during the daycare day.

I think its just a matter of figuring out what works best in your routine and with your food preferences. Theres no right or wrong way as a rule.