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Wow, that oughta give MrsD07 some ideas!!
Thanks Reggio
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Great menu ideas =o)
This is my fall/ winter menu. Need to start on spring summer soon.
Snacks- served with water or half juice/water blend
Banana Blueberry muffins with flax seed
Whole grain crackers,
hummusHam or turkey breast,
whole grain bread or crackers and fruit
Homemade pita chips, sliced veggies & bean dip
Mini go yogurt and apple slices
Yogurt and berries smoothie
Sugar free apple sauce
Ants on a log: celery sticks filled with hummus, cream cheese or cheese topped with raisins, banana dices or apples dices
Apple sauce and graham crackers
Homemade yogurt cereal bars
Homemade Pumpkin Cranberry Muffin Squares
Soft Oatmeal Raisin Delights
Lunches- Milk is always served with meals
Grill cheese sandwiches made with raisin bread, apple slices
Cheese Quesadillas made with whole wheat tortillas, pear slices or veggie sticks
Homemade Mac n cheese with broccoli and garlic bread
Mini burgers, sweet potato fries and veggies
French toast made with raisin bread
English muffin pizza’s topped with veggies
Homemade chicken and peas nuggets with sweet potato fries
Hardboiled egg, whole grain toast fingers veggies
Homemade vegetarian lasagna
Homemade haddock sticks or nuggets with sweet potato fries
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This thread is making me hungry... LoL
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I don't prepare a menu. I serve a lot of variety and all the food groups daily but we are so busy here that if I can't fit in the fruit at lunch I double it at afternoon snack. If we are having fun at the park I'll quickly make cheese and ham cubes and cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, buns and fruit instead of the meal I had planned to cook. I go with the flow competely and it's so much less stressful for me. These are just a couple of examples.
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my menu is not set until Sunday when I make my weekly meal plan for the daycare and my family but this week we had:
Monday spaghetti with meatballs and caesar salad
Tuesday - homemade crispy chicken, roasted vegetables, risotto
Wednesday - quinoa salad, tuna and veggie melts, fruit salad
Thursday - noodle caesar salad, ham, mixed veggies, cubed cheese
Friday (today) - my one daycare girls birthday so her choice - homemade pizza she is helping me make, caesar salad, mixed fruit
Morning snack is always the same which is a huge bowl of seasonal fruit and a grain
Afternoon snack this week is was a rarity because I had two birthdays so we had two days of 'treat' snacks which are sundaes but that is as healthy as I can make it as well so frozen yogurt, homemade fruit puree and a couple sprinkles. But otherwise we have greek yogurt with added honey and fruit, apple sauces, cheese and crackers, crackers and hummus, veggies with dip are in regular rotation.
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Starting to feel at home...
I used to send out a daily weekly menu to parents but now I just have a general list that is a go to for each week. I just give them the whole list of possibilities so it gives them an Idea of what their child will most likely be eating so that I have the flexibility to make whatever I feel like on any given day (a lesson learned after my first year I usually decide in my head each week what we're most likely going to have and do my groceries accordingly. Great Idea to see everyone else's! There's always something new to find and add! I love seeing everyone's menus. It'd be nice to get people's favourite recipes too. I think I'm going to start a new thread for that!
Breakfast Menu: 7:30-8:30
Toast with Butter and fruit
Scrammbled Eggs
French Toast with mixed fruit on the side
Pancakes with a touch of syrup and fruit
Cereal with Milk and fruit
Homemade Carrot Muffin
Fruit and Bran Muffin
Egg Burritos
English Muffin with cheese and ham
Boiled egg with Toast and Butter
Eggo Waffles
Broccoli and Cheese Quiche
Oatmeal with shredded apples and sprinkle of brown sugar
Croissants with butter and touch of Jam
Homemade Crepes with a bit of Nutella, coconut flakes and bananas
Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Green Onions and Toast with butter
Croissants with butter and melted cheese
Lunch Menu: 11:30-12:30
Homemade Mixed Veggie Soup with Bread and Butter
Homemade Tomatoe soup with Bread and Butter
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with Bread and Butter
Zuppa Toscana (hearty Italian Style soup) with Bread and Butter
Homemade Cauliflower Veggie Soup with Bread and Butter
Homemade Split Pea Soup with Bread and butter
Homemade Meatballs and Macaroni with Asparagus on the side
Grilled Cheese Sandwich with ketchup and Grape tomatoes
Perogies with Sauteed onions and pan seared sausage pieces and veggies/coleslaw
Homemade Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
Mortadella Deli Sandwiches with veggies or salad on the side
Tuna Salad Sandwich or wrap with veggies or salad on the side
Egg Salad Sandwich or wrap with veggies or salad on the side
Ham and Cheese Sandwich with veggies or salad on the side
Chicken Fajitas with a bit of beans, rice and vegetables
Pan Seared White Fish with baked potatoe bites
Homemade Chicken Cacciatore with spiraly or sea shell pasta
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese with steamed veggies on the side
Homemade coconut curry vegetables with rice
Snacks: 10:00/10:30am and 3:30/4:00
Orange/ apple or Banana
Watermelon Slices
Mixed Fruit Platter
Fruit Salad
Yogurt and granola, Yogurt and Dried Fruit, Yogurt and fresh pineapple slices, Yogurt and peaches, 5 fruit Cereal bar and Yogurt, Yogurt and blueberries
Multigrain Crackers cheese and apple slices or grapes
Veggies and Dip (cucumbers, carrots celery, radishes, broccoli, cauliflower, etc)
Banana slices and organic Animal Crackers
Homemade apple sauce and Oatmeal cookie
Homemade apple sauce and a Digestive cookie
Homemade Muffin and fruit
Grape Tomatoes, Crackers and Cheese
Strawberry fruit puree and a digestive cookie
Fruit smoothie and a granola bar
Special K fruit crisp cereal bar and banana
Homemade Banana chocolate chip bread
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Euphoric !
This weeks menu is as follows
Monday
am snack - lentil hummus and veggies
Lunch - slow cooker (oh how I love thee) pulled purk with mash and veg followed by fruit
pm snack zuchinni/banana bread
Tuesday
am snack - cheese, pickles, pineapple chunks
Lunch - home made w.w pita pizzas followed by fresh fruit (They make their own and we have circle time with songs while we wait 5 minutes for them to cook)
pm snack - fresh fruit kebobs with yogurt dip
Wednesday
am snack - hummus toast fingers and veggies
Lunch - Chicken Curry with rice followed by fresh fruit
pm snack - cream cheese and veggie pinwheels
Thursday -
am snack - w.w carrot/sweet potato spelt muffins
Lunch - Beef Stroganoff with w.w egg noodles followed by fresh fruit
pm snack - orange smiles and home made frozen yogurt popsicles
Not working Friday this week.
My menu is on a 3 week cycle and changes every 9 weeks. I cook all food for the 9 week period one weekend and freeze it in foil trays and then reheat it in the oven. I don't tend to serve sandwiches very often as I have a group of kids who just dont like them. Maybe Ive spoilt them with all this hearty english food lol Even on a 30 degrees day my daycare kids will eat soups and hearty casseroles without any complaints.
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Enlight of my newest dcb starting in July who's mom would prefer him to eat all organic, is there anybody out there who offers an 'all-organic' menu plan they wish to share with me? Ive never realized how many processed items we eat on a regular basis, and would be open to change for the better!
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Euphoric !
Originally Posted by KingstonMom
Enlight of my newest dcb starting in July who's mom would prefer him to eat all organic, is there anybody out there who offers an 'all-organic' menu plan they wish to share with me? Ive never realized how many processed items we eat on a regular basis, and would be open to change for the better!
I serve all natural products and organic. Feel free to send me a message with any specific questions you might have and I can also send you via email a copy of my current menu plan.
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Originally Posted by bright sparks
I serve all natural products and organic. Feel free to send me a message with any specific questions you might have and I can also send you via email a copy of my current menu plan.
I serve mostly organic food but don't promise all will be organic to parents due to costs because when costs are prohibitive I buy off the shelf, regular food. Very little of my food is prepackaged or frozen/canned so I think I'm doing a great job. Especially wheh I hear the parents talking about canned spaghetti or KD products, yuck!
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