Post your weekly menu

[Inspired by Reggio]

This is my old list cause I have since moved to a system where the kiddies help me choose the menu plan for the next week and I add a little Jolly Phonics twist that they have to help find foods that have our letter of the week in them which has opened up to trying some new foods... like this week were are trying some decaffeinated Oolong ice tea we are going to make for Letter O

Am snacks = one item plus a serving fruit
Cold cereal – rice crisp, shreddies, corn bran, alphabets, mini wheats
Pancakes / Waffles / French toast
Warm Oatmeal
Toast/Bagels/English muffins with PB or Cream Cheese or Cinnamon
Eggs … mini quiche, scrambled in mini pita pockets, hard boiled, Omelettes, A bird in the nest (toad in hole)
Cereal Bars
Yogurt / Cottage Cheese with fresh fruit
Mini Muffins … Pineapple coconut, peanut butter banana, apple raisin, pumpkin raisin, carrot raisin, raisin bran, cranberry lemon etc.
Cheese cubes and fruit

Summer Lunch
Macaroni & Cheese with All Beef Wieners Stewed Tomatoes & Apple
Cold Chicken, Pita bread & Fruit Salad
BBQ Hamburgers, Home fries, Grilled veggies & Orange slices
Tuna Salad Wraps & Fruit kabobs
Meat & Cheese Pizza’s, Raw Veggies & Dip & Applesauce
Cold Turkey, Caesar Salad & Peaches
Roast Beef Slices, Potato Salad & Red Applesauce
Tuna Melts On English Muffin, Vegetable Salad & Pears
Egg Salad Sandwiches, Cold Veggie Tray & Pineapple
Greek Chicken Salad with Pita and Hummus, Mixed Fruit
Taco Salad With nachos, ground beef and cheese & Mixed Fruit
Chicken Breasts, Baby Spinach Salad, Pita Bread & Oranges
Greek Pasta Salad, Feta, Tomato & Melon
Roast Beef Wraps, Coleslaw, Carrots & Mixed Fruit
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Veggie Tray with Dip & Pears
Ham Salad Wraps, Potato Salad, Carrot sticks & Oranges
Kabasa & Cheese Kabobs, Crackers & Fresh Fruit tray
Cold Tuna Noodle Salad, Sliced Tomatoes & Banana
Chicken & Veggie Wraps, Carrot Raisin Salad & Strawberries
Cold Roastbeef, Macaroni Salad, Sliced tomatoes & Banana
Peanut Butter Banana Dogs, Apple / Carrot Salad & Melon slices
Tuna Salad in a Pita, Cheese & Tomato, Sweet Pickles & Apple
Chicken on a Bun, Cold Pea & Carrot Salad & Kiwi
Ravioli with Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad & Peaches
Turkey on a Bun, Pasta Salad & Mango
Meat / Cheese Tray, Coleslaw, Rice Crackers & Mixed Fruit
Pizza muffins with a side salad
Chicken Sonoma Salad and Garlic sticks

Winter Lunch Ideas
Chicken Rice Casserole, Mixed Vegetables & Pineapple
Sloppy Joes, Cheese & Tomato, French Fries & Orange
Fish Sticks, Sweet Potatoes, Corn & Fruit
Meat & Cheese Pizza’s, Raw Veggies & Dip & Applesauce
Penne with Turkey Sausage, Caesar Salad & Peaches
Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potato, Corn & Red Applesauce
Tuna Melts On English Muffin, Vegetable Soup & Pears
Franks & Beans, Toast, Vegetables & Pineapple
Turkey Stew, Peas / Carrots, Bread / Bun & Mixed Fruit
Vegetarian Chili with Nacho Chips, Vegetable Sticks & Fruit Salad
Homemade Soup, Ham Sandwiches & Apple
Pork Chops, Rice, Vegetables & Pineapple
Veggie Filled Lasagna, Garlic Bread & Oranges
Beef Stew, Potatoes, Carrots & Fruit
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Vegetable Soup & Pears
Ham, Scalloped Potatoes with Onions & Oranges
Swedish Meatballs with Rice, Broccoli & Pineapple
Tuna, Noodle & Cheese Casserole, Stewed Tomatoes & Banana
Shepherd’s Pie, Mixed Veggies, Bread & Butter & Apples
Cheeseburger Macaroni casserole , Stewed Tomatoes & Banana
Mexican Bean Pie, Rice, Salad & Pineapple
Tuna Melts, Cheese & Tomato, Sweet Pickles & Apple
Chicken on a Bun, French Fries, Corn & Kiwi
Greek Pizza, Veggies & Tatzikki Dip & Applesauce
Ravioli with Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad & Peaches
Thai Turkey Stir-fry, Egg Noodles & Mango
Tuna Rice Casserole, Peas / carrots & Pears
Sausage, Pancakes, Broccoli & Red Applesauce
Pork Chops, Peas / Carrots, Sweet Potatoes & Mixed Fruit
Cabbage Roll Casserole, Garlic Bread, Grapes
Chicken Carbanera with Caesar Salad and fruit

PM snacks plus a serving of fruit
Mexican Pinwheel Wraps
Homemade Cookies …. Oatmeal raisin, PB, Ginger snap Cookies, Hermits, Macaroons,
Cheese, Fish Crackers & Craisins
Pita triangles & Pate & Grapes
Crackers, Cheese and pears
Fruit kabobs and yogurt dip
Devilled Eggs and Apples
Mini muffins … cranberry lemon, Zucchini carrot, Banana Chocolate chip, Cherry Oatmeal surprise
Mini cheesecakes …. Graham wafer and flavoured cream cheese with raspberries stuck on top
Rice Crisp Squares and fruit puree
Mini Ice- cream Cones with banana sliced into cone
Vanilla pudding and mandarin oranges
Homemade Bits and Bites with Craisins
P&B crackers and Apple slices
Ants on a log
Veggies and various Dip
Pita and hummus
Pretzels and spinach dip
Peanut butter banana dogs
Nachos with salsa
Popcorn
Ambrosia Salad - cottage cheese, yogurt, coconut, pineapple, mandarin oranges, cherries, marshmallows
Monkey Bread - homemade bread dough cubed tossed with cinnamon, sugar, pecans and baked
Pickle & Cheese trays
Baked Fruit crisps with Whip Cream (Apple, Strawberry Rhubarb, Mango)
Pumpkin Custard
Chocolate Avocado pudding
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[Pip_Squeaks]

Breakfast choices: (although most of the time my dck are feed breakfast before they come, sometimes they need a top up or missed it due to sleeping in): Oatmeal mixed with applesauce and fruit, toast with peanut butter/jam/butter/almond butter/etc, hardboiled eggs and fruit.

Morning snack M-F: 4 different fruits. I serve my snacks buffet style where they can choose what they want to eat. I have never had a problem with a picky eater because of it because I feel that picky eating is either 1) they are not exposed to healthy options at home or often enough and 2) it's a power thing and they like to make their own decisions. I just place the snacks on a small table in the play room and they can graze during our morning learning time. I leave morning snack out until lunch time, that way when we get in from outside, they can munch if they feel too hungry to wait until lunch. It also curbs whining and grumpinees caused from being hungry since toddlers and small children are habitual grazers. I also still find they eat their lunch, maybe not quite as much, but they put in a good effort.

Lunch

Monday: Pita pizzas and yogurt. As a craft, I let the children make their own pizzas and put a variety of ingredients out to choose from. They enjoyed this very much.

Tuesday: Grilled cheese and pea soup. A favorite over here.

Wednesday: Breakfast for lunch: Bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, toast, and oranges. Also a crowd pleaser.

Thursday: Tuna Casserole. One of my guys did not like the casserole but he did try it which is the important part so i made him a grilled PB and banana sandwich as a reward.

Friday: Pesto Pasta with tomatoes, chicken, and goats cheese/ Yogurt for dessert.

Afternoon snack M-F: Again, I serve this buffet style and I mix it up. I always serve veggies and a vegetable based dip (homemeade) or guacamole (homemade) and a whole wheat cracker or pita chip. If there wasn`t any meat served at lunch, I place some salami or pita and hummus sandwiches out.

Some other snack ideas I place out are celery with cream cheese in the middle, jam and cream cheese rolled in whole wheat pitas, raisins, cheese, homemade granola bars, goldfish, etc.