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Does this work as a menu? Or is it boring?

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KatyMac · 01/05/2011 17:32

Lunch Baked potato, cheese & beans
Tea Burgers in rolls, salad
Lunch Chicken Nuggets, salad
Tea Poached salmon with carrots & green beans
Lunch Cowboy casserole
Tea Pasta with cheese, tuna, broccoli & sweetcorn
Lunch Sandwiches, salad
Tea Fish Pie with leeks & broccoli
Lunch Pasta with cheese & tomato salsa
Tea Sausage chips & beans
Lunch Fish Fingers, broccoli & cauliflower
Tea Mince, mash, with carrots & peas
Lunch Rice, with peas, sweetcorn & raisins
Tea Pasta with cheese & tomato salsa
Lunch Cheese & Potato Pie with beans
Tea Pitta bread with chicken mayo and salad
Lunch Sausage rolls & salad
Tea Curried meatloaf, cauliflower & peas
Lunch Pitta bread with chicken mayo and salad
Tea Rice, smoked haddock with peas & sweetcorn
Lunch Fishcakes, salad
Tea Toad in the Hole, with carrots & broccoli
Lunch Vegetable soup
Tea Cold meat, chips & beans

Thanks KMc

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jendot · 01/05/2011 18:29

I would put 'homemade chicken goujons' instead of chicken nuggets. I would also lose the sausage rolls and the sausages...processed c**p would put most of my prospective parents off from the off...Maybe thats just where we live!

A nice little description at the top about how you provide a healthy, balanced menu with everything made from scratch where possible from high quality produce. How water and fresh fruit are always available etc

Otherwise souds lovely :-) (Cheese and potato pie is my fav!!)

compo · 01/05/2011 18:23

I was thinking toast ( beans on etc), veg batons and hummous, sandwiches, salad etc
mine have sandwiches and don't get bored!

Flisspaps · 01/05/2011 18:15

But it does sound lovely as it is :)

Flisspaps · 01/05/2011 18:14

Instead of the cooked meal at lunch (as compo says) what about something like wraps or Dutch crispbakes and rice cakes with various toppings, or (cold) pasta with pesto, tomatoes and peppers?

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KatyMac · 01/05/2011 18:11

Thanks - I do try to do fresh most of the time (not sausages or fishfingers but Chicken nuggets and tomato salsa are homemade as are cakes etc)

I do wonder if I rely too much on cheese but at least they like it & it often makes them eat something they aren't too sure of

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VentiPeppermintMochaWithWhip · 01/05/2011 18:09

Sounds delicious!! Can I come too please?

I think it might be handy having a menu where you can prepare things in advance and then just pop it in the oven to cook so as to spend more time with the children.

But if I were a mum with a child in your care, I'd be over the moon. Loads of veg, love the fish!, sounds fresh, too!

A. x

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KatyMac · 01/05/2011 17:49

It's tricky isn't it balancing it

I'd hate sandwich every day

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compo · 01/05/2011 17:35

I'd only cook for evening tea

no need for the nuggets, fishfingers type lunchrs and then sausage and mash later