To think that this primary school lunch menu is not up to scratch?

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Menu for this week.

Monday: Jacket potato with beans and/or cheese. Chocolate Mousse.

Tuesday: Sausage, mash and carrots. Pineapple upside down cake.

Wednesday: Meat/quorn pie, potatoes, peas. Sago pudding.

Thursday: Meatballs with Jamie's tomato sauce, pasta and cheese. Mixed berry crumble and custard.

Friday: Breaded chicken goujons, new potatoes, corn cobettes. Ice cream.

To me there doesn't seem to be much veg on offer and the meals seem a little unadventurous. Am I being too fussy/expecting too much?

The menu is altered slightly each week, but the above is fairly representative of a typical week.

It will suit the masses and is easy to produce.
Either done let yours eat it, or do snd serve up the remaining 4 portions of fruit and veg at others meals!

sounds better than dinners at my daughters school. she used to like them but since they've been free she has said they are inedible. roast dinner with no gravy, chicken curry with no chicken.

I think it's fine.

When I was at primary it was pizza and chips or pasta and wedges.

Sounds fine to me, I'd be happy with that. We only have packed lunches though.
It's mass catering for young kids, adventurous is not the point.

If it is relevant, the school is independent, the dinners are pricey and packed lunches are not an option.

Sounds ok. What's wrong with it? It's school lunches... they need to produce meals for x pounds per head.

There's too much emphasis on sugary desserts in that menu. Is there no fresh fruit offered?

They have fresh fruit offered for morning and afternoon snack. I am told there is always yoghurt available as an alternative dessert, but I'm not sure whether that means 'proper' yoghurt or fromage Frais.

Looks ok

Mine get chicken burgers, fish nuggets, baked potatoes or cheese sandwiches. With a tiny frozen yoghurt or jelly pot to finish.

It all looks fine to me.... Is there only one option? Our primary offer a meat, fish and veggie option every day. There is a salad bar, and fruit and cheese & crackers available.

Oh.. But they're not allowed tomato ketchup with the hot dogs - this makes it a healthy meal apparently.

I think it looks fine but there should be a fruit option for pudding and a salad bar.

There are quorn sausages and Meatballs available on those days.

It's not great. Id say our state schools is better - shepherds pie, lentil korma, roasts, Spanish omelette, spat Bol etc

Sounds fine to me & ds would certainly eat more than at his current school. (Also independent & pricey)

However they also have a salad bar & fruit/yoghurt available every day.

Yum. Looks ok to me.

Fromage frais hopefully.

It sounds a lot like my DC's state school lunches, but they're subsidised. I think, as a PP said, you'll have to provide the other four portions of fruit and veg at breakfast and supper.

arethereanyleftatall That sounds more like the sort of menu I would expect.

And it should be against the law to offer a sausage without ketchup.

It's got to be suitable for fussy eaters aged 4 to 11. Looks absolutely fine to me!

Looks fine to me. But I think it depends on where you live.

I work in an independent school and our menu is similar to that (few more 'mixed up' meals like curries, casseroles etc and always a roast dinner on Thursdays but not all that different).

But I went for an interview in a London independent recently and the teacher who showed me round made a big thing of stopping by the menu board and pointing it out. The wording was poncy and the choice large. Everything was organic. Things like:
soup of the day and ciabatta bites
freshly prepared free range chicken fajitas
herby diced potatoes
steamed green beans
oven baked cod and pancetta fish cakes
freshly prepared vegetable wellington
goats cheese and roasted red pepper parcel
fresh apple tart served with Chantilly crème fraiche
yeo valley organic whole milk strawberry yogurt

So, if you're in London, maybe YANBU!

friday sounds so dry.

But do the children actually eat any of it manic?

My children were scandalised Amanda.
They use the hot dogs to scoop up the ketchup which is obvs the main part of the meal.