What my daughter has eaten so far this week at school...

[GuiltyAsAGirlCanBe]

I have been off this week. Usually dd has lunch at school and goes to her dad's or mil's and eats there - before I pick her up after work.

But this week I am on AL so I have been asking her what she eats for lunch, so I can gauge what to cook for tea. She is also now 4, so at the age where she can remember and tell me reasonably accurately.

Monday: pizza, tinned spaghetti and bread and butter.
Tuesday: cheese sandwich with nothing else
Today: pasta and cheese. With no sauce.

This is an independent preschool and admittedly lunches only cost a pound a day, but they are compulsory.

She is a vegetarian. I asked what the other children had today, she said cottage pie and vegetables. She wasn't offered anyveg.

I do remember them once mentioning that she didn't eat her veggie sausages once so they gave her a sandwich instead. She likes veggie sausages, she eats them at home. I didn't realise this has become a regular occurrence. She is not a fussy eater. I am not normally too precious about this sort of thing, but if she is telling the truth (she is articulate and generally honest), this is a bit ridiculous no? I am also more aware of giving her a healthy diet ATM, as she is getting a little chunky, and whilst her weight is still normal, she is on the 83rd centile so I want her diet

My daughter usually has tuna/ham sandwich, jacket potato with tuna/cheese, dry pasta with cheese, mince and dumplings etc but only because of allergies, keep checking with the school/nursery because dd (6) sometimes is adamant she hasn't had anything but bread for lunch hope you get to the bottom of this soon

Yanbu op.

That your daughter eats a mostly vegetarian/pescetarian diet is not the most important factor (although is obviously fairly important) here, it just that the food this nursery is providing is flat out crap, poor quality and fairly low in nutritious value.

I don't understand the "forcing your dietary choices on your child" argument. Vegetarianism is hardly the same level of bonkers as being a fruitarian and what do other parents do, regardless of their choice to eat meat or not, but "force their dietary choices" on their children? Such a bizarre argument!

At my DS's state school, they have the same veg / potatoes and two main meal components, one veggie, the other meat or fish. I don't see why they can't do this at your DD's school. They must know how many vegetarian children they have in each day, so know how many portions of the veggie pie / cottage pie / bolognaise to cook. Does the school have any plans to up its game regarding breakfast? I'm amazed they actively choose to fill the children with sugar at the start of the day.