Menu planning

Menu ideas

Breakfast Ideas

Drinks

• Milk.
• Water.
• Dilute pure unsweetened fruit juice (one part fruit juice: ten parts water).

Meal choices

• Toasted muffin and hard-boiled egg.
• Cheese wedges with toast.
• Toasted crumpet and banana
• Toast with baked beans.
• Offer a variety of bread products such as: muffin/crumpet/scotch pancake. different types of bread/toast/rolls/bagel/
• Low-sugar cereal e.g. Weetabix, porridge, cornflakes, puffed wheat.
• Porridge/Ready Break with tinned fruit or dried fruit.
• Yoghurts and fruit can also be available.

Main Meal Ideas

• Shepherd's pie with carrots/vegetables in season.
• Tuna and mushroom pasta bake with vegetables/salad.
• Meat/bean casserole with vegetables and potatoes.
• Meat/vegetarian curry with rice and vegetables.
• Meat/bean lasagne with vegetables.
• Chicken fricassee with rice and vegetables.
• Macaroni cheese with carrots and green beans.
• Roast meat, potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
• Pasta with salmon and broccoli.
• Meatballs with tomato sauce, pasta and salad.
• Tuna, red pepper and sweetcorn risotto.
• Fish pie with sweetcorn and peas.
• Stir-fried chicken with vegetables and noodles.
• Mexican bean tortilla wraps with vegetable rice.
• Caribbean chicken with rice and seasonal vegetables.
• Toad in the hole with boiled potatoes and green vegetables.
• Vegetable quiche with salad/vegetables and bread/potato wedges.
• Spaghetti bolognaise (beef or vegetarian) with vegetables/salad.

Light Meal Ideas

Sandwiches
Sandwiches/rolls (try different types of bread e.g. wholemeal, white, pitta bread, bagels, wraps, crumpets):

• Meat: chicken, ham.
• Grated cheese.
• Cream cheese.
• Hard-boiled egg and cress.
• Fish: tuna, salmon.
• Vegetarian spread.

Toast with:

• Baked beans.
• 'Cheesy' beans.
• Pilchards/sardines.
• Cheese and tomato.
• Scrambled egg.

Jacket potatoes with:

• Tuna and sweetcorn.
• Bolognaise (beef or vegetarian).
• Curry.
• Cheese.
• Baked beans.

Other ideas:

• Macaroni cheese.
• Cheese scone and vegetable sticks.
• Homemade pizza pieces and vegetable sticks.
• Lentil and vegetable soup with pitta bread strips/rolls.
• Cheese omelette and crusty bread with chopped cherry tomatoes.
• Vegetable quiche with salad/vegetables and bread/potato wedges.
• Bread sticks and vegetable sticks with dips e.g. cream cheese.

Dessert Ideas

• Fresh fruit platter e.g. grapes, bananas, satsumas, apples slices.
• Stewed fruit and custard/plain yoghurt/ice-cream.
• Plain sponge with stewed fruit and custard.
• Fruit pieces in jelly with plain yoghurt/ice-cream.
• Milk pudding with fruit pieces/purée.
• Fruit crumble and custard/ice-cream.
• Yoghurt or fromage frais.
• Bread and butter pudding.
• Egg custard.
• Banana custard.
• Milk jelly.
• Malt loaf.
• Banana bread.
• Fruit scone.
• Cheese and biscuits with grapes.
• Cakes containing dried fruits.
• Baked apple with dates topped with yoghurt.