Food and Nutrition

At Ellie’s Nursery we are committed to providing healthy, balanced meals and have always seen mealtimes as a big social and learning opportunity. We support and teach children the importance of oral health and how to stay fit and healthy! Being supported by the EYN Partnership reviewing and advising on our healthy delicious menus for our children and staff. Food comes up very quickly in conversations with prospective parents. Gaining the accreditation and working directly with a nutritionist gives great reassurance to the team who now feel more confident in discussing food-related issues including Allergies and Intolerances. The Nursery also has a vegetable patch our wonderful chef often takes time out of the kitchen to explore the vegetable patch with the children. Our experienced staff team work with the children to plan what vegetables they would like to grow. This is a fantastic way to help children learn about the life cycle of plants. Children learn best through active learning and our vegetable patch is a fantastic learning opportunity for children to understand where food comes from.

Our Menu

We Have Awesome Menu (Weekly 5 Days)

  • Week 1
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

  • Breakfast

    07:45 - 9:00

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Snack

    10:00 - 10:30

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Cheese straws/ Cucumber

  • Rice cakes/ Grapes

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Lunch

    11:45 - 12:30

  • Chicken and vegetable curry Nan bread & Boiled rice Peaches & Cream

  • Vegetarian chilli con carne Potato wedges & Broccoli Cinnamon honey oat cookies

  • Roast turkey Roast potatoes seasonal vegetables Blueberry yogurt

  • Beef lasagne Mixed salad & Garlic Bread Courgette and raisin muffins

  • Salmon fishcakes, Rice Mixed salad Raspberry sugar free Jelly

  • Snack

    2.15 - 2.30

  • Crackers and Cream Cheese

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Tea

    4.00 - 4.30

  • Baked beans Wholemeal toast Cucumber sticks

  • Creamy tomato soup and toasted roll

  • Ham sandwiches Celery sticks Cherry tomatoes

  • Tuna pasta bake with sweetcorn

  • Home-made cheese and tomato mini pizza Sliced pepper or cucumber

  • Week 2
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

  • Breakfast

    07:45 - 9:00

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Snack

    10:00 - 10:30

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Cheese straws/ Cucumber

  • Rice cakes/ Grapes

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Lunch

    11:45 - 12:30

  • Beef spaghetti bolognaise & Mixed salad Raspberry yogurt

  • Roast chicken Roast potatoes & Seasonal vegetables Caramel rice cakes

  • Vegetable and sweet potato curry Basmati rice & Nan bread Strawberry Sugar free Jelly

  • Macaroni cheese Mixed salad Fresh fruit salad

  • Salmon fishcakes New potatoes Peas Oaty Flapjack

  • Snack

    2.15 - 2.30

  • Crackers and Cream Cheese

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Tea

    4.00 - 4.30

  • Boiled egg Wholemeal toast fingers Cucumber sticks

  • Butternut squash & sweet potato soup with Crusty Roll

  • Ham sandwiches Celery sticks Cherry tomatoes

  • Tomato Vegetable pasta

  • Jacket potato Beans Cheese Cucumber

  • Week 3
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

  • Breakfast

    07.30 - 08.15

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Snack

    10:00 - 10:30

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Cheese straws/ Cucumber

  • Rice cakes/ Grapes

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Lunch

    11:45 - 12:30

  • Spinach and ricotta tortellini Tomato sauce Mixed salad Strawberry yogurt

  • Roast Chicken Roast potatoes Cauliflower cheese Carrot cake

  • Minced beef Mashed potato seasonal vegetables Fresh fruit salad

  • Chicken and mushroom pie & seasonal Vegetables Baked Cinnamon apple

  • Meatballs Tomato and vegetable sauce Couscous Raspberry yogurt

  • Snack

    2.15 - 2.30

  • Crackers and Cream Cheese

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Tea

    4.00 - 4.30

  • Home-made chicken nuggets Couscous Carrot sticks

  • Creamy tomato soup and toasted roll

  • Ham sandwiches Celery sticks Cherry tomatoes

  • Tuna pasta bake with sweetcorn

  • Home-made cheese and tomato mini pizza Sliced pepper or cucumber

  • Week 4
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

  • Breakfast

    07.30 - 08.15

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Cereal with milk or Toast & spreads Fresh Fruit Milk or water

  • Snack

    10:00 - 10:30

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Cheese straws/ Cucumber

  • Rice cakes/ Grapes

  • Vegetables siticks & Dip

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Lunch

    11:45 - 12:30

  • Roast chicken Roast potatoes Broccoli Fresh fruit salad

  • Pork sausages Sweet potato mash Parsnips Carrots Mixed berry yogurt

  • Vegetable lasagne Mixed salad Rhubarb crumble

  • Beef, vegetable and lentil curry Naan bread Melon

  • Minced lamb Mashed potato Green beans Vanilla yogurt

  • Snack

    2.15 - 2.30

  • Vegetables sticks & Dip

  • Rice cakes/ Grapes

  • Fresh fruit platter

  • Crackers and Cream Cheese

  • Breadsticks Houmous

  • Tea

    4.00 - 4.30

  • Baked beans Wholemeal toast Cucumber sticks

  • Creamy tomato soup and toasted roll

  • Ham sandwiches Celery sticks Cherry tomatoes

  • Tuna pasta bake with sweetcorn

  • Home-made cheese and tomato mini pizza Sliced pepper or cucumber

Our Onsite Nursery Chef prepares all meals from scratch to ensure no added salts, sugars and preservatives are in our healthy meals. This also supports allergies, intolerances, Cultural and religious requirements we may have.