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Checked and approved by a qualified dietician

All food at the nursery is freshly prepared by a full-time chef and most of our vegetables are organic. In addition all menus have been checked and approved by a qualified dietician to ensure that children receive a well balanced and nutritious diet. Below are some examples of the menus for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. You can view the document awarding the Peques, Dawes Road kitchen a four star rating from the local authority by clicking:

Peques, Dawes Road, Food and Hygene Diploma

Peques Anglo Spanish Nursery Schools Menu

At Peques we strive to offer children a balanced menu throughout the day and all our vegetables and most of the fruit.


Children's Menu

Breakfast is served until 9.00 am and consists of cereals, toast, milk and water.

Morning Snack (10:00 AM): children are provided with a mixture of organic seasonal vegetables, fruit or buiscuits with milk and water.

Lunch Meal (11:30 AM): children are provided with a healthy balanced cooked menu that will rotate every week to allow different children to try different kinds of food. Some examples follow:

Children's Main Menu
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Lamb or chicken cous cous with vegetables Spaghetti Bolognese Red lentils with mashed potatoes Spanish omelette and salad Fish paella
Meat balls and rice Vegetarian pizza Chicken fried rice Fishcake and mashed potatoes Sheperd's pie
Red kidney beans with rice Chicken and rice in white sauce Minestrone Soup Egg fried rice Maccarroni Cheese
Chicken soup Cottage pie Baked Pasta Chicken and rice in red sauce Lentils Stew
Lunch will always be followed by a healthy mix of fruit such as banana, apple, mandarin.

Afternoon Snack (2:30 PM): children are provided with a mixture of organic seasonal vegetables, wheetabix, pancakes, tomatoes, cheese bruschetta, biscuits etc...

Afternoon Tea (4:30 PM): children will be enjoy a variety of dishes such as: scrambled eggs with pitta bread, seasonal vegetables, rice with tuna, pasta pesto,vegetable noodles, roasted chicken with pitta bread etc...

Please note this is not their evening meal and children should receive a balanced dinner when they get home.


Baby Menu

Peques Nursery Baby Menu (100% organic products Babies)

(from 3 months until the baby becomes a toddler)

Please note that the times below are approximate and that menus will vary according to the seasonal organic products. Also, a daily report will be given to parents informing on their child's daily diet. Babies will always be fed on demmand.

The East Grinstead nursery will start breakfast at 7.30 for early birds only.

Baby Menu
Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
08:00 AM - 09.00 AM Breakfast Baby Cereal, Milk, Toast, Porridge Baby Cereal, Milk, Toast, Porridge Baby Cereal, Milk, Toast, Porridge Baby Cereal, Milk, Toast, Porridge Baby Cereal, Milk, Toast, Porridge
10:00 Morning Snack Fruit, Vegetables, Baby biscuits, Rice crackers Fruit, Vegetables, Baby biscuits, Rice crackers Fruit, Vegetables, Baby biscuits, Rice crackers Fruit, Vegetables, Baby biscuits, Rice crackers Fruit, Vegetables, Baby biscuits, Rice crackers
11:00 Lunch Sweet potatoe, Chicken, Spinach puree Oat and Vegetable puree Fish, Carrots, Broccoli, Courgette Puree Vegetable puree Easy one-pot chicken
  Dessert Fruit Fruit Yoghurt Fruit Fruit
14:30 PM Afternoon Snack Yoghurt, Milk Organic baby biscuit Milk Organic rice cake, Milk Yoghurt, Baby Milk, Milk Yoghurt, Baby Milk, Milk
16:15 PM Afternoon Tea Vegetable Soup Apple & biscuit Lettuce courgette puree Fruit puree, Rice cake Mashed Potatoe, Banana

From 3 months babies are provided with fruit puree
From 4 months onwards babies are provided with vegetables
From 6 months onwards babies are provided with chicken
From 7 months onwards the puree provided will be lumpy
From 8 months onwards babies are provided with fed fish

Should you like to start with a certain food sooner or later than that, we would encourage you to talk to the relevant nursery manager.

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