Diet and menus for children at one of the best nurseries in London

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.