Week 1: Example spring/summer menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)

Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Breakfast Malt wheat cereal with Cornflakes with milk, Hard-boiled egg Wheat bisks with milk Crisped rice cereal and
Planned to provide milk and sliced banana raisins and kiwi fruit and tomatoes with and mixed berries milk
20% of a child’s daily quarters wholemeal bread and
Crumpet and spread spread Half a slice of fruit bread Half a bagel with spread
nutritional requirements White toast and spread and spread and melon
Drinks: Water only Banana
Mid-morning snack Breadsticks and mixed Toasted crumpet, spread Yoghurt and sliced Wholemeal toast with Banana slices
Planned to provide vegetable sticks and strawberries grapes spread and mangetout
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Lunch Thai chicken curry (or Lamb moussaka (or Pork ragu (or soya and Salmon and pea risotto Bean and veggie
Planned to provide Thai tofu curry) with Lentil moussaka) with apple ragu) with new (or bean and pea risotto) sausage wholemeal
white rice garlic bread and mixed potatoes, broad beans pasta bake
30% of a child’s daily
salad and courgettes
nutritional requirements
Seasonal fruit salad Rhubarb fool Pineapple upside down Blueberry sponge cake Plain Greek yoghurt with
Drinks: Water only pudding with custard raspberry puree

Mid-afternoon snack Cheese (sliced or cut Pineapple slices Mashed avocado and Mixed chopped seasonal Cucumber and carrots
Planned to provide into sticks) and sliced pitta bread fruit sticks with crackers and
10% of a child’s daily tomatoes cream cheese
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water

Tea Bean and tomato Tuna fishcakes (or Pasta with beans and Wholemeal English Crustless quiche with
Planned to provide gnocchi bake with bread potato and lentil cakes) peas muffin pizza with various potato salad and pepper
and spread with tomato relish toppings sticks
20% of a child’s daily
nutritional requirements Strawberry frozen Seasonal fruit salad Rice pudding with peach Banana slices Apple slices and raisins
yoghurt purée
Drinks: Water only
Fresh drinking water

* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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Week 2: Example spring/summer menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)
Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Breakfast Wheat bisks with milk Berries and yoghurt Crisped rice cereal with Cornflakes and milk Toasted English muffin
Planned to provide and kiwi fruit with toasted oats and milk and sliced banana with spread, egg and
cornflakes Half a toasted teacake mushrooms
20% of a child’s daily Wholemeal toast and Crumpet with spread with spread and melon
nutritional requirements spread
Drinks: Water only
Mid-morning snack Beanie dip and bread Pepper sticks and Wholemeal toast with Banana slices Bagel and cream cheese
Planned to provide sticks tomato slices spread and kiwi fruit
quarters
10% of a child’s daily
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
Lunch BBQ chicken (or BBQ Beef and spinach curry Steamed cod in tomato Vegetable and red lentil Turkey meatballs (or
Planned to provide QuornTM pieces) with (or chickpea and spinach and pepper sauce (or dhansak with brown rice veggie ‘meatballs’) with
new potatoes and roast curry) with white rice and tofu in tomato and white spaghetti
30% of a child’s daily
vegetables naan bread pepper sauce) with
nutritional requirements
couscous and green
Drinks: Water only beans
Lemon and sultana cake Seasonal fruit salad Rice pudding and Fruit, jelly and ice cream Peach fool ripple
raspberries
Mid-afternoon snack Nectarine slices Oatcakes and cream Cucumber and carrot Crackers, tzatziki and Melon and blueberries
Planned to provide cheese sticks tomato slices
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Tea Cous cous and chickpea Sardine pâté (or pinto Billy can beans (veggie Lemon chicken (or Pea and asparagus
Planned to provide salad bean spread) on white sausage and beans) with Lemon soya) wrap with frittata with new potato
toast with grilled wholemeal pasta lettuce and cucumber salad
20% of a child’s daily
tomatoes
nutritional requirements
Rice pudding and raisins Fruit yoghurt pots Seasonal fruit kebabs Plain Greek yoghurt Pineapple slices
Drinks: Water only
with strawberries and
blackcurrants
Fresh drinking water
* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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Week 3: Example spring/summer menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)
Week 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Breakfast Malt wheat cereal with Cornflakes with milk and Shredded wheat with Wheat bisks with milk Crisped rice cereal with
Planned to provide milk banana milk and raisins milk and grapes
20% of a child’s daily Half a white bagel with Wholemeal toast and Toasted fruit bread with Half a crumpet and Wholemeal toast and
nutritional requirements spread, tomato and spread spread and kiwi fruit spread spread
Drinks: Water only mushrooms
Mid-morning snack Peach slices and plain Breadsticks with carrot Mixed berries and plain Wholemeal toast and Sugar snap peas and
Planned to provide yoghurt and pepper sticks yoghurt spread houmous
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Lunch Beef and mushroom Pasta primavera with Gammon (or QuornTM Cod, potato and spinach Chicken and vegetable
Planned to provide stroganoff (or bean and garlic bread fillet) with parsley sauce, curry (or lentil, potato pie (or cheese and
mushroom stroganoff) new potatoes and green and spinach curry) with vegetable pie) with roast
30% of a child’s daily
with white rice beans cous cous potatoes and spring
nutritional requirements
greens
Drinks: Water only
Banana buns Yoghurt and dried Seasonal fruit platter Creamy apricot dessert Summer crumble and
apricots custard
Mid-afternoon snack Crumpets and spread Banana and yoghurt Pitta bread and tuna dip Pepper sticks and Rice cakes, cucumber
Planned to provide cheese (sliced or cut into sticks and tomatoes
10% of a child’s daily sticks)
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water

Tea Savoury omelette Lamb and mint koftas Salmon and broccoli Homemade ham Bean and vegetable
Planned to provide with potato salad and (or veggie mince and pasta (or lentil and flatbread (or cheese enchiladas
cucumber mint koftas) with tomato broccoli pasta) with flatbread)
20% of a child’s daily
sauce and wholemeal sweetcorn
nutritional requirements
pita breads
Drinks: Water only Strawberry frozen Apple slices and dates Semolina and nectarine Grapes and melon Dairy ice cream and
yoghurt compote mango slices
Fresh drinking water

* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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Week 1: Example autumn/winter menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)
Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Breakfast Wheat bisks with yoghurt Cornflakes and milk Porridge with raisins Malt wheat cereal and Crisped rice cereal and
Planned to provide and dried apricots milk milk with satsumas
Wholemeal toast with, Banana
20% of a child’s daily White toast and spread spread, tomatoes and Crumpet with spread and Fruit toast and spread
nutritional requirements mushrooms pear
Drinks: Water only
Mid-morning snack Toasted English muffin Runner beans with bean Rice cakes with beetroot Banana Toasted pitta bread with
Planned to provide and spread with a dip dip mashed avocado
clementine
10% of a child’s daily
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
Lunch Haddock and salmon Lamb tagine (or mixed Pork meatballs (or Chickpea and vegetable Roast chicken (or
Planned to provide pie (or bean pie) with bean tagine) with vegetarian meatballs) biryani QuornTM fillet) with
red cabbage and runner vegetable cous cous with spaghetti, peas and roast potatoes, root
30% of a child’s daily
beans carrots vegetables and gravy
nutritional requirements
Drinks: Water only
Eve’s pudding and Warm winter fruit salad Seasonal fruit salad Mandarin jelly Yoghurt and dates
custard and vanilla sauce
Mid-afternoon snack Tomato slices and Plain popcorn with pear Oatcake and satsuma Baby corn, crackers and Carrot, pepper sticks and
Planned to provide cheese cut into sticks spread houmous
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Tea Cous cous with chicken Tuna mayonnaise (or Sweet potato and lentil Pea, ham (or veggie Mexican bean and
Planned to provide (or houmous), beetroot cheese) with a jacket soup with wholemeal mince) and mushroom cheese wraps with red
and mixed salad potato and carrot and bread and spread pasta bake pepper and celery
20% of a child’s daily
cucumber sticks
nutritional requirements
Seasonal fruit salad Bananas and custard Yoghurt and blackberry Rice pudding and Apples, pears and plums
Drinks: Water only
compote apricots
Fresh drinking water

* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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Week 2: Example autumn/winter menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)
Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Breakfast Crisped rice cereal and Malt wheats and milk Egg and mushroom Cornflakes with milk and Wheat bisks with milk
Planned to provide milk with banana cups, wholemeal toast, raisins
spread and tomatoes Half a toasted teacake
20% of a child’s daily Plain bagel quarter with Wholemeal toast and Half a crumpet and and spread with apple
nutritional requirements spread and chopped plum spread Pear slices spread
Drinks: Water only
Mid-morning snack Carrot and pepper sticks Rice cakes with cream Crackers with spread Wholemeal pitta fingers Plum and satsuma
Planned to provide cheese and sliced grapes with mint raita and
cucumber sticks
10% of a child’s daily
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
Lunch Lamb goulash (or bean Creamy chicken and Beef lasagne (or tomato Fish and pea fishcakes Sweet and sour tofu with
Planned to provide goulash) with brown rice leek hotpot (or QuornTM and lentil lasagne) with (or cheese and noodles
and green beans and leek hotpot) with garlic bread and peas mushroom cakes) with
30% of a child’s daily
broccoli potato wedges and
nutritional requirements
spinach
Drinks: Water only
Shortbread and satsuma Baked apple with Semolina with raisins Seasonal fruit salad and Banana and cinnamon
segments cinnamon yoghurt rice pudding
Mid-afternoon snack Banana on toast Yoghurt and pear Cheese sticks and Pineapple Toasted English Muffin
Planned to provide tomatoes with spread and carrot
10% of a child’s daily sticks
nutritional requirements Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water

Tea Wholemeal macaroni Squash and lentil soup Salmon (or chickpea) Chicken fajitas (or Mixed bean chilli and
Planned to provide cheese with peas with wholemeal bread vegetable rice salad vegetarian red pepper jacket potato
and spread fajitas)
20% of a child’s daily
nutritional requirements
Warm fruit salad and Peaches and custard Seasonal fruit salad Autumn fruit kebabs Yoghurt with date and
Drinks: Water only
yoghurt apple puree
Fresh drinking water

* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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Week 3: Example autumn/winter menu for early years settings in England (children aged 1-4 years)
Week 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Breakfast Wheat bisks with milk and Porridge with stewed Malted wheats and milk Egg with tomatoes and Yoghurt, fruit and cereal
Planned to provide raisins apples and dates wholemeal toast and pots
Plain pancake with spread
20% of a child’s daily Half a crumpet and banana White toast and spread
nutritional requirements spread
Drinks: Water only
Mid-morning snack Rice cake and houmous Plain yoghurt and Avocado on toast Carrot and celery sticks Breadsticks with apple
Planned to provide banana slices
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Lunch Mixed bean and root Pork (or soya), leek and Chicken korma (or Lamb pearl barley hotpot Haddock ratatouille (or
Planned to provide vegetable stew with herb mustard casserole with chickpea korma) with (or vegetarian pearl lentil ratatouille) with
cous cous mashed potatoes and brown rice barley hotpot) white pasta
30% of a child’s daily
Brussels sprouts
nutritional requirements with root vegetable
Drinks: Water only mash
Apple and rhubarb Banana pancakes Semolina with blackberry Mini carrot cakes Fruity oat crumble
crumble and custard compote sundaes
Mid-afternoon snack Crackers and cream Pitta bread and tzatziki Seasonal chopped mixed Crumpets with spread Hard-boiled egg and
Planned to provide cheese with pepper sticks fruit and grapes tomatoes
10% of a child’s daily Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water Milk or water
nutritional requirements
Tea Homemade mackerel Parsnip, butterbean Roast vegetable and red Cous cous and chickpea Pitta pockets with egg
Planned to provide pate (or cheese) with and apple soup with lentil pasta salad mayonnaise, cucumber
baked potatoes and a wholemeal roll and and carrot salad
20% of a child’s daily
salad spread
nutritional requirements
Seasonal fruit salad Poached pears with Satsumas and grapes Poached plums and Yoghurt and mixed dried
Drinks: Water only
Greek yoghurt custard fruit
Fresh drinking water

* For further details and recipe information, see the HM Government document, ‘Example menus for early years settings in England: Part 2- Recipes’.

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