child care menu planning nsw

Plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours, and legumes/beans • Fruit • Grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties, such as breads, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles, polenta, couscous, oats, quinoa and barley • Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, and

The menu includes at least 2 serves of bread, cereal, rice or pasta foods everyday High fibre varieties e g multigrain, wholemeal, high fibre white are included daily Ensure morning and afternoon teas (mid meals) are planned on the menu as part of the total day's intake

menu planning, food hygiene the nutrition guidelines As child care professionals we have children in NSW rose from 1 in 10 in 1985 to 1 in 4 in 2004

If using a shorter cycle, consider a six- or seven-day menu to ensure children are offered a variety of food each time they attend care Planning meals Refer to the  

Carmel Lazarus February 2008 Menu Planning Guidelines Food and Nutrition: Directions for NSW 1996- 2000 ”Healthier food choices for child care centres”

based on the checklist developed by Nutrition Department of the Central Coast Area Health Service in NSW Planning Long Day Care Menus VEGETABLES

Little Graces Childcare Centre Weekly Menu Week 1 2 years – 5 years BREAKFAST MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY MORNING 

Example of Weekly Menu Meal Children Adolescents in Australia Planning Food Group Recommended Serve in Care Colour Code Dairy 3 Gold

Use this checklist to plan each two-week cycle of your menu recommended is the minimum required to meet the nutritional needs of children in care when The above material has been reproduced with the permission of the NSW 

11 sept 2017 · a web-based menu planning intervention in increasing the mean number of food groups on childcare service menus that In NSW, childcare