Who are we?
Mini-Meals Catering provides a reliable delivery service of healthy nutritious and stable dinners for children at nursery schools, soft-play centres and parties in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.
We have been providing healthy meals for the Rocking Horse Day Nursery Schools for over 10 years, as well as a number of other day nursery schools.
We believe in putting the needs of children first and providing them with the best protein, vitamins and minerals to help them grow and develop. Parents have always been extremely happy with our service and have given us great feedback which is very important to us. We always want to ensure everybody is happy, especially the children!
At Mini Meals Catering we aim to build strong partnerships with Early Years practitioners to ensure our catering company runs smoothly and that meals provided are to the highest standard for the children we provide for.
We provide probe wipes and probe record sheets for you to keep records for the Environmental Health Agency.
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When we receive your details, we will give you a call and talk you through the process as well answering any questions you might have about us and the food we provide.
Information for Parents
Practical Suggestions to encourage healthy eating
- Children eat best in small groups with a familiar carer.
- Carers eating the same foods with children is extremely encouraging.
- Talk about foods and encourage conversation at meal and snack times
- Children over 2 years old should be encouraged to be involved and serve themselves.
- Finger foods (e.g. cheese, chicken, slices of fruit, carrot/celery sticks) are good.
- Face and shapes can be made on plates with food.
- Use appropriate cutlery and crockery for the age group.
- Food can be cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Allow enough time so the slower eater can finish.
- Don't force children to eat everything on their plate.
- Encourage children to help prepare foods.
- Always serve new or unfamiliar foods with familiar ones.
- If possible, link menus with activities that have been set.
- Use brightly coloured fruits and vegetables.
- Use stickers when a new food is tried.
- Make meals times a positive and enjoyable experience.
Portion control
Each menu has guidance for Centre staff on the amount of food to give to a child depending on age. This has been taken from the National Standards for portion control. Through daily feedback between the Centre and Mini-Meals, amounts can be adjusted for the following meal at no additional cost.
| Food | Raw Weight | Dry Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Fish | 56g | |
| 100% Cod Fish Fingers | 56g (Two) | |
| Oily Fish | 45g | |
| Meat and Poultry | 45g | |
| Farm-produced Sausages | 42g (One) | |
| Vegetarian meat equivalents | 45g | |
| Pulses | 60g (cooked weight) | |
| Meat and Poultry in curry/chilli, etc | 45g | |
| Cheese | 30g | |
| Vegetables (peas, sweetcorn, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, swede, turnip, cabbage, spinach) | 40g | |
| Baked Beans (reduced sugar and salt) | 70g | |
| Tinned Tomatoes | 40g | |
| Potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams | 60g | |
| Bread | 45g | |
| Pizza | 60g | |
| Pasta, cous couse or rice | 56g |
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