Menu ideas
No need to follow these menus to the letter - they are just a few ideas as to what to actually put on your plate!
DAY 1
- Breakfast - Weetabix
- Breakfast - Weetabix
- Snack Meal - Beef and onion sandwiches; Madeira cake
- Main Meal - Grilled cod with chips (par boiled - of course!!); tinned peaches (well drained) in jelly
- Supper - Digestive biscuits
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 2
- Breakfast - Toast and jam
- Snack Meal - Tuna salad with a crusty roll; fresh apple
- Main Meal - Chicken pie with mashed potatoes and broccoli; Ice cream
- Supper - Crispbreads with cottage cheese
- Daily Milk - 1/4 pint (1/4 pint used in ice cream)
DAY 3
- Breakfast - Porridge
- Snack Meal - Scrambled eggs on toast; jam doughnut
- Main Meal - Spaghetti bolognaise (no Parmesan!!); fresh peach
- Supper - Toast and honey
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 4
- Breakfast - Toast and marmalade
- Snack Meal - Cottage cheese salad, bread roll; fruit yoghurt
- Main Meal - Beef stew, carrots and roast potatoes (par boiled); Victoria sandwich cake
- Supper - Fresh pear
- Daily Milk - 1/4 pint (1/4 pint used in yoghurt)
DAY 5
- Breakfast - Croissants with butter and jam
- Snack Meal - Bacon sandwich; tinned pears (well drained)
- Main Meal - Lamb chop with mint sauce (easy on the gravy !), new potatoes, cabbage; baked apple with custard
- Supper - Crispbreads with cream cheese
- Daily Milk - 1/4 pint (1/4 pint used in custard)
DAY 6
- Breakfast - Shrelied Wheat
- Snack Meal - Egg and cress sandwiches; jam tart
- Main Meal - Chicken casserole with boiled rice; fresh apple
- Supper - Toasted crumpets with butter
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 7
- Breakfast - Toast and honey
- Snack Meal - Home made beef burgers (less salt!); fresh peach
- Main Meal - Pork chop, mashed potatoes, green beans; semolina
- Supper - Corn Flakes
- Daily Milk - l/4 pint (1/4 pint used in semolina)
DAY 8
- Breakfast - Bran Flakes
- Snack Meal - Poached egg on toast; jam doughnut
- Main Meal - Beef and onion pie (home made - less salt), new potatoes, sweetcorn; apple turnover and cream
- Supper - Fresh plums
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 9
- Breakfast - Porridge
- Snack Meal - Fish finger sandwich - plus a little Tartare sauce! tinned fruit in jelly
- Main Meal - Chicken curry and rice; cheesecake
- Supper - Toast and marmalade
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 10
- Breakfast - Corn flakes
- Snack Meal - Ham and onion toastie; fresh apple
- Main Meal - Lamb casserole cauliflower, saute potatoes; trifle
- Supper - Scotch pancakes with butter
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 11
- Breakfast - Croissants
- Snack Meal - Tuna with pasta (bind with a little spot of cream), side salad shortbread biscuits
- Main Meal - Sausage and mash, carrots; fresh nectarine
- Supper - Madeira cake
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 12
- Breakfast - Shrelied Wheat
- Snack Meal - Cottage cheese/lettuce sandwiches; tinned peaches
- Main Meal - Pork chop (with apple sauce), roast potatoes (parboiled) sprouts; lemon meringue pie
- Supper - Digestive biscuits
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint
DAY 13
- Breakfast - Toast and honey
- Snack Meal - Plain omelette, side salad, bread roll; fresh pear
- Main Meal - Shepherds pie, carrot/swede; syrup sponge and custard
- Supper - Fresh cream meringue
- Daily Milk - 1/4 pint (1/4 pint used in custard)
DAY 14
- Breakfast - Porridge
- Snack Meal - Chicken sandwich; egg custard
- Main Meal - Grilled plaice, chips (par boiled), garden peas; satsuma
- Supper - Crumpets with butter
- Daily Milk - 1/2 pint