5-a-day menu planner

With our handy menu planner, it’s easy to add one of your child’s recommended five daily portions of fruit and veg to any meal

Published 01 April 2008

Monday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit juice, cereal topped with sliced banana, toast.
Snack: A Handful of raisins.
Lunch: Ham or tuna sandwich, boiled egg, carrot sticks, puréed fruit stirred into a portion of thick natural yogurt.
Snack: Houmous with cucumber and pepper sticks.
Dinner: Spaghetti bolognese with added onion, carrots and mushrooms, served with broccoli.

Tuesday

Breakfast: Fruit smoothie, beans on toast.
Snack: Banana.
Lunch: Guacamole, pitta bread, vegetable sticks, packet of mixed seeds, pot of rice pudding.
Snack: 2 slices malt loaf.
Dinner: Smoked mackerel or salmon fillet or Cheddar cheese, with grated apple, carrot and beetroot salad and new potatoes.

Wednesday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit juice, cereal topped with raisins, toast.
Snack: Fruit bun, handful of seeds.
Lunch: Pizza, vegetable sticks, cereal bar, slice of melon.
Snack: Apple, bean pâté and crackers.
Dinner: Chicken and vegetable (or just vegetable) stir-fry, with noodles.

Thursday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit juice, porridge or oat cereal, topped with fruit purée.
Snack: Grapes.
Lunch: Samosa or spring roll, noodle and vegetable salad, fruit salad.
Snack: Oatcakes, dried apricots.
Dinner: Macaroni cheese with added leeks and cauliflower, served with grilled tomatoes.

Friday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit juice, stewed apples, toast.
Snack: Fruit muffin, banana.
Lunch: Vegetable soup, bread roll, slices of meat or veggie alternative, flapjack, strawberries.
Snack: Small bag of unsalted mixed nuts.
Dinner: Baked fish fillet, sweet potato chips, peas, corn on the cob.

Saturday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit smoothie, toast, scrambled egg with spring onion and red pepper.
Snack: Orange.
Lunch: Homemade beef or veggie burger, seeded bun, tomato, lettuce, carrot and nut salad, melon slice.
Snack: Home-made popcorn, fruit.
Dinner: Prawn or vegetable curry, rice and lentil dhal.

Sunday

Breakfast: Fresh fruit juice, pancakes, berry compote, natural yogurt.
Snack: Small bag of mixed dried fruit.
Lunch: Meat or vegetarian roast, roast potatoes, roast vegetables and a steamed green vegetable.
Snack: Slice of cake, fruit.
Dinner: Baked potato with filling of choice, served with salad.

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