Healthy Eating

“We have nothing but the highest regard and praise for the care and support provided by all the staff at Ashton. William is very happy and superbly fed!” Naomi Jayatilaye and Alasdair Santini

A great deal of care is taken to develop a seasonal six week menu for the children. We use local produce, seasonal fruit and vegetables and do not add salt to our cooking. All of our meat is sourced from our local butcher in Kelsall and fresh fish is delivered from Dilworths in Northwich.

Our qualified chefs, Holly and Jo, have many years of experience of working at Ashton House Nursery. Holly and Jo are central to the nursery and are well known to the children and parents. Holly has recently made fresh pasta and bread as activities with the pre-school children.

We have established a nursery kitchen garden and the children love to help with the planting, collecting and eating of fruit and vegetables. Our nursery chefs use our home grown produce as much as possible. We grow vegetables including potatoes, courgettes, carrots, runner beans and onions. Our fruit includes raspberries and strawberries and we grow herbs including parsley, mint and sage.

We try to give as much variety as we can to the children. New foods are initially tried on a small scale and if they are liked by the children then they will be introduced into the menu. All dietary requirements are catered for in the Nursery. Our chefs try to make all of the meals look the same so that when the children are eating together, the children with special dietary requirements do not feel any different to the rest of the group.

For snack time the children have a variety of fresh fruits, raw vegetables, dried fruit, bread sticks and crackers.

We have three different menus per day. A weaning menu, which introduces babies to fruit and vegetables, an 8 to 12 months menu and a main children's menu for all children from 12 months upwards. Children's daily snack is also planned on the weekly menu. 

Here are some examples of our menus.

Weaning Menu

8 Months Plus Menu

Main Menu - 12 months plus