Spring menus are here

We're saying goodbye to winter and bursting into spring with our new springtime menus. They're packed with colourful fruit and vegetables and carefully balanced to give your children all the nutrients they need to learn and play with energy.

Spring brings with it some tasty seasonal delights, such as spring greens, carrots, purple sprouting broccoli, courgettes and rhubarb and we've featured these in our meals to make the most of the fresh ingredients we can buy locally. You may notice that we've added a weaning menu for very young babies too. These simple purees are based on ingredients in the main meals and accompanied by finger-foods so that babies are experiencing a range of flavours and textures to develop their taste for lots of different foods. Of course, weaning is individual to every family so close communication between parents and our team helps to ensure that babies are introduced to food in the way you want.

Take a look at our latest menus for the season to see some of the delicious dishes that your children will be able to enjoy at Snapdragons. You'll see favourites like fish fingers, cottage pie, sausage and mash and spaghetti bolognese as well as some more adventurous meals to develop little palates. They're all made from scratch using top quality fresh ingredients from our local suppliers. The nurseries currently participating in the 'Food For Life' programme are: Grosvenor, Horfield, Keynsham & Weston. Other nurseries follow these menus, but are not currently enrolled in the programme.

Welcome to The Nursery Kitchen

We're excited to bring you a new series, all about cooking and we've called it The Nursery Kitchen! We love cooking at Snapdragons and try to encourage the children to prepare and eat healthy and fun meals throughout their nursery day and their lives in general.

With Shrove Tuesday coming up tomorrow, the first episode is all about pancakes! Big fluffy American ones that are a bit different than your usual crepes. We show you three variations on a theme, all using the same basic recipe. Try blueberries paired with lemon curd, roasted butternut squash pancakes topped with grated cheese, or spinach pancakes partnered with homemade tomato sauce. Have a read of the recipe below and then watch the video to see how easy it is!

Ingredients (to serve 4-6)
135g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
130ml milk
1 egg
2 tbsp butter