CHILDREN across Carmarthenshire will be getting their first taste of the new winter menu when it launches in the county’s primary schools on Monday, November 4.
The refreshed winter menu is packed full of tasty homemade meals, with delicious dishes including cook’s choice homemade beef or vegetarian casserole with mashed potato, green beans or cauliflower and gravy. Amongst the desserts on offer is a homemade chocolate muffin, and good old-fashioned homemade flapjack.
The menu, designed and implemented by Carmarthenshire Catering Service – part of the county council – follows the Welsh Assembly’s Appetite for Life legislation, to improve the health of children by offering nutritionally-balanced school meals.
Working in partnership with Carmarthenshire’s local public health team, paediatric dieticians from the NHS assist in developing menus for pupils with special dietary requirements.
Each meal is nutritionally analysed using sophisticated computer software to ensure it contains the right balance of vitamins and minerals.
Catering Services Manager Sandra Weigel said: “Many years of on-going service improvements have made school meal culturally diverse whilst maintaining a healthy nutritional balance”
Many families are eligible for free school meals, providing they receive certain benefits. Call 01267 246521 for further information.
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