Menu Planning for Early
Childhood Centres
Clean Plate’s Menu Planning System for early learning settings makes providing nourishing meals and healthy snacks for kids easy. We help make it simple and more cost-effective for early childhood education settings to provide healthy, nutritious and delicious meals that children and parents love.
The Clean Plate Process
At Clean Plate, we will provide you with all the tools and support you need to make meals at your centre a success and give your children the best start.
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Initial Set up
Initial consultation to discuss your centre’s specific needs
In-house support before you start on how to use the menu and ordering system
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Menu Plan
Seasonal 4-week cycle menus to print and display
Weekly shopping lists, complete with quantities to order
Clean Plate recipe binder with easy-to-follow recipes customised to the number of children attending the centre
Recipes with clear dietary requirement information and guidance on how to adapt them to suit children with specific allergies and intolerances
Online support when you need
The Clean Plate Menu Planning System
The Clean Plate Menu Planning System is much more than just a nicely laid out and easy-to-produce menu. We provide a complete system to help ECE cooks and chefs become – and stay – organised in the kitchen. It also enables kitchen and centre managers to easily stay on top of required Food Safety and Licensing Criteria food provision related documentation.
Our Recipes
At Clean Plate, we truly believe ‘we are what we eat’. Our philosophy is to serve real, healthy food that’s easy and efficient to prepare, and delicious and appealing to children.
We use readily available, seasonal whole foods, and integrate a variety of fruit and vegetables into each day’s menu.
For more information about the Menu Planning System, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page
Get in Touch
Have Some Questions?
We are here to help.
Here’s What Our Clients Have to Say
“We started with Clean Plate a few months ago on a four-week menu cycle at WonderKids Childcare and Preschool. All the meals are so healthy, colourful and easy to prepare. Parents are saying how their children have told them how yummy the new food is. Fern is always there to answer questions and give us new ideas on food. We would recommend Clean Plate to all.”
“Many parents enrol to our childcare because of of our subscription to the Clean Plate menu service. Highly recommended.”
“We are very happy with the Clean Plate menus, shopping lists, recipes and couldn’t fault the excellent support. Our cook loves the new menu and easy-to-prepare recipes, and children and staff are really enjoying the yummy and healthy meals.”
Workshops
For Teachers
For Cooks
Discover how to create an environment that promotes healthy eating. Learn the basics around good nutrition, cooking with children and other fun ways to encourage healthy eating at your centre. Taught by an experienced chef and qualified ECE teacher in a simple, easy-to-understand manner.
You’ll leave with practical tips and tricks you can apply in your learning environment straight away, that children understand.
If you want to learn how to provide early learning settings healthy lunch ideas for kids, nutritious menu plans, toddler meal ideas and healthy snack recipes for under-fives, don’t miss our ‘Healthy Fundamentals’ workshop for early childhood education centre cooks.
You’ll learn the basics of healthy cooking and kitchen management skills – all taught in a fun and engaging way by an experienced chef.
Contact us to find out more about our workshops.