The charity Coeliac UK supports International School Meals Day 2021 with their top tips for creating affordable, nutritious gluten free lunches for children (and adults alike). Click here to learn more
On March 11th, the anniversary of ten years since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, school lunch is a menu to support the recovery of the Tohoku region. It consists of senbei soup (local dish of Aomori), fried fish cake with sesame seeds (Miyagi), and furikake (sprinkled with bonito).
Healthy food can also be very tasty, Dolce Schools Catering remind us, as they share a firm favourite, voted by children across the schools they serve – Sweet Potato and Chickpea & Coconut Curry. Click here for the recipe
Chefs in Schools celebrated kitchen teams on International School School Meals Day. This is Anthony, who stepped up to be an assistant at St Ann’s, a school in England, when Covid left them short staffed. As thanks, a meal was made in his honour, one of his favourite dishes from Mumbai, Pav Bhaji..
Despite severe flooding that closed their kitchen, Riverside Junior School continued to provide hot, healthy meals to more than 300 pupils! Click here to read the story
Tayside Contracts has produced some exciting menus for International School Meals Day. Be inspired!
At Food for Life, a Soil Association programme, they work with schools and nurseries to make it normal, easy and enjoyable for children to eat well. Find out more about their schools programme here: https://foodforlife.org.uk/schools
Alongside the mains at Lampton School, there are vegetable sides, thanks to Chefs in Schools. Today it’s a rainbow carrot, kale, tahini and herb salad. Eileen cooks the carrots first, then mixes the sauce through and adds in the kale.
Mellors Catering has a new class, run by their brilliant Executive Development Chef, Michael Stroud. Since September he’s been all over the north of England teaching hundreds of pupils how to make pasta and bread.
The first of the #ISMD2020 menus has been created and shared by the pupils of Dalintober Primary in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. The children have chosen their favourite international dishes. Some great choices are included! Well done to Tristan for the menu design!