Our food

At Little Forest Folk all our food is healthy and nutritious. We give our children a balanced diet with at least five portions of fruit and vegetables each day, with meals made up of locally and seasonally sourced food whenever possible. Homemade cakes are available as treats and on cold days a delicious warming hot chocolate is served around the campfire.  Menus are designed and cooked by our chef Becky Beasley & her team at Two Teaspoons Cookery. You can visit their website here for more information, including lots of tasty recipes for both adults and children!

Learning about food

We want to teach children more about healthy lifestyles and encourage the adoption of healthy eating.

Understanding the importance of nutrition is easier if children have been active participants in food preparation from a young age and if allowed opportunities to ask questions about what constitutes a healthy balanced diet. That's why we began our weekly cooking lessons at each of our nurseries!

Eating in the forest

Children's morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack are always served in our forest site. Children will of course wash hands carefully before eating as they learn the importance of hygiene.

Lunches in colder weather are usually soups which are fantastically warming and offer an easy way to get lots of vegetables into the children without them realising they are eating something very healthy!

The food we provide little ones is simple, packed full of flavour and made with a huge variety of vegetables and pulses. All our food is batch cooked in small portions and handmade by Two Teaspoons, who cook in a very traditional way - simple, tasty and very healthy. 

The suppliers used by Two Teaspoons are chosen carefully - they pride themselves on using top quality ingredients. Fresh fruit and vegetables are supplied by a traditional local greengrocer straight from the market each day. They aim to purchase as much British produce as possible and a good proportion of their pulses are grown in the UK. They make the base of all our dishes from scratch using vegetables, herbs and spices. 

Water is available at all times throughout the day.  In colder weather we will also have warm drinks available, including homemade spiced teas and the occasional hot chocolate! In summer, we will also have healthy and homemade ice lollies.

If you have any concerns with your child’s eating habits, please let us know, although you’d be surprised how well a child who is fussy at home will eat with us!

Our menu

Note: our menus change seasonally

• Please note that at our Winkworth nursery, meals may be served in a slightly different order to that shown above. Contact the team for more details!

New Dishes For February

Butternut, Orzo and Chive Medley

Butternut squash with sweet potatoes, carrots, petits pois, celery, onions, red lentils and haricot beans, gently cooked in garlic and extra virgin olive oil and served with orzo pasta and chopped chives.

Parsnip and Apple Blend

A delicious seasonal soup with parsnips and sweet red apples cooked with a splash of organic raw apple cider vinegar, along with onions, carrots, potatoes, red lentils and cannellini beans and topped with flat leaf parsley.