Nutrition

Meal Preparation and Food Programs

Southwest Child Care Early Learning Centers participate in the USDA’s Federal Child and Adult Food Program. We maintain a nutritious and well-rounded meal program that includes breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. We also provide supper at our Uptown location. Each location has a full-time professional cook that takes great care to serve nutritional, well-balanced food. This enables our children to develop healthy minds and bodies. Our meals are served ‘Family Style’ in a dining room with a strong emphasis on table manners and independence. The meals served are ‘Home Cooked’. We bake our muffins from scratch, hand dip our French Toast, layer our own Lasagnas and much more.

We encourage our children to try and do new things each and every day.  

We are committed to:

• Providing a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables daily.

• Exposing our children to new tastes and textures by serving foods and meals from various countries and cultures.

• Serving whole grains including whole-wheat pasta, whole wheat tortillas, and brown rice.

• Serving family-style so children can learn the social skills associated with eating in a group.

We are excited about serving foods and meals from other countries and cultures. Once a month parents are welcome to join us for our “Heritage Day” lunch where all the meals served that day reflect a foreign country and expose our children to new tastes and textures.