Early Spring Successes!

Posted on March 10, 2017

Week 2 of our Yummy Spring Menu, aswell as Hardy's freshly baked cheese scones for today's snack the children have also been introduced to some less familiar dishes. For this menu we have looked a little closer at where some of the dishes and ingredients we are serving originated,we hope you will enjoy us sharing this with you. 

One of these was Kedgeree: a traditional fish based dish containing a number of daily essentials for our children. Kedgeree is thought to have originated with the Indian rice-and-bean or rice-and-lentil dish khichri, it can be traced back to 1340 or maybe even earlier! It is widely believed that the dish was brought to the United Kingdom by returning British colonials who had enjoyed it in India and introduced it to the UK as a breakfast dish in Victorian times, part of the then fashionable Anglo-Indian cooking. Containing protein it is the perfect choice to set the children up for a busy afternoon.

Overall a slightly mixed response from the children, the younger Bumble Bees ate this happily while our older Dragonflies were a little more suspicious.  Many of the ingredients were familiar for the children but this is the first time they have been combined in such a way, importantly all the children were willing to try so staff believe that when it comes around again the children will be more than happy to tuck in.

A dish that looks to be a firm favourite from day one are our 'Posh Dogs'; everyone from the toddlers to the Rangers Out of School Club gave these the thumbs up!  

They are served with a number of little extras including a peppery Harissa Mayonnaise.  Harissa - Is a hot aromatic paste made from chilli and assorted other spices and herbs. It is spicy and fragrant and is widely used in North African and Middle Eastern cookery as a condiment, or can be mixed with water or tomato juice to flavour stews, soups or couscous. In North Africa it is also sometimes served in a pool of olive oil, into which to dip bread. Because of its strength, a little goes a long way! Using ingredients like Harissa helps us to add flavour to dishes without the need to add salt. 

Final dish of the week...

While we wait for the glorious glut of summer fruits we are making the most of year round yummy bananas, Rupert made this lovely banana cheesecake for today's pudding and all we have to say is that it was very, very tasty! 

                          - Annalisa & team Incy Wincy's