New winter menu launches for Carmarthenshire primary schools
Children across Carmarthenshire will be getting their first taste of the new winter menu when it launches in the county’s primary schools on Monday, November 3. The refreshed winter menu is packed full of tasty homemade meals, with delicious dishes including cook’s choice homemade beef or vegetarian casserole with mashed potato, peas or mashed swede. There’s also a range of curry dishes, including chicken tikka paninis and chicken korma with rice, as well as other children’s favourites such as spaghetti and meatballs, pizza and fish fingers - all guaranteed to warm their tummies on the cold winter days. Amongst the desserts on offer is a homemade lemon cake with custard, and an old-fashioned homemade flapjack. The menu, designed and implemented by Carmarthenshire Catering Service – part of Carmarthenshire County Council – follows the Welsh Government’s Appetite for Life legislation, to improve the health of children by offering nutritionally-balanced school meals. The nutritional val...