{"id":6491,"date":"2021-03-29T16:57:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:48:17","slug":"vegan-and-vegetarian-meals-at-tops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/03\/29\/vegan-and-vegetarian-meals-at-tops\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan and Vegetarian Meals at Tops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A healthy, balanced diet and regular physical activity are essential for children\u2019s health and well-being. With that said Tops Day Nurseries have designed a balanced menu to support growth and development using the Children\u2019s Food Trust recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The menus at Tops are designed to be healthy, balanced and nutritious, which is why all meals and desserts are made with reduced sugar. Tops have also introduced vegan and vegetarian meals, these meals are on rotation and usually there is a vegan meal available once a week accompanied by an additional vegetarian choice to. Have a look at some of the vegan and vegetarian recipes Tops offers\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/puff-pastry-mushroom-pie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6502\" src=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mushroom-pie-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/chickpea-tagine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6503\" src=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chickpea-tagine-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/vegan-jackfruit-goulash\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6505\" src=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Vegan-jackfruit-goulash-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/chickpea-sweet-potato-dahl\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chickpea-sweet-potato-dahl-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/butternut-squash-risotto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6507 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Butternut-squash-risotto-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To view more healthy, nutritious recipes that Tops offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk\/category\/recipes\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A healthy, balanced diet and regular physical activity are essential for children\u2019s health and well-being. With that said Tops Day Nurseries have designed a balanced menu to support growth and development using the Children\u2019s Food Trust recommendations. The menus at Tops are designed to be healthy, balanced and nutritious, which is why all meals and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curriculum-practice","category-economic-sustainability","category-sustainable-food"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13286,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/13286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}