Ruakaka Kitchen

We have been awarded the Healthy Heart Award from the New Zealand Heart Foundation for our daily menu!!!

No more making kids lunches!
No more stressing about dinner!

At Small Poppies we provide healthy and nutritious home cooked meals that include all the food groups necessary for a healthy diet.  We believe that this is essential for growing minds and bodies and helps with childrens development and learning.  It also means that as a busy parent, you don't have to worry too much about what you serve for dinner, as you can rest assured that after a day at Small Poppies, your children have had all their nutritional requirements. 

All our meals are prepared on site by our Cook -Terrianne.  Terrianne designed 6 week rotations for the menus and changes them weekly.  These are displayed on our Parent Noticeboard.  Most lunches are hot cooked meals like, Hawaiian Chicken, Spaghetti Bolagnaise and Thai Fish Cakes.

Terrianne is also running another project with the children, our Garden and Orchard.  Terrianne and the children plant the seeds, look after the garden, harvest their fruit and vegetables and then it is included in the meals.  Below is an example of our menu.