HowItsMade_Autumn2025.xlsx

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1		THE TRAFFIC LIGHT LABELLING SYSTEM: 🔴 Only occassionally. 🟡 OK most of the time. 🟢 Healthier Choice!
2	Menu Item	What Goes Into It	Description	Traffic Light
3	Breaded Chicken Goujons with homemade roast potatoes and roasted carrots.	Big Al's Breaded Chicken Goujons	Big Al's goujons are a frozen product with one chicken inner per goujon cooked in the oven. See link for further nutritional info. https://millbrookfoodsmarket.ie/products/big-als-chicken-goujons-2kg. We prepare fresh baby potatoes and chunky batons of carrots that are totally unprocessed and roasted in the oven and served with the goujons.	The goujons are made with whole chicken. They do contain some stabalisers and additional salt. See link They are served with fresh healthy vegetables.
4		Freshly prepared baby potatoes with salt and pepper
5		Freshly prepared carrot battons with salt and pepper
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7	Slow Cooked Tex Mex Chilli Beef with Basmati Rice & Tortilla Chips	Irish Minced beef, (Supplier Porky Meats) carrot, onion, garlic, ginger, celery, chopped tomato, sugar, salt, pepper, paprika powder, chilli powder, coriander, cumin, garam masala, beef boullion, veg boullion, herbs, kidney beans, sweet corn, gf gravy powder	This chilli beef is slow cooked from scratch in our kitcken with fresh vegetables, Irish mince beef served with rice and a handful of tortilla chips	There are some convenience products used to add flavour such as bouillion pastes but this dish is fully homemade and high in nutrition
8		Basmati Rice
9		Corn torillla Chips
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11	Tomato & Mozzarella Quesdilla & Roasted Baby Potatoes & Mini corn on the cob	Diggers - tortilla wraps	This hot mexican sandwich is made simply with a homemade tomato paste, cheddar cheese toasted in a folded white tortilla wrap and served with roast baby potatoes and a 2inch roast corn on the cob	Although this is not a highly processed menu item, it is lower in vegetables than some of the other dishes
12		Grated mozzarella cheese
13		Freshly sliced tomato
14		Fresh mini corn on the cob
15		Freshly prepared baby potatoes
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17	Honey & Soy Chicken thighs served with Basmati Rice	Irish Chicken thigh, (Supplier Porkys Meats) honey, soy sauce, lemon juice, salt, pepper, carrot, corn starch, mixed herb and ginger.	This asian styly chicken dish is made from scratch in our kitchen, is packed with zesty flavour, made with lots of vegetables and served with rice	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
18	Honey & Soy Chicken thighs served with Basmati Rice	Basmati Rice
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20	Spaghetti Bolognese & Garlic Crostini	Irish mined Beef (Supplier Porky Meats), onions, carrots, garlic, celery, Veg bouillon, Beef Boullion, mixed herbs, tinned tomoatoes, sugar, salt and pepper	This signature dish is made from scratch with Irish mince beef and has lot of vegetables. It is served with spaghetti pasta and served with a single baguette slice of homemade garlic bread to get the students though a busy day.	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
21		Musgraves Brand Dried Spaghetti
22		Lynas brand - Garlic Bread Slices
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24	Tomato & Mozzarella Focaccia Slice & Potato Wedges	Buon Forno brand Frozen Pizza	This is a quality Italian product designed for restaurants and a favourite with all students. 2 slice of 8 inch pizza served with a bag of potato wedges. https://buon-forno.com/product/artisan-pizza-pinsa/	This quality product is a treat item that should be only eaten occasionally as part of balanced diet.
25	Tomato & Mozzarella Focaccia Slice & Potato Wedges	Lamb & Weston Brand Potato Wedges
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27	Chicken & Red Pesto Pasta Bake with Garlic Crostini	Red Pesto: Sundried cherry tomoatoes, rapeseed oil. herbs, garlic, salt) Irish Chicken fillets (Supplier Porkys Meats) cheese, vegetable boullion, onion, white pepper, corn starch Penne Pasta Durum Wheat Semolina (may also contain trace of egg & soya)	This simple dish comprises cooked carrots, onion, peppers with fresh chicken tossed and penne pasta in our nut freehomemade red pesto and tomato sauce	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
28		Musgraves brand Penne Pasta
29		Lynas brand - Garlic Bread Slices
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31	Mini Vegetable Springrolls with Chinese Spiced Vegetable Noodles	Diggers brand- Mini Vegetable Springrolls	This dish uses a quality frozen spring cooked in the oven and served with egg noodles that are tossed in our homemade asian style sauce that contain peas, carrots, courgettes, onion and green beans. https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/en-IE/products/287691156	This dish is a combination of a bought in mini spring roll cooked from frozen and a homemade sauce with lots of vegetables and noodles
32		Sesame oil, broad bean, green peas, green beans, carrot, onion, courgette, mixed pepper, garlic, ginger, sweet chilli, sauce, soy sauce, sugar, worcestershire sauce, spring onion, coriander, Chinese mix spice, salt, pepper, corn starch.
33		Supplier - Lucky boat No 2 Egg Noodles
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35	Chicken Katsu Curry with Breaded Chicken Fillet and Basmati Rice	Big Al's brand Breaded Chicken Fillets	This is a simple dish with a bought in breaded chicken fillet served with basmati rice and a homemade Katsu curry sauce. The sauce is made by blending indian spices, coconut milk, cooked vegetables and chicken stock together. https://millbrookfoodsmarket.ie/products/big-al-s-fast-fry-breaded-chicken-fillet-1-3kg	The chicken fillet is made with whole chicken. They do contain some stabalisers and additional salt. See link They are served with fresh healthy sauce and rice.
36		honey, soy sauce, bay leaf, sunflower oil, onion, garlic, garam masala (cinnamon, cardamom, clove, bay leaf, nut meg, black pepper), carrot, coriander, turmeric, coriander, fenugreek, black pepper, coconut
37		Basmati Rice
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39	Italian Meatball Sub Roll & Potato Wedges	Irish Beef Meatballs (Supplier Porkys Meats)	This dish is made with Irish mince beef meatballs bought from our local butcher and cooked from raw and chilled in our kitchen. They are tossed in a homemade Italian sauce and then reaheated in a the school and served in a toasted baguette with a portion of wedges	Although this is not a highly processed menu item, it is heavier in carbs and fat and lower in vegetables than some of the other dishes
40		Carrot, Onion, garlic, chopped tinned tomatoes, Veg Bouillon, leek, sugar, mixed herbs, paprika, mild chilli powder, butter, Sunflower old, seasoning (salt & pepper)
41		90g Petit Pan parcooked baugette
42		Lamb & Weston brand Potato Wedges
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44	Frittata Slice & Mixed leaves	Eggs, potaotes, milk, mixed bell peppers, onions, carrots, green peas, veg oil, salt and pepper	This dish is made from scratch in our kitchen, packed with lots of fresh vegetables	A Fresh vegetarian option made from scratch
45	Frittata Slice & Mixed leaves	Mixed salad leaves		A Fresh vegetarian option made from scratch
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47	Beef Burger & Potato Wedges	Irish Beef Patty (Supplier Porkys Meats)	We get our burgers fresh from the butcher made with 100% Irish beef, they are cooked offsite and chilled and then reheated at the school and served with abrioche bun with lettuce and tomato and sweet dill mayonnaise and a portion of potato wedges	This quality product is a treat item that should be only eaten occasionally as part of balanced diet.
48		Lynas brand - Groumet Brioche bun
49		Fresh Iceberg lettuce and tomato
50		Mayonnaise
51		Lamb & Weston brand Potato Wedges
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53	Mild Chicken Korma with Basmati Rice and Naan Bread	Irish Chicken Fillets (Supplier Porkys Meats), ginger, garlic onion, rosewater, turmeric, cornstarch, sunflower oil, sugar, veg bouillion, fresh cream, coconut, cardamon powder, cinnamon powder.	This mild indian curry is made authentically with fresh ingredients from scratch and served with basmati rice and naan bread	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
54		Basmati Rice
55		Lynas brand - Mini Naan breads
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57	Veggie Chilli Fries with cheese, guacamole and sour cream	Chopped tomato, carrot, onion, ginger, garlic, tomato ketchup , vegetables boullion,- sugar, salt, pepper, mixed herbs, paprika powder, chilli powder, cumin, coriander, garam masala, herbs, red, yellow and green lentils, kidney beans, chickpea, kidney beans, broad beans, corn starch, and sweet corn.	The veggie chilli is made from scrach in the kitchen with lots of fresh vegetables, cajun seasoning and chopped tomatoes. It is heated in the school and served on potato wedges with sour cream and homemade guacamole	The veggie chilli and guacamole are made from scratch. The potato wedges are frozen product outsourced externally.
58		Grated Cheddar Cheese
59		Sour Cream
60		Avocado, red onion, tomatoes, lemon juice, salt, pepper, f resh coriander
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62	Chicken Chow Mein	Irish Chicken fillet (Supplier Porkys Meats), Onion, garlic, ginger, mixed peppers, carrots, scallions, white cabbage, corriander, soya sauce, honey, sugar, Hoisin sauc, salt, sesame oil, sweet chilli sauce, corn starch.	The sauce for this dish is made from scratch in our kitchen with fresh chicken and vegetables.This dish is served at the school with noodles	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
63	Chicken Chow Mein	Supplier - Lucky boat No 2 Egg Noodles
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65	Baked Ham & Cheese Sub Roll & Waffle Fries	Irish crumb ham slices	This sandwich dish is made with premium denny deli crumbed ham, toasted in a large baguette with cheddar cheese and served with waffle fries	This is a simple sandwich dish and should only be eaten occasionally as part of a balanced diet
66		Grated Cheddar cheese
67		120g Petit Pan par cooked baguette
68		Diggers Brand - Waffle fries
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70	Halloumi & Avocado Burger & Potato Wedges	Yamas Brand Halloumi	This vegetarian sandwich dish is toasted fresh in the school with freshly sliced avocado and haloumi cheese in a brioche bun and served with potato wedges	This vegetarian sandwich is generous in avocado and served with fresh potatoes prepared in our kitchen
71		Fresh Avocado, lettuce and tomato.
72		Blenders Sweet Dill Mayonnaise
73		Lamb & Weston brand Potato Wedges
74		Lynas brand - Groumet Brioche bun
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76	Chinese Chicken Curry with Basmati Rice and naan Bread	Irish Chicken fillets (Supplier Porky Meats) Curry sauce, ground cinnamon, ground coriander, groound ginger, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, soya sauce, honey, ground cumin, sweet chilli sauce.	This homemade popular dish is made from scratch in our kitchen and served with basmati rice and a naan bread	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
77		Basmati Rice
78		Lynas brand - Mini Naan breads
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80	BBQ Pulled Pork Bap with Roasty Potaotes	Diggers brand pulled pork with BBQ sauce.	This sandwich dish is made with "Diggers" pulled pork already in the barbeque sauce . It is enhanced with fresh grated carrot, coriander, lemon juice and sesame oil. This is heated and served on a brioche bun and served with crispy onions and a side of potato wedges	This sandwich dish uses a bought in filling with added fresh carrots and coriander but is heavier in processed carbs and fat than some other dishes
81		Freshly grated carrots
82		TRS Brand Crispy fried onions.
83		Lynas brand - Groumet Brioche bun
84		Freshly prepared baby potatoes
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86	Homemade Cottage Pie	Irish Mince Beef (Supplier Porky Meats), Onions, garlic, ginger, worcheestershire sauce, roast gravy, salt, pepper, tomato, beef boullion, veg boullion, sugar, carrots, celery, potatoes, cream, butter, scallions	This homemade popular dish is made from scratch in our kitchen	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
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88	Jumbo Pork Hotdog Sausage & Waffle Fries	Supplier Porky Meats Jumbo Pork Sausage	This hot sandwich dish comprises a jumbo hotdog made by our butcher served on a floury hot dog bun and served with waffle fries	This is a simple sandwich dish and should only be eaten occasionally as part of a balanced diet
89		Lynas Brand Jumbo Hotdog Sausage Rolls
90		Diggers Brand - Waffle fries
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92	Vegetarian Dumplings with chinese spiced vegetable rice	Diggers Brand Vegetable Gyoza's	This dish uses a quality frozen Gyoza boiled and served with basmati rice that is tossed in our homemade asian style sauce containing peas, carrots, courgettes, onion and green beans. https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/en-IE/products/287691156	This dish is a combination of a bought in mini spring roll cooked from frozen and a homemade sauce with lots of vegetables and noodles
93	Vegetarian Dumplings with chinese spiced vegetable rice	Basmati rice, mixed veg (peppers, peas, onion, carrots, celery) soya sauce, sweet chili sauce, ginger, garlic, mixed spice seasoning (salt & pepper), sesame oil
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95	Potato Gnocchi with Italian tomato Sauce, parmesan cheese & garlic crostini	https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/en-IE/products/273961567	A bought in Gnocchi is boiled and served in the school with our homemade tomato sauce, some fresh paresan shavings and a slice of homemade garlic bread	This is a filling and healthy meal with lots of vegetables made from scratch
96		Carrot, Onion, garlic, chopped tinned tomatoes, Veg Bouillon, leek, sugar, mixed herbs, paprika, mild chilli powder, butter, Sunflower old, seasoning (salt & pepper)
97		Freshly grated parmesan cheese
98		Lynas brand - Garlic Bread Slices
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100	Pepperoni, tomato & mozzarella Focaccia & Potato wedges	Buon Forno brand Frozen Pizza	This is a quality Italian product designed for restaurants and a favourite with all students. 2 slice of 8 inch pizza served with a bag of potato wedges. https://buon-forno.com/product/artisan-pizza-pinsa/	This quality product is a treat item that should be only eaten occasionally as part of balanced diet.