- 7:30 am - 6:30 pm - Mon - Fri
- 609-454-3637
- 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
Princeton Community Family Learning Center strives to provide children with the tastiest, most nutritious and wholesome meals possible for lunch every day. We choose from high quality foods that are frequently organic and free of artificial colors, preservatives, antibiotics and hormones. We go the extra mile and endure the extra expense to provide the children in our care with not only foods they enjoy eating, but the highest quality, too. Additionally, each meal is balanced to NJ State standards, which includes milk at every sitting.
In the event that you feel your child would prefer a lunch from home, or if your child requires a special diet, you are more than encouraged to pack your child’s lunch and snacks, too, if you desire. Please simply inform your child’s classroom teacher of your wishes, and we’d be glad to carry out your nutrition plan.
Monday
Breakfast for Lunch!
(Waffles or pancakes, turkey sausages, potatoes, fresh fruit and milk)
Tuesday
(Chicken & rice, a veggie*, fruit** and milk)
Wednesday
(Pasta, baked turkey meatballs, tomato sauce, a veggie*, fruit** and milk***)
Thursday
(Baked cheddar mac n’ cheese, chicken, a veggie*, fruit** and milk***)
Friday
(Cheese pizza from Princeton Pi, a veggie*, fruit** and milk***)
Veggies include fresh and fresh frozen varieties
Fruit includes seasonal varieties as well as occasional applesauce or other packaged fruit with no added sugars
Skim or 1% milk is given to children over 3; 2% milk is given to children under 3 (this is part of a State-mandated national campaign to reduce fat in children’s diets)
Q.How did you come up with the current lunch menu?
A.The USDA tells us what components we must include in lunch, and we then try to work the distinct customs and practices of our current PCFLC families into the mix. As a multi-national center, we pride ourselves on being respectful to every family that enters our doors. Therefore, our choice of foods is, for the most part, faith-friendly (PCFLC families’ religious practices are given careful consideration as they pertain to diet); respectful to the environment (packaging is an important aspect when it comes to product choices); supportive of local businesses and farms; and of course, kid-friendly and very healthy!
Q.What if my child doesn’t like what’s on the menu?
A.We ask that you kindly pack a lunch for your child that day.
Please VISIT THIS LINK to view more details about some of the snack options that we have found to be excellent choices.
We are very sensitive to the possibility that some families may not be able to contribute a food item to the class; in which case, please contact the director and we can not only donate on your behalf, but look for food options for feeding your family at home with the help of contributing members of the community.