Fresh, scratch-made lunches for your daycare
Grateful Plate has been cooking for kids for 13 years. We bring the same homemade meals our school partners count on straight to your center, for toddlers through kindergarten, across Denver and the surrounding areas. Your team gets to spend lunchtime with the kids instead of in the kitchen.
Why centers choose Grateful Plate
Made from scratch
Every meal is cooked fresh in our Englewood kitchen. Never any high fructose corn syrup, dyes, nitrates, or chemicals, and we source locally when we can.
Built for little eaters
Meals for toddlers through kindergarten, and we can follow CACFP meal pattern guidelines for your program.
Allergy-aware
Our lunch menu is nut-free, with a gluten-free option every day and vegetarian choices. Ingredient and nutrition information is available for every item.
Easy ordering, delivered
Families order through our simple online parent portal, and we deliver lunches and snacks to centers in Denver and the surrounding areas.
How it works
1. Tell us about your center
How many children, their ages, your lunch and snack schedule, and any dietary needs.
2. We build your program
We put together your menu, portions, and delivery schedule, and walk you through it before day one.
3. Lunch shows up
Fresh, homemade meals are delivered to your center, ready for the kids.
A taste of the menu
Our 8-week rotating menu keeps things interesting, with favorites like pizza day, pasta bar, chicken mash bowls, and breakfast for lunch. Fruit and veggie sides come with every entrée.
- Cheese sticks with marinara dipping sauce
- Chicken mash bowl with mashed potatoes, corn, and gravy
- Homemade mac and cheese
- French toast stix
- Teriyaki meatballs and rice
- Garden vegetable soup
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Working with Kim and Grateful Plate has been an outstanding experience for our preschool, making mealtime easy, convenient, and stress-free for our staff. The quality of the food is excellent, and we love knowing our children are being served meals that are both delicious and thoughtfully prepared. Their user-friendly parent portal makes ordering and managing meals simple for families, creating a seamless experience for both parents and our daycare team. We highly recommend their program to other childcare centers looking for a reliable, high-quality food service partner that truly understands the needs of early childhood programs!
David McMurtry
Owner, The Goddard School, Highlands
Let's talk about lunch at your center
Email info@gratefulplatedenver.com or call 303-905-3838 and we’ll send a sample menu and set up a time to talk.