A really good place to start supporting your child to be ready for school meals is to make changes to a dish they already know and love.  

A Bolognese/ragu is a great example of how this is possible – you might start with your regular version cooked by dad instead of mum, then served with a different shape of pasta, next with a different cheese to normal, perhaps made with turkey mince instead of beef, another time add some peas on the side. 

You can build up to a bigger change, for example moving from a meat version to a veggie one. You can head there gradually by adding a small amount of lentils, increasing the ratio of lentils to meat over the weeks until you’re at a full veggie version.