Healthy Meals

Happy Times provide no cost to families home cooked and nutritious meals. Our food is closely supervised by DE Adult and Child Food Program, “Catholic Charities “and offer a large variety of meal and snack options. At the same time, we are careful to insure that children’s allergies and dietary restrictions are accommodated. Gluten-free, dairy-free, soy, vegan, and vegetarian options are always available; and Happy Times kitchen is nut-free.

Happy Times food can be described as:

Establishing Healthy Eating Habits

Providing healthy, appealing, nutritious and kid-friendly meals is just the beginning for building a strong educational understanding of healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Local and Fresh

We serve food that is made-from-scratch that provides a healthy foundation for all of our students

Child-Approved

We provide delicious meals that are kid-friendly – we believe our food has to taste great to young palettes to gain acceptance of healthy eating habits.

Seasonal

Our monthly menus have variety and reflect the best food choices that each season has to offer Happy Times seeks to capture the goodness of peak seasonal harvests and provide freshness on a year round basis

Diverse

We seek variety in our menu and keep close track of favorites to ensure our students enjoy meal times and snacks. We would like all of our students to develop a healthy relationship with food and great eating habits

Quality

Happy Times is committed to giving the same attention to quality and raw ingredients in our meals and the snacks that we serve.

Junior Chefs

Children help in preparing and cooking meals whenever possible such as Hummus, Guacamole, Salads, And Milk shakes etc.