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2026-06-03
THREE more local partners to rave about this Local Food Week! 🫶
Wednesday’s Filipino Beef Giniling features ground beef from Penokean Hills in Algoma, Ontario.
Their beef is raised without added hormones or routine antibiotics, fully traceable from farm to fork, and their calves are fed locally-grown field peas. 🌱 These farming practices help us make menu choices families can feel good about.
Wednesday’s snack time features some of the most carefully-crafted cookies. 😍Our NEW Coconut & Chia Cookies (landing for the first time at child care centres and Snack Clubs this afternoon!) from Etobicoke’s Shasha Co. are vegan-friendly and made with their own in-house sprouted grain flour. Proof that local businesses often have some pretty cool practices happening behind-the-scenes. We also serve other mini snap cookies from Shasha, like our Mini Organic Lemon Cookies and seasonal Cocoa Sweetheart Cookies for Valentine’s Day. 🩷
We’re also sharing some lunar love with littlest eaters thanks to New Moon Kitchen and their vegan-friendly Mini Moon Biscuits. 🌙 Made SUPER close to home in a downtown Toronto bakery that’s free of common allergens like peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs & sesame.
Visit rfrk.com/local-food-week-2026 to explore our Local Food Week hub, where you’ll find more blog posts about our partners plus links to their websites!
2026-06-02
Ooh la la! Our Provençal Fish is one of our many meals that proves kids can happily enjoy fish dishes! Served today with smooth & delicious sweet potato mash or Canadian quinoa, green peas and banana.
2026-06-02
😍 🥄 Did you know our yogurt is custom made just for us?
We’re continuing Local Food Week with a spotlight on Etobicoke’s Elite Dairy, inspired by this morning's smooth & creamy start with our Vanilla Maple Yogurt (and plain yogurt for infants).
We wanted our yogurt to be locally made, with a focus on simple ingredients, and something kids would be familiar with and genuinely excited to eat. Together with Elite, we dreamed up this delicious snack, which stands out by being naturally sweetened with a hint of maple syrup.
Elite Dairy also makes our Honey Yogurt (you guessed it, naturally sweetened with honey!), Maple Soft Cheese & Dill Soft Cheese. Some snack staples never go out of style and these definitely make the list, so we’re extra happy we can source these kid-approved favourites locally.
Visit rfrk.com/local-food-week-2026 for our Local Food Week hub, where you’ll find more blog posts about our partners plus links to their websites!
2026-06-01
✨ 🏡 🍽️ Happy Local Food Week! All week long, we’re highlighting where local love shows up on our menu every day, and we already have THREE exceptional partners to celebrate this Monday.
Crisp & juicy apples from Vineland Growers are showing up throughout the week. Grown by Canadian farmers since 1913, this Niagara based co-op was founded by four fruit growers on the Niagara Peninsula and holds the distinction of being the longest continually run co-operative in Ontario. That’s over a century of delicious produce! 🍎
This morning’s snack features organic raspberry fruit spread from Crofter’s Organic, who also makes our NEW organic apricot fruit spread (coming soon for Snack Club kids). Crafted in Parry Sound, this family run favourite is known for its fruit-forward goodness, along with non-GMO and gluten-free recipes and planet friendly practices. Truly jam-packed (we had to!) with care. 😉
Today’s afternoon snack includes roasted red pepper loaf from Manoucher Bakery. This Toronto-based, family run bakery has been perfecting preservative-free breads since 1983 and is now proudly led by the founder’s daughter. They also make more delicious menu items for us, like our savoury onion bread, folded basil loaf and whole wheat rolls.
Visit rfrk.com/local-food-week-2026 to explore our Local Food Week hub, where you’ll find more blog posts about our partners plus links to their websites! We'll be be updating it throughout the week!
2026-06-01
Meet the BFF your fave sandwich has been waiting for! 🤝✨
Our Squash-Coconut Soup is BACK on our menu AND also ready to make at home.
Not only does it taste great with RFRK’s Soup & Sammie combo (paired with a delicious hummus & cheddar sandwich), this bowl of sunshine is plant-based & dairy-free so more families can slurp away. Coconut milk gives it that lush, silky & smooth texture, and it’s a delicious way to enjoy nourishing orange veggies (Canada’s Food Guide recommends eating a few times a week!). It really rounds out a meal beautifully while still standing strong solo.
Your one blend away from your family’s summer soup era! Make it at rfrk.com/real-food-recipes/squash-coconut-soup
2026-05-29
Lovin’ legumes! 🧡 Today’s vegetarian meal is our Tomato-Lentil Sauce w/Chickpea Spirals* from , for comforting meal with a “twist.”🍝😉
These spirals are a delicious, gluten-free alternative to traditional wheat pasta, bringing a hearty & nourishing bite with a satisfying texture. Kids get that familiar pasta + sauce experience, reinvented to show that the pasta-bilities are endless! Also served with mini broccoli and orange.
*Omnivores will enjoy our Tuna & Salmon Pasta Bake.
2026-05-28
Turkey + twirls = the ultimate cozy combo 🍝🦃✨ Made with organic Ontario turkey from our friends at , our Marinara Organic Turkey Meatballs* are paired with whole grain rotini and RFRK’s homemade marinara sauce for a comforting lunchtime favourite. 😋 Served with red cabbage & spinach salad with housemade creamy parsley-lemon dressing, plus sweet pineapple on the side.☀️💛
*Some centres will dig into our Tuna & Salmon Pasta Bake.
2026-05-27
👀😋Where’s the beef?! It’s what’s for lunch! Our Beef Burgers* are beloved for a reason: custom-made for RFRK featuring Ontario beef, raised without routine antibiotics or added hormones, and some portobello mushroom mixed in for added juiciness. They’re a favourite among kids, not to mention a top pick for the RFRK team too! Served with homemade Real Food Ketchup, a locally-baked multigrain pita bun, our fruity carrot salad and some sunny orange to match this sunny day!
*Herbivores will dig into our homemade Chickpea Patty!
2026-05-26
We were more than happy to step in recently when a centre needed extra support, helping make meal & snack time as seamless as possible 💛A big thank you to Maria for this thoughtful review:
“We really appreciate RFRK taking our Centre on for temporary catering while our cook was away. We were impressed by the taste and the presentation of every meal. Steve made sure to check in with us and made the transition smooth. I love the diversity of the cultures represented in the menu and that many items are made inhouse. We hope to use RFRK again!”
Special shoutout to Steve, our Sr. Client Experience Manager! 😉
Moments like this remind us why we do what we do. Supporting centres, serving delicious meals, and helping things run a little more smoothly!
Have a story of your own to share? Leave us a Google review! ✨
2026-05-25
Our hugely popular White Bean Curry* is loved by all (not just the vegetarians)! 🌱The tomato & coconut milk base is layered with comforting seasonings and creamy, protein-rich white beans. Served with quinoa or a locally-baked multigrain pocket bun, sweet corn, and orange, it’s an epic flavour adventure. No wonder it’s rated our top vegetarian meal!
Head to RFRK.com/real-food-recipes/white-bean-curry to make it.
No time? No problem. Thanks to our partnership with SPATULA you can also order convenient single-size servings for delivery, along with other delicious RFRK favourites. Head to spatulafoods.ca to get started! For a limited time, use code REALFOODLAUNCH to get 50% off your first Spatula order.
*Omnivores will enjoy its saucy companion, our Sri Lankan Chicken, made with the same dreamy sauce and organic, Ontario chicken!
2026-05-22
It’s a fantastic Feel Good Friday for Neetu, our Birthday Pop Quiz Challenge winner!
A huge thanks to everyone who played along. We hope you had fun, and maybe even learned a few fun facts! Another big thanks goes out to everyone in our community who’s helped us on our mission of enabling & inspiring a lifetime of healthy eating, we couldn’t have come this far without you.
2026-05-21
✨💥Chili Chili Bang Bang is the star of the spoon today! Today’s herbivore lunch features a super tasty trio of beans and hearty flavour perfect for any season. This plant-powered favourite is a true OG and has been making bellies happy since the early days of RFRK! Served with a locally-baked whole wheat roll or Canadian quinoa, green beans and banana.
When it comes to this meal, we WANT to spill the beans! Get the free recipe: rfrk.com/real-food-recipes/chili-chili-bang-bang
2026-05-20
🐝 What’s all the buzz about? We’re bee-yond excited to celebrate World Bee Day by sharing one of our favorite local initiatives!
🍯 Through our partnership with Patrick Secord, Ontario Beekeeper and George Brown College Hospitality & Culinary Arts Professor, RFRK hosts a thriving group of beehives right at our facility. Nurturing these hives is a joy, and the end-of-summer reward is several dozen jars of our very own hyper-local honey. Thanks for your help, Patrick, you’re truly the bees knees!
🌼 These buzzing superheroes are vital to our ecosystem. Pollination transforms flowers into the nutritious fruits & vegetables we serve to children every single day. Pollinator Partnership notes that 1 in every 3 bites of food we take is thanks to bees, and between 75%–95% of all flowering plants on earth need pollinators.
📚 Looking to enjoy a story that invites kids to think twice about these tiny helpers? Check out The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin. Give it a read to show kids that bees are fascinating, not frightening!
Read more at rfrk.com/rfrks-very-own-honey
2026-05-19
It’s answer reveal day! 👀Thank you to everyone for playing along with our 22nd Birthday Daily Quiz Challenge as we celebrated 22 years of Real Food for Real Kids. 💚
🍎 Day 1: Total apples delivered = 2.3 million! One of the CORE stats (and one of the most a-peel-ing 😉) of our quiz challenge, 2.3 million apples equals around 14350 cases, which stacks up to about 7 CN towers!
⚡ Day 2: Total EV kilometres driven = 36,926 km! You could say our EV fleet really went the distance in 2025. Our delivery teams were out making sure fresh meals & snacks arrived on time while helping us take steps toward a lower-emissions future.
🥗 Day 3: Total meals & snacks delivered = 18.5 million! 🤯Now that’s a wow number that even made our team do a double take, AND it’s enough to feed the city of Toronto SIX times!
💚 Day 4: Total meal substitutions prepared to accommodate allergies and dietary restrictions = 348,000—enough to fill a big concert stadium 7 times. Safety is a top priority for us, and every child deserves to feel included at mealtime. That’s why each special meal and snack substitution is handled with extra care behind the scenes, from thoughtful ingredient sourcing to meticulous preparation.
💛 Day 5: Total value of surplus food + hot meals provided = $96,196.23! Whenever we can, we make sure good food doesn’t go to waste. Through community partnerships like Wagner Green YMCA and Good Shepherd Toronto, we shared enough to provide a year’s worth of groceries to 5 families of 4 in Toronto.
We hope you enjoyed these daily quizzes highlighting some of the biggest numbers behind our 2025 operations! Thanks to all the ECEs & parents who played along for a chance to win a Grand Prize Pack to be shared with their whole class, or their child’s whole class.
Stay tuned for our Grand Prize Pack winner reveal on Friday! And we’re dying to know, did you get all of them right? Let us know in the comments!
2026-05-18
Happy Victoria Day! ☀️Here’s to long weekends, good food, and finally feeling a little spring in the air.
What’s your family’s ideal long weekend activity? Let us know in the comments!
2026-05-15
Welcome to Day 5 of RFRK’s 22nd Birthday Daily Pop Quiz Challenge! 🎉 Head over to Instagram to participate!
Question 5: What’s the estimated value of our hot meal & grocery donations in 2025?
Guess by using the poll below 👇
2026-05-14
Welcome to Day 4 of RFRK’s 22nd Birthday Daily Pop Quiz Challenge! 🎉 Head over to Instagram to participate!
Question 4: How many meal substitutions did we send to accommodate allergies & dietary restrictions in 2025?
Guess by using the poll below 👇
2026-05-13
The perfect lunch for spring! 🥕🐟 Our Carrot & Flax Fish combines ASC-certified basa filets with a nourishing and bright carrot & flax marinade crafted with a hint of ginger & curry powder. At RFRK, we love showing that fish can absolutely earn a place among kids’ favourite meals! 💛Served today with yellow rice or a locally-baked focaccia slice, our homemade coleslaw and pineapple. Fresh, flavourful, feel-good food all around!
Want to recreate this meal at home? Go to rfrk.com/real-food-recipes/carrot-and-flax-fish
2026-05-13
Welcome to Day 3 of RFRK’s 22nd Birthday Daily Pop Quiz Challenge! 🎉 Head over to Instagram to participate!
Question 3: How many meals & snacks did we deliver in 2025?
Guess by using the poll below 👇
2026-05-12
Welcome to Day 2 of RFRK’s 22nd Birthday Daily Pop Quiz Challenge! 🎉
Question 2: In 2025, how many kilometres did our electric vehicles drive?
Participate by heading to Instagram !
2026-05-10
Happy Mother’s Day from everyone at RFRK! 🌷
We hope all the amazing mothers & caregivers out there have an incredible day. RFRK was founded by a mother with a vision to nourish children with real food, and that inspiration continues to guide everything we do today. 💛
If you need some ideas for something tasty to whip up, check out rfrk.com/recipes-to-honour-moms.
Do you have a favourite way to celebrate Mother’s Day? Let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear!
2026-05-10
We’re feeling 22! And we couldn’t have made it this far without our amazing Real Food team, and the incredible child care partners and community who continue to help us on our mission to enable & inspire a lifetime of healthy eating. 💛
Together, we’ve shared millions of meals, built meaningful connections, and made real food part of so many kids’ days.
Stay tuned… our birthday daily pop quiz challenge kicks off tomorrow! 👀
2026-05-09
BIG NEWS! 🎉 Thanks to our partnership with SPATULA a selection of Real Food for Real Kids’ most-loved meals is now available for families to order.
For over 20 years we’ve been serving high-quality, nutritious meals to tens of thousands of kids through child care and school programs - so we know exactly what kids love to eat. 💛
Now, those favourites are available as convenient, single-serve kid-sized meals, perfect for busy weeknights or a warm, satisfying school lunch.
Spatula Foods is a platform that delivers chef-crafted, flash-frozen meals right to your door, making it easier to keep great options on hand without the extra prep, planning, or last-minute grocery run.
Now you can shop our:
✨Mac’n Cheese
✨White Bean Curry & Basmati Rice
✨Chicken Curry with Basmati Rice
All available in handy 4-packs (you’ll be stocked up in no time!). Visit spatulafoods.com to get started. 🛒
Limited time offer! First time Spatula customers get 50% off your first order with code: RFRKLAUNCH 🚀 valid until May 18th, 2026.
2026-05-08
🍓We’re BERRY excited for this one! Just in time for Mother’s Day AND our 22nd birthday, we’re making these celebrations even sweeter with mini strawberries!
These locally-grown strawberries from Leamington, Ontario may be tiny, but they’re mighty delicious with a little more concentrated flavour than their bigger buddies. It’s a cheerful treat that feels perfect for celebrating moms, caregivers, spring’s fresh arrival, and the local farms we’re so grateful for.
🌹Fun fact: Strawberries are actually part of the rose family, making them a little farm-fresh version of a bouquet!
Served as part of today’s main meal: Vegetarian Pasta Bake and cucumber.
2026-05-08
Children’s Mental Health Week is May 4th - May 11th, and we’re spotlighting Attack of the Hangries by Katherine Pryor, illustrated by Thiago Buzzy. 💛 The story takes a moment we all know well, that sudden shift from fine to furious when hunger hits, and turns it into a playful, educational read that helps kids understand the science behind the “hangries.”
What makes this book especially meaningful is how it connects healthy eating habits with mental wellness. 🥕🍎 Real, nourishing foods can play an important role in supporting children’s mood, confidence, focus, and emotional wellbeing. Through humour and relatable moments, the story opens the door to age-appropriate conversations about how big feelings can sometimes be connected to very real physical needs, like nutritious food, rest, and care.
Visit rfrk.com/attack-of-the-hangries for more. Here, you can also explore how Real Food for Real Kids supports children’s mental wellbeing by helping nourish growing bodies & minds with real food. 🌱
Address
115 Saulter Street South
Toronto, ON
M4M3K8
Public Transport:
- Take the subway to Broadview Station.
- Transfer to the 504 King streetcar heading westbound.
- Get off at the Queen St East/Saulter St stop.
- Walk south on Saulter St for about 5 minutes.
Driving/Parking:
- From downtown Toronto, take the Gardiner Expressway East.
- Take the exit toward Jarvis St.
- Turn left onto Jarvis St, then right onto Queen St E.
- Turn left onto Saulter St.
- Limited street parking is available in the area, or there may be paid parking lots nearby.
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| Tuesday |
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| Wednesday |
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| Thursday |
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| Friday |
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What people say
Real Food For Real Kids on Saulter Street South in Toronto is a beacon of excellence when it comes to providing healthy and delicious meals for children. With a focus on global culinary flavors, they have mastered the art of creating dishes that are not only nutritious but also kid-approved.
One of the standout features of Real Food For Real Kids is their commitment to sourcing ingredients locally. They partner with Vision Greens, a farm from Welland Ontario, that grows fresh produce in a pesticide-free and non-GMO verified vertical farm. This innovative approach ensures that the crisp and refreshing produce travels less than 200km to reach the tables of over 30,000 kids served daily by Real Food For Real Kids. By supporting local producers like Vision Greens, they are able to reduce travel time significantly, offering a truly farm-to-table experience.
In addition to their focus on fresh produce, Real Food For Real Kids also collaborates with local snack producers like Peacasa. By featuring snacks with chickpeas as the #1 ingredient, they showcase the best of Ontario-owned small businesses. The dedication to supporting local entrepreneurs and providing wholesome snacks further highlights their commitment to quality and community engagement.
Overall, Real Food For Real Kids stands out as a caterer that goes above and beyond in delivering nutritious and flavorful meals for children. Their partnerships with local producers demonstrate their dedication to sustainability and supporting the local food ecosystem. If you're looking for a catering service that prioritizes health, taste, and community connections, look no further than Real Food For Real Kids on Saulter Street South in Toronto.
