This is the feeding of Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía 2026

Children's nutrition is one of the concepts that worries us the most as parents. We know that we should choose the healthiest and most varied diet possible for them, but sometimes this is too complicated. Especially when the little ones eat in the school cafeteria, where closed and predetermined menus are usually offered. Although they are usually quite healthy and well-rounded, they could always be a little stricter.

In the case of the Santa María de los Rosales School, where Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía attend, this has changed since their arrival.

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Queen Letizia is passionate about the world of healthy eating. She tries very hard to eat well, even having done several studies to achieve it. She tries to pass this way of life on to her little girls and the school they attend. They are already beginning to be aware of the benefits of eating vegetables every or almost every day. As the queen herself told Pilar Urbano in her memoir, it is Princess Leonor who invites her sister to eat vegetables every day because “they have antioxidants.” It seems that the little girl has seen her dream come true, because her school menu contains vegetables every day.

The Other Chronicle, from El Mundo, has managed to access it. According to the parents of the students at that school, it has changed since the girls went there. Queen Letizia has had a lot to do with it. At first she limited herself to making proposals for improvements to the menu in the weekly meetings she had with her daughters' tutors, but the good relationship she maintains with the center's director has allowed her to intervene in some important changes. Due to the menu change, the dining room price has increased, causing some parents to complain. Of course, everyone knows that it is now much healthier for their little ones.

A menu with daily vegetables

The school has two different menus: one for children under 10 years old and another for those over this age. The daughters of kings fall into the second group. It is made up of four weekly menus that rotate throughout the month, all equally healthy. In addition, it also offers dinners to complete the children's meals.

Although the menus rotate, we cannot say which one is healthier. Every day include vegetables or legumes in your dishes, as well as some protein. They only eat eggs and chips one Tuesday a month.  On Mondays, for example, they alternate with lentils and roast chicken for lunch and soup with fish for dinner. The following Monday they would eat black beans with grilled chicken and have green beans and fish for dinner. As for dessert: fruit except on Thursdays when they have Greek yogurt. The way to cook is almost always steamed, boiled or grilled.

Every week they eat chicken, twice a month pasta and no batter. In addition, the Queen also emphasizes that they return to snacks for recess time: buns are not healthy at all.

In addition, La Otra Crónica has also been able to confirm that all the fresh foods on the Santa María de los Rosales school menu come from La Huerta de Carabaña, a store with organic products and one of the best oils.

The school of the daughters of the kings, the same one that their father attended during his student days, has a dining room of 326 square meters. It has a kitchen service made up of four cooks, a head chef and auxiliary staff. As they comment on their website, they take special care to convey to students the obligation to maintain appropriate behavioral habits. They also state that all the menus are prepared by the medical service, which is also responsible for giving the necessary instructions for all students with specific dietary needs.