Healthy Kids News & Advice

Vegetarian chilli

31/03/2014 Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Recipes

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT) Serves 6 Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 teaspoon mixed herbs 
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed 420g can mixed beans, drained and rinsed 420g can
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Tuna mornay pasta bake

31/03/2014 AMBER, Everyday, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Recipes

Everyday (NSW) AMBER (ACT) Serves 6 Ingredients: 300g pasta (penne or spirals) 60g poly- or mono-unsaturated margarine 2 tablespoons plain flour 2 cups reduced fat milk 1 x 425g can tuna in
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Tomato rice

Baked tomato rice

31/03/2014 AMBER, Everyday, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Recipes

Everyday (NSW) AMBER (ACT) Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 salt reduced stock cubes 2 cups water 1 onion, chopped 425g can tomatoes 1½ cups brown rice 440g can corn kernels 185g can tuna,
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Oven

Budgeting for an oven

24/03/2014 Canteen Advice

Does your school canteen need to replace its weary oven? Or perhaps, you’ve never had one and you're looking to expand your menu to include hot, healthy choices. Ovens come
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Crunch&Sip launch!

20/03/2014 Crunch&Sip, Healthy Eating

This year, Nowra Christian School decided to revitalise their Crunch&Sip program. They held a big launch during which they had a Carrot Crunch-off. The huge sound of the whole
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Goji Berries Superfood

Superfoods: the real truth

17/03/2014 Canteen Advice, Healthy Eating

These days, you can hardly walk into a supermarket or open a magazine without being bombarded with 'superfoods'. They promise amazing health benefits and overall wellbeing, but what exactly
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Ancient grains

10/03/2014 Healthy Eating

In an oddly modern twist, it appears ancient grains are making a comeback! They are certainly getting a lot of interest in the media, not to mention shelf space
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Canned foods

06/03/2014 Canteen Advice, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents

We can thank Napoleon Bonaparte for sparking the development of canned food. He needed a way to preserve food for his army. We now have canned foods, foods in glass
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healthy pancake with apple and raspberry

Healthy pancake recipe

04/03/2014 Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Party food ideas, Recipes, Snacks

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT) Pancakes are a wonderful thing to cook with kids because there are endless flavour possibilities and they can be healthy! Makes 12 Ingredients: 1½ cups milk 1 egg 1
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Pizza dough

03/03/2014 AMBER, Canteen recipes, Everyday, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Party food ideas, Recipes, Snacks

Everyday (NSW) AMBER (ACT & SA) GREEN it up by adding plenty of vegetables. Makes 2 x 30cm pizza bases Ingredients: 3 cups bread/pizza plain flour 1 cup wholemeal flour 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoon
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