Healthy Kids News & Advice

Vietnamese chicken noodle salad

10/08/2016 Canteen recipes, GREEN, HKA Kitchen, Recipes, Salad

GREEN (SA & ACT) Everyday (NSW) Makes 8 serves Ingredients: 250g dried rice noodles e.g. vermicelli 400g skinless cooked chicken, cut into thin strips 1 tablespoon olive or canola oil 2 cups cabbage,
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Our top 9 ready-to-eat meals

22/07/2016 Help for Parents, Product Reviews

Family life can get very busy, which means creating homemade meals for the whole family is tricky, especially if they all arrive home at different hours of the day
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No-bake date and seed bar

14/07/2016 AMBER, Canteen recipes, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Lunchbox, Occasional, Party food ideas, Recipes, Snacks, Sweet food

AMBER (ACT & SA) / Occasional (NSW) Makes 16 bars Ingredients: 5 cups (425g) deseeded dried dates 1-2 tablespoons (20-40ml) boiling water 5 cups (135g) rolled oats 1 cup of seeds of your choice (e.g.
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Beef OR chicken burgers

13/07/2016 Canteen recipes, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Hot meals, Party food ideas, Recipes, Sandwiches & wraps

GREEN (ACT & SA) / Everyday (NSW) Makes 20 x 75g patties Ingredients: 1kg lean beef OR chicken mince 3 cloves garlic, crushed 2 large brown onions, finely chopped 2 large zucchini, grated 1 large
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How to build a healthy lunch box

14/06/2016 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Lunchbox

Our simple guide to building healthy lunch boxes can be downloaded here. The first page is about choosing a right serves from each food group, the second page provides
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‘Country of Origin’ food labelling

14/06/2016 Help for Parents

The Australian government is introducing new ‘Country of Origin’ food labels. These labels tell you at a glance where products are produced, grown, made and packed which helps you
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Veggie burgers

07/06/2016 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, HKA Kitchen, Party food ideas, Recipes

GREEN (ACT & SA) / Everyday (NSW) Makes 15 patties Ingredients: 500g sweet potato, peeled, chopped, cooked and mashed 2 x 400g cans green or brown lentils, drained 1 clove garlic,
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Our top 10 easy GREEN and Everyday winter snacks for the canteen

30/05/2016 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Hot meals, Recipes, Snacks

These quick and easy GREEN/Everyday snacks ideas are perfect for warming little fingers on those cold and rainy days. Make sure you add as much veg as you can
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Chilli con carne

30/05/2016 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Hot meals, Lunchbox, Recipes

GREEN (ACT & SA) / Everyday (NSW) Makes 20 serves Ingredients: ½ tablespoon olive oil 1kg lean beef mince 3 onions, chopped 1 red capsicum, thinly sliced 2 large carrots, grated
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Healthy Kids Training Day eBooks

Healthy Kids Training Day eBooks

23/05/2016 Canteen Advice

Download the required eBook/s below: Mark up and margin - opening doors to healthy profits in your canteen, by Donna Ross. Menu engineering - building a successful school canteen menu, by Donna
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