Healthy Kids News & Advice

Packing a waste free lunch

28/04/2014 Help for Parents, Lunchbox

In our waste-filled lives, it's important to do what we can to decrease the waste we're contributing to the landfill. More and more schools are getting in on the
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A guide to establishing healthy food habits at home

08/04/2014 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents

There’s always a lot of attention given to what children should eat and less about the way they eat. The early years are vital for the physical development of
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Veggieitis

02/04/2014 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents

(pronounced veggie-eye-tus) -n. An imaginary condition of illness caused by the taste or even the sight of vegetables (especially the green ones). If "eat your vegetables!" is an all too familiar phrase in
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Pantry staples

Recipes using pantry staples

01/04/2014 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Recipes

Introducing eight of our favourite recipes... all of which you can whip up using a combination of the ingredients found in the 40 pantry staples and fridge essentials list: Baked
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Potato frittata

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

Everyday (NSW) AMBER (ACT) Serves 6 Ingredients: 8 eggs 50ml reduced fat milk 200g reduced fat cheddar, grated 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 onions, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 500g potatoes,
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Simple chicken curry

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

Everyday (NSW) AMBER (ACT) Serves 6 Ingredients: 2 tablespoons canola oil 500g chicken breast or thigh fillets, trimmed and cut into cubes 1 brown onion, cut into thin wedges 2 garlic cloves,
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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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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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Canteen Volunteers

Calling all canteen volunteers!

26/02/2014 Canteen Advice

Volunteers are a canteen's greatest asset. With plenty of volunteers, your canteen can run efficiently and smoothly while allowing for a healthy profit. But finding and keeping volunteers can
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Eat your vegetables!

18/02/2014 Crunch&Sip, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents

It’s an all too familiar phrase, “Eat your vegetables!” Whether it's imprinted in your memory from your own childhood, or whether you're the one now reciting it to your
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