Healthy Kids News & Advice

Microwave risotto

20/11/2015 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Hot meals, Recipes

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT & SA) You don’t have to stand stirring a pot for ages to produce a tasty risotto. Use whatever veggies you have on hand to make this
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Using funky names to market your canteen menu items

14/09/2015 Canteen Advice, Healthy Eating

How do you sell or market ‘healthy’ to kids when competing with the fast food industry and its marketing power? Studies have shown that giving foods descriptive names can
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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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Muffin Pizza Snacks

Muffin pizzas

05/12/2013 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Party food ideas, Recipes, Snacks

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT) Makes 36 Ingredients: 18 wholemeal or whole grain English muffins 36 teaspoons tomato paste, crushed tomatoes or passata Toppings of your choice, for example: sliced tomato, diced lean ham,
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Traditional coleslaw

04/12/2013 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Lunchbox, Recipes, Salad

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT) Serves 10 Ingredients: ½ red cabbage, shredded ½ green (savoy) cabbage, shredded 1 carrot, grated 2 celery stalks, sliced 2 shallots, sliced (optional) ½ cup reduced fat coleslaw
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Pumpkin and chickpea salad

04/12/2013 Canteen recipes, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Lunchbox, Recipes, Salad

Everyday (NSW) GREEN (ACT) Serves 8 Ingredients: Salad: 4 cups (250g) pumpkin, cubed 1 cup water 1 cup couscous, uncooked 1 x 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1/3 cup parsley, chopped Dressing: 5
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Inspiration for a healthy Halloween

30/10/2013 A bit of fun, Canteen Advice, Everyday, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Party food ideas, Snacks

Halloween doesn't have to be gruesomely sugary. In fact it is quite possible to 'trick or treat' your kids to a healthy snack or meal that still has hair-raising
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