Top 5 Healthy Lunchbox Tips Are school lunchboxes driving you nuts? “How can I make lunchboxes easier?” is probably the question I am asked most often. I hear you and I am the first to admit that some mornings I simply don’t have the time, or the inclination, to make lunches. The school canteen can…
Healthy Snack Ideas for Active Kids Active kids and grown ups alike need to top up their energy stores every couple of hours throughout the day. Healthy snacks made with real food are a must and can be easy to prepare. Many packaged “healthy” snack foods that are marketed to children are super low in…
What I Teach my Kids about Food My kids and I regularly bake cookies, banana bread and muffins and freeze them, so we always have lunchbox snacks on hand. My eight year old daughter recently asked if the blueberry muffins we were baking were healthy. I thought about my response. Our muffins were made with…
School Canteens and Nutrition School canteens can be a minefield. For some kids, it’s an occasional treat and for others it’s where they can have up to ten meals a week. Many “healthy” canteens feature flavoured milks, fizzy juice drinks, flavoured savoury snacks, crumbed processed chicken, pizza, garlic bread, focaccia, pies, sausage rolls, packaged cookies…