School holiday cooking workshops, latest news and research, recipe ideas, online resources, challenges, events and more. No images? Click here Bringing you the latest nutrition information and food ideas to help boost your health and wellbeing. School Holiday Cooking WorkshopsSushi and Gyoza Making + Mexican Fiesta In the recent June/July school holidays we were thrilled to be back running face to face cooking workshops! With strict COVID safe plans in place as well as all participants and facilitators adhering to social distancing rules and hygiene practices, we kicked off the school holidays with two Chillout cooking workshops in partnership with the Brisbane City Council’s Active and Healthy team. In our Japanese inspired workshop, we made sushi and gyoza, while our Mexican inspired workshop was filled with delicious dishes such as guacamole and pita chips, tomato salsa and also beef and bean burritos - check out some photos below! Keep an eye out for our upcoming cooking workshops in the September school holidays! Details are up on our website now and bookings open on Wednesday 12th August. You can find more information about our COVID safe plans and policies on our website here. These cooking workshops are proudly supported by Brisbane City Council’s Active and Healthy team. Latest News and ResearchReview of the Australian Dietary Guidelines: living well for longerAnnounced just last month, The Australian Government will provide $2.5 million to the National Health and Medical Research Council to review the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines. The review of the guidelines will ensure that Government dietary advice is based on the best and most recent scientific evidence about the types and amount of food we need to have a long and healthy life. Click here to find out more. EAT Knowledge - Diets for a Better Future Report EAT, a science-based global platform for food system transformation, recently released a new report. Diets for a Better Future demonstrates the leading role G20 countries can and must take to realise the exponential changes required for a healthy and sustainable world. The report explores what a more equitable distribution across a global ‘carbon budget’ for food could look like. Here is a summary of the critical points as featured in the report:
The Conversation explores the Health Star Rating In a recent article, The Conversation explored new research in relation to the Health Star Rating system. This research looked at the health star ratings of 20,000 packaged foods and shows why mandatory health stars on all packaged food is needed. For more information and to read the full article click here. The original research article entitled Uptake of Australia’s Health Star Rating System 2014–2019 can be found here. Additionally, a formal review of the Health Star Rating system after five years of implementation (June 2014 to June 2019) can be found here. Recipe IdeaCarrot Cake Bliss Balls This carrot cake bliss ball recipe is a great nut free snack option - perfect for school lunches or a quick snack during the week. Feel free to mix up the ingredients in this recipe to suit you. Check out our Instagram account for more food inspiration from the NAQ Nutrition team! Ingredients Online ResourcesBoost your Healthy The Boost your Healthy digital hub has been developed by Health and Wellbeing Queensland to provide support, inspiration and ideas to help Queenslanders stay healthy and active during COVID-19. It features content from a wide range of Health and Wellbeing Queensland Alliance Partners who have played a valuable role in supporting the creation of the site. It also offers a platform for people to showcase how they are staying healthy through #BoostCampQld, and the Big Boost will feature a series of challenges to motivate and encourage people to stay healthy at this difficult time. Find out more below! Big Boost ChallengesThe Wellbeing Series The third Big Boost initiative of The Wellbeing Series has launched! Wellbeing, it’s a word that gets used a lot, particularly now, but what exactly does it mean to be a well being? My health for life, on behalf of Health and Wellbeing Queensland for their Boost your Healthy initiative, are answering that question through a series of eight short videos. Each video features a range of well-known Queensland identities, health professionals and everyday Queenslanders, and investigates and celebrates the essential ingredients for living well. Why not take a moment out of your day to check out the videos and discover what it takes to be a well being. To find out more and to watch The Wellbeing Series, click here. Events and Training OpportunitiesGOLD Cooking Workshop NAQ Nutrition provides cooking workshops as part of the Brisbane City Council GOLD (Growing Older and Living Dangerously) program. The program is for people living in the Brisbane City Council area, aged 50 years and over. The workshops are an excellent opportunity to add skills to your cooking repertoire in a relaxed and social environment. People with all levels of cooking skills are welcome, as the workshops are a chance to develop new skills and confidence. Check out the following GOLD session coming up this month: Cooking with Herbs and Spices (Italian Themed) (50 years and over) Food Safety Supervisor Course Through COVID-19 we continue to offer food safety supervisor courses. Our courses include industry specific content and are designed with the needs of our students in mind. Our Food Safety Supervisor course:
We provide opportunities for students to complete the course and all assessment in one day at face-to-face training, with no take home assignments. Click on the following links for more information on the venue, cost and to register for our upcoming courses: Food Safety Supervisor Course for Early Years Settings Food Safety Supervisor Course for Aged Care Settings We also offer this course remotely during COVID-19. If you would like to know more about how you can complete the course remotely please email training@naqld.org Online Training We have just released new online nutrition training for early years and OSHC educators! The training covers the nutrition basics that all staff working in the early years sector or OSHC need to be aware of including the Australian Dietary Guidelines, Get Up and Grow Guidelines (for ECEC educators) and nutrition in the National Quality Standard. Our Online nutrition training can help settings meet and exceed their requirements under the National Quality Standard. Click on the links below for more information and to register. Level 1 – Nutrition Requirements for the Early Years Sector Level 1 – Nutrition Requirements for OSHC Educators Do you have a question for the Healthy at Home team?You can email your enquiries to healthyathome@naqld.org Have you visited our |