Latest news and research, recipe ideas, online resources, events and more. No images? Click here Bringing you the latest nutrition information and food ideas to help boost your health and wellbeing. Latest News and ResearchHealthy Lunchbox Week 2021 This year, Healthy Lunchbox Week will be on from 7th - 13th February! Healthy Lunchbox Week is a Nutrition Australia initiative that aims to inspire parents and carers across Australia to create healthy lunchboxes their children will enjoy. Did you know children consume around 30% of their daily food intake at school? Most of this comes from the contents of their lunchbox. What children eat during their day at school plays a crucial role in their learning and development. Healthy Lunchbox Week helps families prepare healthy lunchboxes by:
As part of Healthy Lunchbox Week, Nutrition Australia has joined forces with Life Education for Australia’s Healthiest Lunchbox competition. For more information and to enter the competition, click here. How to cut summer fruit A recent article by ABC Everyday discusses some tips and tricks for cutting and dicing the delicious summer fruit that is in abundance at the moment. Food writer Alice Zaslavsky shares her handy hacks for nectarines, peaches, cherries, mango, pineapple and watermelon. Click here to read the article and click on the video below to find out more. Recipe IdeaFilo Sausage Rolls As a tasty take on the classic sausage roll, these filo sausage rolls can be adapted to suit you - include lean mince, grated vegetables, herbs and flavours of your choice. Ingredients Method Serves 6 Check out our Instagram account for more food inspiration from the NAQ Nutrition team! 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. Events and OpportunitiesFood 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. Click on the following links for more information on the venue, cost and to register for our 2021 courses: Food Safety Supervisor Course for Early Years Settings and Aged Care Settings Food Safety Supervisor Course for Early Years Settings and Aged Care Settings Food Safety Supervisor Course for Early Years Settings and Aged Care Settings Food Safety Supervisor Course for Early Years Settings and 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. Do you have a question for the Healthy at Home team?You can email your enquiries to healthyathome@naqld.org Have you visited our |