Nutrition Tips for Newsletters
These nutrition tips are ideal for adding to your school newsletters.
- Make ice blocks this summer…
- Dips are the perfect snack when you are a little bit hungry…
- Get creative this Halloween…
- A handful of nuts makes the perfect snack.
- Using fruit and veggies in baking…
- Lower the fat content in baking…
- Add flavour to your cooking…
- Make your recipes more filling…
- Try these great sandwich ideas…
- Choose different types of bread.
- If your child is not a sandwich eater…
- Got extra mince?
- Buy wholemeal, wheatmeal or wholegrain bread instead of white.
- Not sure if the food in your cupboard is good for your family?
- Children need to drink plenty of water throughout the day…
- Make each meal colourful.
- Make an achievable goal for the week…
Easy, healthy lunchboxes every day of the school year
Thousands of parents across Aotearoa are stepping up once more to the daily challenge of filling the kids’ lunchboxes.
Health and wellbeing is a top priority for parents in these uncertain pandemic times and making sure tamariki get a nutritious midday meal and snacks high in immunity-boosting vitamins and minerals is important.
5+ A Day Project Manager, Carmel Ireland is encouraging Kiwi parents to make the most of locally grown fruit and vegetables to create healthy, affordable and delicious lunchbox kai. “Eating what’s in season is an affordable and healthy way to fill a school lunchbox,” she says.
5+ A Day has created an easy downloadable card for parents looking for lunchbox inspiration [PDF].
The card features a list of which seasonal produce is available each term, plus quick and easy recipes to include in kids’ lunchboxes.
