Snacking is IMPORTANT for kids Given that children have small appetites and fill up easily, what they snack on is an incredibly important consideration for parents. Snacks can provide up to one third of children’s energy and nutrient requirements, so they need to be nutritious, filling and FUN! 🙂 Just what consitutes a healthy snack… Continue reading Lunch Box Logic- Suitable Snack Ideas
This month provided a very insightful experience for me. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have seen firsthand just how severely guilt around children and food can affect parents. After feeling and seeing the anguish this issue can cause, I feel very passionately that it is an important topic to broach. Working with… Continue reading Lunch Box Logic – Guilty Options
Healthy Lunch Box Make-over Shockingly a recent study found that only one in 10 school lunch boxes contained foods that meet nutritional guidelines. It was found that the average lunch box was made up of a white-bread sandwich, packet of potato chips, and a biscuit or chocolate bar. Only 32% had 2 serves of fruit… Continue reading Lunch Box Logic – What are we feeding our kids?
As I have mentioned before, I am regularly asked by parents, “What is a good product to put in my child’s lunch box?” Today again, whilst doing a supermarket shopping tour, I was asked this very question. I have to admit it is one I struggle to answer as I am not the greatest fan… Continue reading Lunch Box Logic – What Mother Nature gave us
One of the fun activities I have the pleasure of undertaking at infrequent intervals, is visiting local childcare centres to facilitate workshops for the staff on Safe Food Handling Practice’s and Childhood Nutrition. During these workshop’s one of the most valuable and insightful exercises we undertake together is “Making Decisions about Food”. This whole section… Continue reading Lunch Box Logic- Making Decisions about Lunch Box items
On top of trying to get yourself organised to eat well and take healthy lunches to work, for many of us, there is also the mission of getting the kids organized for the week! Sometimes it all seems too  much and we find ourselves looking for the most quick, convenient, pre-packaged options we can find- since then it is just… Continue reading Mum’s Super Lunchbox Tip!