Tips and tricks to help you save time and money and raise healthy eaters

TIPS AND TRICKS

We have developed some helpful tips and tricks to help you with a range of things from after school snack ideas, cooking with kids,
encouraging kids to enjoy more veggies, and saving time and money.

Cooking with Kids

Cooking with your kids can be a fun and memorable experience – plus it’s an interactive way to improve counting and measuring skills while also learning to read and understand recipes.

Keeping Fruit and Veggies Longer

No one likes soggy fruit and veggies or having to waste food that’s gone off. Here are some ways you can avoid a slimy mess and keep your fruit and veggies fresh for longer.

Top five tips for encouraging children to enjoy more vegetables

If you’re struggling to get your children to eat vegetables – you’re not alone. Many parents face the same problem each night at the dinner table. The following five tips may help you when encouraging your child to eat more of the good stuff.

How to Reduce Food Waste

Did you know Victorian households throw away 250,000 tonnes of edible food each year?
That's enough to fill Melbourne's Eureka Tower.
Find out how you can reduce food waste in your home.

After School Snack Ideas

There’s no need to be stuck for snack ideas when the kids get home from school. We know it can be a hectic time of day, so we’ve put together some quick and healthy snack ideas for hungry tummies after a busy day at kinder or school.

Fakeaway Fridays

Ditch the takeaway and instead make a delicious Friday night meal the whole family will love! Check out these five easy recipes for Fake Away Friday inspiration.

Kitchen Staples

Having your pantry and fridge well-stocked with some key staple items allows you to have ingredients on hand to whip up quick, nutritious and tasty meals.

By having staple items on hand, and a few go-to quick recipes – you will never have to worry about what to cook for dinner.

Supporting a Healthy Relationship With Food

To support your child to stay in touch with their body cues and retain this ability into adulthood, there are a range of things you can do around family food times.

Easy Tips for Freezing Food

Freezing food and meals is a great way to reduce food waste and ensure you and your family have nutritious food easily and readily available. Pulling a ready-made meal out of the freezer on a busy night saves time and makes preparing dinner fuss-free.

Meal Planning Tips

Creating a meal plan and shopping list for the week is a great habit to get into. It will save you time and money and will make you feel more organised around mealtimes.
Here are some tips for meal planning that we have gathered from other busy parents.

Snacks on a Stick

Put some fun into your kid’s snacks by using a simple skewer!

This is a great way to serve quick and easy after school snacks and can even be handy to pop into lunchboxes.

Get creative and give the following a try.