RECIPE: Heart Healthy Pancakes serves 4
We sometimes have pancakes for breakfast on the weekend, its a favourite with both Daddy and our 3 year old. We usually make them with wholemeal flour and eat them [...]
Sesame Nut Slice
Inspire from this blog: http://www.nood.net.au/recipes/chewy-sesame-seed-nut-slice/ I made a few changes to the original recipe basically due to what I had in the cupboard. But the result was delicious and such [...]
RECIPE: Chicken Miso Noodle Soup
This lovely warming winter soup has been provided by SCU Student Theresa Gray Ingredients: 1/3 cup miso paste (can be purchased from health food stores or supermarkets in the Asian [...]
NUTRITION TIP: add Ginger to your cooking this Winter
Ginger is a staple ingredient in Asian and Indian cuisine, however, did you know that ginger has also been utilised in medicinal remedies, such as, relieving digestive issues, pain and [...]
Pecans, a nut for good health!
What is a Nut? According to the Australian Dietary Guidelines a nut is the seed, encased within a simple dry fruit (drupe) that is stoney or woody. Some examples of [...]
NUTRITION TIP: Dads at the Dinner Table
Studies* show that what Dad eats REALLY matters and has a large impact on what kids eat. The children of Dads who eat vegetables with their meals, are more likely [...]
NUTRITION TIP: Am I Hungry?
If you are driving along a freeway and see a sign for a fuel station up ahead, do you pull off and fill up your car even if it still [...]
NUTRITION TIP: How to approach children’s food requests, as part of a healthy diet
Our nearly-3-year-old is starting to ask for foods which he has recently discovered e.g. ice cream, chocolate. He does so in such a polite manner, it seems cruel not to [...]
RECIPE: Chia Seed Puddings
Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding (serves 6) 400g tin coconut milk 2 Tbsp honey or maple syrup 2 Tbsp cocoa 4 Tbsp chia seed 2 Tbsp dried cranberries (or I use [...]
Baby-Led Weaning and my experience with introducing solids
When my second baby was 5 months old, I began to introduce solids, baby-led weaning (BLW) style. Check out this video of her very first solid food experience. http://t.co/xgmbGXdOCl [...]