Community News & Events
Welcome to the Healthy Lunch Box Term 3 update. As we head into the new school term, a lot of us are experiencing some form of restrictions due to COVID. Eating well and staying healthy has never been so important for you, your family and the school community. The Healthy Lunch Box has lots of ideas to keep families busy during this difficult time. Feel free to share with your school community.
Lock down cooking
Having more time at home is a perfect reason to get cooking in the kitchen. Our top 3 recipes to cook in lockdown use simple ingredients, are easy to make and are packed full of nutrition.
- Banana bread – get on that lockdown trend and try our banana bread recipe
- Mediterranean scrolls – delicious for lunch or an afternoon snack
- Shepherd’s pie – tasty and protein-packed meal with 4 serves of vegies per portion!
Fun activities for kids
You may have seen our Healthy Holidays Guide that we promoted during the last school holidays? This guide isn't just for the holidays, but is a fantastic resource with lots of activities to keep kids learning through the lockdown such as design a menu or build a lunch box using our online interactive Lunch Box Builder.
New recipes for Term 3
This term we have three new recipes featuring on our website that use delicious winter vegetables.
- Lamb tagine – packed with protein and vegetables, this lamb tagine recipe is perfect all year round for a tasty family lunch, dinner or leftovers for the lunch box.
- Vegetable fritters – a great way to get kids eating vegetables. Delicious for brekkie, lunch or as snack and perfect for the school lunch box.
- Roast pumpkin and tomato pasta sauce – this recipe is super tasty and healthy. Use as a pizza sauce, on pasta sauce or in place of tinned tomatoes in recipes.
Check out our new blogs for Term 3
- What’s in season for winter
- 5 tips to lower your family’s salt intake
- How to get 5 veg and 2 fruit into the day
If you would like to know more about what Cancer Council is doing in your region, please contact the Southern NSW office on 02 4223 0200 or info.southern@nswcc.org.au
