30 Apr
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4 Apr
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Food products marketed to kids … how healthy are they?
Thanks to our very own Sunny Coast dietitian, Nina Meloncelli, for putting the results of her honours research project into plain language for us all to understand in this month’s blog post… Foo...
4 Feb
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Lunchboxes – inspiration or frustration?
It’s lunchbox time again! No matter if you love or hate your kitchen, there always a time when packing lunch boxes feels like a chore. When Miss 8 first started at child care many years ago I was in...
14 Nov
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Why hiding veggies is futile
When I started out feeding my child I was so concerned about the fact she wasn’t eating veggies and fruit that I started to get sneaky. I was drawn to cookbooks and recipes that taught me how to hid...
15 Oct
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“I’m full mummy… can I have some ice cream?”
Why OH why is dessert so appealing to kids? Two simple reasons:(1) It tastes good(2) We make it so! The dessert battle happens in thousands of homes every night of the week. “Just one more bite and ...
21 Aug
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Why tasting comes last place
“If only Alice would just taste it, I know she’d like it” You’ve lovingly prepared a selection of delicious looking tasty treats. You’ve cut sandwiches into flowers, cheese into stars and ...
8 Aug
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Three Things You Should Never Say to Your Kids at Dinnertime
Is your family dinner time a peaceful event of family togetherness or a battle zone? Your conversations at family mealtimes help to shape your kids’ experiences with food. Here are the top 3 thing...
22 Jul
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How I taught my 5 year old to like soup
Brisk mornings and cool nights … winter is all about warming comfort food. The problem is that comfort foods like stews and soup are often met with a resounding YUCK from young children. So how ...
15 Jul
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Why is it SO hard to get kids to eat mixed foods?
You know what I mean, right? Foods with multiple ingredients mixed together like gorgeous stews, stir fries, curries, casseroles. Even the popular lasagne can sometimes get the thumbs down.This is a c...
12 Mar
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Defining fussy
My daughter was very young when I decided I had a picky eater on my hands. From the very moment I introduced solids at 6 months of age things didn’t go smoothly. While the other children in my m...
14 Jan
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My food word for 2015
I don’t set New Year’s resolutions anymore. They’ve never lasted much past March for me. Around this time last year a wise friend of mine asked me to pick one word that radiated the ...
6 Dec
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