Let’s 'declare war on type 2 diabetes' – Australian of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar Humans are physiologically hardwired to love and seek out sweet things. It’s an ancient survival mechanism that evolved to prepare our bodies for...
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation new Kitchen Garden Program for Early Childhood Research tells us that the earlier positive food relationships are normalised the more likely children are to enjoy fresh, seasonal, delicious food into adulthood. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation has adapted its...
Rosemary Neilson recalls the initially difficult process of adapting to her daughter’s insistence on a vegetarian diet. Only a lucky few mums and dads are spared the daily trauma of having to coax their small children to eat up and eat well at mealtimes. Toddlers can...
Tamra Palmer found her son’s fussy eating hard to swallow. Until she found a secret weapon. They said it would happen. Maybe not overnight, but it would happen. And finally, after five years, I heard those magic words: “Actually, Mum, I love lasagne! Could I have...
Who doesn’t like chocolate or a triple-cheese pizza with extra cheese? Food is a joy, but eating is also serious business. When it comes to food, says Natalie Ritchie, do you eat for fun or fuel? Kids’ bodies and minds need the right intake to thrive,...
Mango yoghurt popsicles Ingredients 1 cup (280g) greek-style (thick) yoghurt ¼ cup (60ml) water ½ cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar 400g chopped frozen mango Method Place the yoghurt, water and ¼ cup (55g) of the sugar in a bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside. Place the...
By following a strict diet, children and adults with coeliac disease can live a normal, healthy life, writes Lucinda Bertram. The only treatment for coeliac disease is to remove gluten completely from the diet… When eight-year-old Gabi Thomas complained of feeling sick every morning, the adults in...
Part one of Dr Sam Tormey's examination of the nature of allergies and our growing propensity to suffer from them. Such a dramatic rise in the prevalence of allergies suggests that a change in the modern environment is to blame, rather than a change in the...
Here is a simple and appealing vegie snack that is easy to make. Ingredients 8 sheets toasted nori 125g (4½ oz) baby spinach leaves 3 cucumbers, halved and sliced lengthways 3 carrots, peeled and grated or shredded using a julienne peeler 2 avocados, thickly sliced ⅔ cup (10g/¼ oz) mint leaves ⅔ cup...
As family life increasingly unfolds around the hub of the home – the kitchen – just how much of a germ warrior do you really need to be? Ed Halmagyi, chef, parent and author of An hour’s the limit, Good Food in less than 60...
