Wicklow healthy kids
Share tips, recipes, advice on healthy eating for kids. We all know they SHOULD eat healthy but HOW do we get them to eat healthy......
The idea for this page was set up after i attended a talk that counsellor Pat Kavangh organised with the chef from the Mystic Celt in Wicklow Paul Smith about healthy eating and getting kids to eat the food we put infront of them. Its not a page to preach or to give endless long information on nutrition , but just to give advice to each other. I have a chef and a teacher with a special interest in nutrition on the admin so hopefully it will be a great place to be
29/01/2023
Help celebrate the ancient Celtic feast day, with as members will mark the beginning of spring from Wednesday, February 1st to Monday, February 6th 2023 with various events and activities including a walking tour, producers market, Brigid’s Day Festival and sunrise yoga while our hospitality members menus will be Brigid-themed.
Read more ➜ https://wicklownaturally.ie/imbolcwicklow2023/
Anyone have a lend of a juicer just for a few days. Don't want to invest if juicing ain't gonna be my thing.....
27/11/2021
Book launch today 3pm.
Call down to Nick's on Quarantine Hill for a short cookery demonstration with Veronica.
Books available to buy in Healthy Habits or Nick’s Coffee
Support local business
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27/10/2021
PUMPKIN CARVING
Collect a pumpkin 🎃 from the shop,
bring it home,
carve it,
bring it back to us before Saturday with your name and age.
We'll have a prize for everyone!
Recipe for the pumpkin flesh:
SPICED PUMPKIN MUFFINS
Pumpkin flesh soaked in 50g dark brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon
375g plain flour
2.5 tsp baking powder
Half tsp salt
Half tsp cinnamon
2 eggs
150g sugar
240mls butter milk
120mls sunflower oil
Put all the dry ingredients together.
Hand whisk all the wet ingredients.
Fold in the pumpkins.
Combine all ingredients together and spoon into muffin cases.
Cook for 20 mins @ 180°c
AND EAT!!
14/10/2021
Great for the kids
Get ready to do some ghoulish and frightful cooking from the comfort of your own home during this mid-term with County Wicklow Partnership.
Register for this FREE family cooking course ➜ https://wicklownaturally.ie/events/free-halloween-family-cooking-course/
12/10/2021
Waste means opportunity so during we’ve asked 6th Class and Transition Year students in County to take part in our student challenge competition and suggest innovative solutions to .
Read more + submit an entry ➜ https://wicklownaturally.ie/events/october-feast-schools-competition-2021/
13/05/2021
Food is grown in different ways all around the world.
Task the children to find out how different food is produced around the world. Allocate the food below to pairs or small groups of children to research:
Watercress
Rice
Sugar
Watermelon
Lemons
08/05/2021
The amount of a nutrient or fibre provided by food or drinks depends on the serving size consumed.
Discuss with the children that the amount of a nutrient provided by a portion of food (or drink) depends on the serving size. Display a selection of food packaging around the room. Ensure the nutrition labels on the packaging provide the nutrients both per 100g and per serving. Here are some ideas for packaged foods to display:
Whole-grain cereal
Loaf of bread
Can of tuna
Can of beans
Can of chickpeas
Tub of spread
Tub of butter
Bottle of oil (plastic)
Bag of carrots
Bag of lettuce
Packet of tomatoes
Task the children to look at the food labels to examine the Nutrients and portion size. Before they start, explain that they will look at total fat and total carbohydrate on the labels so they can ignore the ‘of which saturate’ and ‘of which sugars’ under the fat and carbohydrate information.
When the children have finished, talk about the differences they notice between the amounts of various nutrients per 100g and per serving.
Summarise that the amount of food eaten will affect the amount of a nutrient provided. To get the range of nutrients needed by the body, we are all encouraged to eat a variety of food from different food groups – a healthy diet.
25/04/2021
Will be a great family day out.
May Day Fun Family Foraging Tour
Bank Holiday Monday
Location: the murrough, Wicklow Town
11 am to 1 pm
€50 per family (of 4), €10 for each family member after 4.
Must adhere to Covid regulations.
To book your place email:
[email protected]
23/04/2021
Quick and simple crunchy coleslaw recipe for children - Eat Happy Project This crunchy coleslaw is a quick and simple dish for children to learn and makes a great side dish for any barbecue.Download the recipe here: http://www.eath...
21/04/2021
Make your own cheese.
Warm 500ml whole milk and add the juice of 1 lemon – as you stir you’ll see lumps form (the ‘curd’).
Do not boil!
Remove from the heat and leave for 5-10 minutes. Strain the milk through a clean cloth, in a sieve/colander, over a bowl.
Wrap the cloth over the ‘cheese’ and gently press to remove the liquid (whey).
If you like, add other flavours such as herbs and spices.
Pop the cheese in the fridge until you are ready to enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVpjVk4Gy8
16/04/2021