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    Healthy School Dinners and Lunch Boxes

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    An inspiring Veggie Health magazine article which encourages readers to ask the principals of their local schools to make school dinners healthier. Please send a link to this article to all your parent friends and to the principals of all the schools in your locality Also included: How to make your child's school lunch box as healthy and tasty as possible. A handy guide by Dr Justine Butler. You can find out more about Veggie Health Magazine on the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation website at www.vegetarian.org.uk

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    An inspiring Veggie Health magazine article which encourages readers to ask the principals of their local schools to make school dinners healthier. Please send a link to this article to all your parent friends and to the principals of all the schools in your locality Also included: How to make your child's school lunch box as healthy and tasty as possible. A handy guide by Dr Justine Butler. You can find out more about Veggie Health Magazine on the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation website at www.vegetarian.org.uk

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    An inspiring Veggie Health magazine article which encourages readers to ask the principals of their local schools to make school dinners healthier. Please send a link to this article to all your parent friends and to the principals of all the schools in your locality Also included: How to make your child's school lunch box as healthy and tasty as possible. A handy guide by Dr Justine Butler. You can find out more about Veggie Health Magazine on the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation website at www.vegetarian.org.uk

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    Healthy School Dinners and Lunch Boxes

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    An inspiring Veggie Health magazine article which encourages readers to ask the principals of their local schools to make school dinners healthier. Please send a link to this article to all your parent friends and to the principals of all the schools in your locality Also included: How to make your child's school lunch box as healthy and tasty as possible. A handy guide by Dr Justine Butler. You can find out more about Veggie Health Magazine on the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation website at www.vegetarian.org.uk

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    dinner makeover urgers, turkey free meals are right for all dietary and cultural

    B twizzlers and
    other ‘low-
    quality’ meats were
    preferences, reduce the risk of salmonella, listeria and
    other food poisoning infections and have very low levels
    of harmful saturated fats. Veggies were also keen to stress
    struck off the school that avoiding meat and dairy products spares land, oil and
    menu this September in a water use and avoids growth hormones, chemical additives,
    bid to help tackle BSE and avian flu. And so a beautiful alliance was formed!
    childhood obesity. English
    kids must now be served healthier By November, Veggies were serving up freshly made soups,
    school dinners and vending machines are banned from main meals, organic cakes and fair trade drinks two days a
    dispensing chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks. week to those pupils who would otherwise take sandwiches.
    In December, hands-on cookery classes were introduced to
    Inspired by TV chef Jamie Oliver’s campaign for healthier give pupils a feel for nutritious cooking.
    lunches, the Department of Health’s new guidelines rule
    that every school meal must now include at least two Both Veggies and the school were keen to tie these cookery
    portions of fruit and vegetables whilst deep-fried foods sessions in with the school curriculum so when children
    can be served only twice a week. learned about Egypt in the classroom, they also learned how
    to cook Kusherie, a traditional Egyptian dish. Come January,
    One school has gone the extra mile by hiring a veggie the kids studied Ancient Greece and learned to make the
    catering company to take on its school lunch service! The popular Greek dip, hummus!
    partnership between Glapton Primary School, Clifton, Notts,
    and Nottingham-based Veggies Catering Campaign was born Veggies try to use as much local and organic produce as
    in October 2005. The School Head was desperately keen to possible, within the constraints of the school-catering
    develop a nutritious menu and for more pupils to take up budget. They even use produce from pupils’ own gardens
    school dinners. and allotments! The idea was a huge success and Veggies
    were asked to take on the school’s entire lunch service five
    Simultaneously, Veggies were promoting the idea that animal- days a week from June.

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    14 veggiehealth
    government has known for six years that school lunches were a disaster but it
    a celebrity chef to make them act. By Amanda Woodvine
    Despite recent research showing that oily fish and fish oils are If your kids’ school dinners still leave a lot to be desired, why
    all polluted with toxins which outweigh any health benefits, not have a word with the headteacher or even put them in
    the government still insists on oily fish being served once a touch with Veggies? If they’re really not receptive, follow our
    week, plus a twice-weekly meat or poultry option, which is suggestions for giving school lunch boxes a nutritional head
    done by the school itself. Eventually, Veggies School Catering start that would have both Jamie Oliver and Gillian McKeith
    Project hopes to challenge this policy by demonstrating the doing cartwheels! Contact Veggies at 245 Gladtone St, Forest
    health advantages of not offering animal products. Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX. Tel: 0545 458 9595

    Boxing Clever! By Dr Justine Butler

    How to make a lunchbox as healthy and tasty as possible.


    We reckon that a healthy lunchbox is a vegan lunchbox! It • sliced cucumber
    should contain a wide range of plant-based foods, including • sliced tomatoes
    whole grains, pulses, fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and • grated carrot
    seeds. It will provide a rich supply of vitamins and minerals • thinly sliced peppers
    and contains good sources of essential fatty acids, including • coleslaw made with dairy-free mayonnaise (such as
    omega-3). It also provides disease-busting antioxidants and Plamil brand, available from special foods section in
    fibre which protect health. large supermarkets and health food shops)
    • sweet corn
    An unhealthy lunch box contains highly processed foods such • fresh parsley, coriander or chives
    as crisps, cakes, biscuits and chocolate bars and animal-based
    foods such as red meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products. They These additions provide fibre and antioxidant vitamins A, C
    have high levels of saturated fat, animal protein, cholesterol, and E that protect health and fight off illnesses and disease.
    salt and sugar – associated with obesity, high blood pressure,
    heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Sadly, these baddies Other tasty snacks to boost the nutritional value include:
    all too often make up the lunch box, which is part of the • Vegetable sticks: carrot, cucumber, celery, baby corn,
    reason why today’s children are so unhealthy. pepper etc.
    • A handful of cherry tomatoes
    The VVF’s simple suggestions for improving your • Dried fruits: mini-boxes of raisins or packets of apricots
    kids’ lunch. • Mixed unsalted nuts and seeds: cashews, almonds, Brazil
    Ditch the white bread and crisps and switch to wholemeal nuts with sunflower and pumpkin seeds
    bread sandwiches, wraps or pitta bread pockets filled with: • Fresh fruit: apple, orange, grapes, apricots, plums,
    • bean or mushroom paté pomegranate… be adventurous!
    • smoked tofu
    • nut butter (cashew, almond or peanut) Drinks – it’s very important to keep your child’s fluid levels
    • hummus (chick pea dip) up – secondary schools in particular don’t always provide
    • spicy kidney beans drinking fountains and sugary/fizzy drinks are a major
    • falafel (savoury rissoles made from chick peas) contributor to weight gain and tooth decay. Water is best but
    • avocado and walnut home-made fruit smoothies or unsweetened fruit juice are
    • left-over nut loaf, sliced good alternatives.

    These tasty fillings provide plenty of protein, ‘good’ fats, A nutritious meal will help your child concentrate, will
    complex carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E and minerals establish life-long healthy eating habits that will protect
    including calcium, zinc and iron – nutrients important for them from disease both now and in adulthood.
    growth and development.
    For more information, advice and guidance, contact the
    Boost the vitamin content by adding any of the following: Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation at 8 York Court, Wilder
    • shredded lettuce and other salad leaves such as rocket, Street, Bristol, BS2 8QH, by phone on 0117 970 5190
    baby spinach or watercress 9am-6pm, Mon-Fri, or by e-mail at: info@vegetarian.org.uk

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