The University of Newcastle and Rijk Zwaan Australia’s free online Culinary Nutrition course, with support from Love My Salad, is empowering people to improve their eating patterns by increasing understanding of the science... Read more
We all know that we should be enjoying eating more vegetables every day. One meal of the day, arguably the most important, is breakfast, but this is where Australians can find it difficult to include vegetables on their plates.... Read more
Australians might remember the 2007 campaign; “Red meat - we were meant to eat it” fronted by actor Sam Neill. It was cunningly convincing and successfully resulted in an increase of meat consumption Australia-wide. After all,... Read more
Have you ever wondered why your Grandma’s homemade apple pie tastes so good? And no matter how many times you try, you can never make it as good. The truth is, it’s because she’s been perfecting her recipe for years. A lifetime... Read more
Do you have a melon that sits in the fridge for days on end until someone is brave enough to chop it up? I've a sneaking suspicion one of the barriers to enjoying more fruit and vegetables is our chopping skills. Could a little... Read more
Recently I participated at a workshop of vegetable growers and health professionals in Melbourne, Australia to develop strategies to help increase the intake of vegetables to children aged between 2 and 6 years. During a... Read more
I’ve always made it my mission to spread the message to anyone who will listen, that vegetables should be the star of the meal not just something reserved to the side of the plate. Dining out in restaurants all over the... Read more
In 1699 John Evelyn (a contemporary of Samuel Pepys and surely one of the most facinating people of the 20th Century) published a small book named "Acetaria - A discourse of Sallets".... Read more