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What we’ve been up to at Country KitchensFebruary 2017

Welcome to our February edition of the Monthly Munch! We hope you all had an enjoyable festive season and are ready for a action packed month ahead.

With the new year comes some new QCWA Country Kitchens Team members! Welcome to Connie Conyard and Jodie McHenery who have joined our team. As the girls settle in and hit the road, be sure to make them feel welcome. The team have started the year in the kitchen testing new recipes to freshen up our Hands on Nutrition Work-shops. Keep chekcing our facebook page for news on QCWA Country Kitchens Healthy Cookbook, we can't wait to share it with you all.

Connie was born and raised in Brisbane, moving To the Sunshine Coast for University. After graduating from a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2010, Connie moved to Emerald and worked throughout the Central High-lands. After two busy and exciting years, next stop was the Far North! Based in Cairns, Connie had the opportunity to explore from Ingham to Thursday Island while working as a dietitian. Connie is excited to continue to travel throughout regional, rural and remote Queensland with a home base a little closer to family. Connie enjoys spending her time cooking, reading or explor-ing. An ideal Sunday is a combination of all three!

Jodie is an APD and graduated from Newcastle University in 1997. She has arrived in Brisbane after working for QLD Health as Senior Dietitian for the South Burnett and Torres Strait for almost 2 years. Her background is varied and includes: Management, University Lecturer, Industry, Community, Clini-cal as well as Private Practice both in Australia and Ireland. Jodie resides in Nanango (South Burnett), where she looks after a country property. She enjoys gardening, cooking, bike riding, visiting markets and rural living.

Country Kitchens Facilitators

The QCWA Country Kitchens Healthy Catering Guidelines are selling well! We invite branches to order bundles of 5 or 10 to sell for $10 by emailing countrykitchens@qcwa.org.au or calling 3026

1220 and ask to speak with a Country Kitchens team member.

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Country Kitchens Facilitators in the Spotlight!This month we feature two of our very dedicated, enthusiatic facilitators who have successfully hosted the Hands on Nutrition Workshops, and are doing a tremendous job engaging their community toward healthier activites.

Judy Stubbs - QCWA Nambour and North Coast QCWA Country Ktchens Division Facilitator, Maleny Branch President

I am a former teacher, demonstrator and promotion officer and am passionately interested in community service through the QCWA in the Nambour North Coast Division.

Our Country Kitchen's Program has given us a much needed new activity to add to what we can offer in supporting women and children, benefiting the family as a whole. The interest and support of the public, other community organisations, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and the University of the Sunshine Coast are great indications that the message of nutrition and learn-ing to make good food choices is being well received. Branch and community members have shown great support for our Nutrition Workshops and are to be thanked for their enthusiasm in supported the Program, making new friends at the same time.

Linda Schneider – Northern Division QCWA Country Kitchens Division Facilitator I was one of the first group of facilitators that began in January of 2016. I met quite a number of like minded women who wanted to change our way of eating. My father was a diabetic for probably all my young life and mum struggled in keeping his blood sugars in control. Back then the diabetes education resources weren’t available like today. So, as a child I grew up with the diabetic diet. We didn’t suffer in fact we ate pretty healthy. Our treat of take away was fish and chips and that was a rarity. No maccas, pizza or red rooster at that time. I joined the Army Reserve in 1980 and did 23 years of soldiering. I dedicated my part time career to the Australian Army Catering Corps. We cooked in all types of conditions, dust, flies, heat, under tents, in camp off the back of a truck on the road. As the senior caterer my responsibility was to keep the troops on the ground sustained. Our biggest exercise we ever catered for was Kangaroo Exercise 1988 in Weipa. We were cooking and preparing 3,000 meals a day and did that over 9 days with 15 cooks along with the dust, flies, heat and under tents and dicky fridges to boot. As a Caterer, I was always passionate about the qual-ity of the food the soldiers were getting and the quantity. I am hoping that we can involve the Young Leaders which we are working toward encouraging new young ladies to attend and see if we can garner more interest in that group.

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guidelinesCATERING

Supermarket Sleuthing - Myth busting front of packaging

Recipe of the Month

METHODADD kale leaves to a large salad bowl and sprinkle with strawberries and sunflower seeds.COMBINE vinegar, oil, sugar, chives, water and pepper to taste in a screw top jar.SHAKE well and pour over salad.

Kale & Strawberry Salad w Balsamic Dressing

INGREDIENTS200g kale, stems removed, coarsely chopped250g strawberries, sliced3/4 cup sunflower seedsDressing:1/3 cup balsamic vinegar2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil2 teaspoons caster sugar1 tablespoon water1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly cracked

Serves 6 Prep time 15 minutes Cook time 0 minutes

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Recipe courtesy of Joanne Meyer, Maleny Branch

Nutrition claims are voluntary statements made by the manufacturers on the front of packages or food labels. These claims are about the content of certain nutrients or substances in food, such as ‘low fat’ or ‘good source of calcium’. These claims will need to meet certain criteria set out in the FSANZ standard www.fsanz.gov.au. For example, food with a ‘good source of calcium’ claim, will need to contain more than the amount of calcium specified in the standard.

Nutrition ClaimNo added sugar This food has no ‘added’ refined sugar but may still be high natu-

rally occurring sugar e.g. fruit or milk sugars

Low sodium/Low salt This food must have less than 120mg sodium per 100g and is a good choice

Reduced fat Compared to the full fat version, this product has at least 25% less fat

Baked not fried Cooked in an oven but can still have the same fat as deep fried products

Lite or light It usually describes reduced fat, salt or sugar, but it can also refer to colour, texture or taste

QCWA Country Kitchens Healthy Cookbook

Watch this space for more information on the launch of our

cookbook!

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Tannum Sands

Emerald

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Where are we going next?

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The QCWA Country Kitchens team is getting back on the road in February 2017! We are visiting a number of communities this month so be sure to check out where we are off to next…

WORKSHOPSIt’s a New Year and we have a number of new communities running the Hands on Nutrition Workshops in their branches. Chloe and Connie will be heading to the Central Highlands and Port Curtis visiting Emerald, Gladstone and Tannum Sands branches. They will be talking all about the Australian Dietary Guidelines, salt and hypertension. Participants will be treated to a demonstration from the team and then it will be their turn to get in the kitchen and whip up some delicious dishes. Jodie and Alice will be running the same workshops in three branches across the Darling Downs and West Moreton (Goombungee, Rosewood and Toowoomba City Business Women). Chloe and Connie will also be making the short trip to Yandina for workshop 1.

Jodie and Alice are very much looking forward to heading back up to the Northern Division. Abergowrie Longpocket, Forrest Beach, Magnetic Garbutt and Alligator Creek branches will be hosting their second workshop. Workshop two covers everything from sugar and diabetes to fat and cardiovascular disease. There will be plenty of cooking involved with some tasty muffin recipes being prepared by the team and participants will learn how to whip up some mouth-watering veggie side dishes!

If you are interested in attending any of these workshops please contact us at countrykitchens@qcwa.org.au to register your interest!

Forrest Beach

We look forward to seeing you out on the road in February!

Townsville

Gladstone

Toowoomba

Alligator Creek

Goombungee Rosewood

Stanthorpe

Maroochydore

SHOWCASESChloe and Connie will be at the Stanthorpe Show on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February along with members from the Border Division to promoting the upcoming workshops happening in the area. The stall will have an array of giveaways and tasty treats for you to sample. Fiona, Jodie and Rebecca will be heading north to attend the QCWA International Weekend in Maroochydore from Friday 3d to Saturday 4th February!

Abergowrie Longpocket