Welcome to Croydon Online - Nursery Nutrition

Inspired by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's TV mission to bring healthy foods into schools Croydon Council is about to launch a pioneering project to improve nutrition among young children and babies.

Croydon's environmental health food safety team is to run free workshops and training on healthy cooking and nutrition awareness in fifteen of the borough's nurseries after scooping a £10,000 grant from the Food Standards Agency.

Joining forces with community dieticians at Croydon PCT, they have drawn up an exciting new training package to help participating nurseries provide nutritious healthier meals using inexpensive ingredients that are easy to prepare.

During four sessions, that start in September, meal providers will pick up new skills to develop menus low in saturated fats, sugar, salt and high in fruit and vegetables. The sessions include developing ideas on healthy recipes; how to shop nutritiously; how to read food labels; how to identify good and bad fats, healthy carbohydrates and fruits and vegetables; and weaning.

There will also be practical cooking and tasting sessions run by an expert dietician and professional chef to enable the cooks to put the information they have learnt into practice.

This website will feature the participating nurseries as promoting high nutritional standards and healthy eating. Details of recipes and their preparation, advice on fats, sugars, salt and weaning will also be provided.

Useful Links ~ Selected Nurseries ~ Recipes and Presentations

For further information about the scheme contact
Abigail Herbert, environmental health officer, on 020 8726 6000 ext 62141



Home			Home > Living > Nursery Nutrition


Printer Friendly Page Business Community Information History Learning and Skills Leisure Links Living Visiting Croydon Search About the Site			Living Adult Services Advice Services Borough Map Children/Young People Elections Environment Conservation Giveaway Health Services Housing Religion Police Consultation Group Public Services Safer Croydon What's On Cooking up a Treat in Croydon Nurseries Inspired by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's TV mission to bring healthy foods into schools Croydon Council is about to launch a pioneering project to improve nutrition among young children and babies. Croydon's environmental health food safety team is to run free workshops and training on healthy cooking and nutrition awareness in fifteen of the borough's nurseries after scooping a £10,000 grant from the Food Standards Agency. Joining forces with community dieticians at Croydon PCT, they have drawn up an exciting new training package to help participating nurseries provide nutritious healthier meals using inexpensive ingredients that are easy to prepare. During four sessions, that start in September, meal providers will pick up new skills to develop menus low in saturated fats, sugar, salt and high in fruit and vegetables. The sessions include developing ideas on healthy recipes; how to shop nutritiously; how to read food labels; how to identify good and bad fats, healthy carbohydrates and fruits and vegetables; and weaning. There will also be practical cooking and tasting sessions run by an expert dietician and professional chef to enable the cooks to put the information they have learnt into practice. This website will feature the participating nurseries as promoting high nutritional standards and healthy eating. Details of recipes and their preparation, advice on fats, sugars, salt and weaning will also be provided. Useful Links ~ Selected Nurseries ~ Recipes and Presentations For further information about the scheme contact Abigail Herbert, environmental health officer, on 020 8726 6000 ext 62141


			Thursday, 15 May, 2008
			Privacy Policy \| Disclaimer \| Submit a Comment / Question to the Webmaster

Cooking up a Treat in Croydon Nurseries