NG LifeMag eMag Jan 2024 - Flipbook - Page 29
Ge琀�ng your kids involved in
lunchbox prepara琀椀on will help them
learn about food safety and healthier
ea琀椀ng, it can also be a lot of fun
involving kids in the kitchen.
Get your kids to help buy a lunchbox,
choose ones that have room for a
frozen drink or freezer block and are
easy to clean and dry.
1
2 Before handling food always get
your kids to wash their hands using
soap for 20 seconds and to dry their
hands thoroughly for 20 seconds. To
help them understand how long 20
seconds is get them to sing ‘Happy
Birthday to You’
3 Get them to help wash all fruits
and vegetables under running water
to remove any germs (they can catch
the water in a bowl and put it on the
garden but not on your veggie garden).
4 They can have fun baking items for
their lunchboxes like healthy mu昀케ns
or biscuits. Remember raw eggs and
raw 昀氀our in unbaked bakery items can
cause food poisoning. It’s best not
to allow your kids to lick the spoon,
instead teach them to wash their hands
a昀琀er handling raw eggs and 昀氀our.
5 Batches of sandwiches without
vegetables can be made in advance
and frozen.
6 Make sure lunchbox foods are
always kept separated from raw foods
in the refrigerator, par琀椀cularly raw
meats, chicken and eggs in their shells.
7 Once your kids have prepared
their lunch get them to keep it cool in
the fridge un琀椀l you are ready to leave
home, then put an ice brick in the
lunch box. During hot weather you
may want to consider providing safer
lunchbox alterna琀椀ves, such as hard or
processed cheese, a can or vacuumpacked package of tuna, or spreads
like peanut bu琀琀er or vegemite.
Health Authori琀椀es are warning of
increase rates of gastro causing
viruses such a rotavirus in children.
Make sure your children regularly
wash and dry their hands and don’t
send them to school if they have
vomi琀椀ng or diarrhoea,’ Ms
Buchtmann concluded.