Tasty morsels

Making the most of award resource materials

As a caterer who holds or is working towards the award, you must make sure you are using the award resources to promote your healthier catering practices to customers. This is a condition of the award, and goes hand-in-hand with providing healthier food across the menu.

It must be clear to customers that you are working towards or have achieved a healthyliving award, and using the resource materials supplied is the best way to do this.

A wide range of eye-catching resources is available:

  • Posters: try displaying these at entrances, serveries, staff areas and on notice boards
  • Wobblers: good to use on shelving, fridges and display stands
  • Leaflets: display at till points, staff areas, reception areas, notice boards
  • Table tent cards: put on all tables for maximum customer impact
  • Empty belly posters: these are good for your own specific messages such as healthyliving events/promotions and to advise customers of key health messages

For more information and ideas remember to check your guidance folder.

If you need further supplies you can download many of the resources from the website members’ area at www.healthylivingaward.co.uk/members-area/downloads/.

A flavour of…

Italian meatballs – serves 4

Recipe courtesy of St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow

Method:

  1. Roughly chop onion, courgette, pepper, carrot and mushrooms.
  2. Put half the vegetables and 1 sprig basil to one side for sauce.
  3. Put remaining half of vegetables into a bowl with the Cajun spice, egg and remaining basil, blend down to a fine puree.
  4. Add mince and breadcrumbs to puree and bind together.
  5. Roll into even sized meatballs and place onto a baking tray.
  6. Cook at 190ºC for 15 – 20 mins until cooked through, then set aside.
  7. In a large saucepan add olive oil and remaining vegetables you have set aside and cook for 5 – 10 mins until softened.
  8. Add chopped tomatoes and cook for a further 10 mins, add remaining basil at the end of cooking and blend down to the desired consistency.
  9. Add meatballs to sauce and heat through.

Serve with spaghetti or pasta of your choice.

If you have a healthy recipe to share, please send it in to recipes@healthylivingaward.co.uk

Ingredients:
500g lean minced beef
1 red onion
1 courgette
1 red pepper
1 carrot
6 mushrooms
1 teaspoon Cajun spice
2 sprigs basil
1 egg
100g natural breadcrumbs
2 x 400g chopped tomatoes (tinned)
1 teaspoon olive oil

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issue twenty-four:
November 2012
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