Online links

If you’re thinking about what to cook for brunch, supper, and so on, here are some ideas from Family Action’s website to get you started …

• Inspiring brunch ideas
• Virtual family picnic ideas, tips and activities
• Super soups
• How to reduce your family’s food waste
• Tip and tricks for perfect packed lunches
• Thrifty tips for using Christmas leftovers
• Why cooking and eating together is important
• Food and mealtimes during lockdown
• Grow your own – the positive impacts of allotments
• Low cost, high quality packed lunch inspiration
• Easy recipe video ideas for children and families
• Experimenting with vegetables
• Getting children involved in cooking 
• Ideas for ‘Fakeaways’
• Fun with pancakes

Other useful links

You can find a wide range of healthy, tasty recipes online. Here are just a few examples recommended by Gill, from our National School Breakfast Programme, and Megan from our FOOD Club project.

• Change4Life recipe bank: “These healthy recipes are aimed at children and have clear instructions and colourful pictures.”
• Love Food Hate Waste: “This recipe bank is aimed at reducing food waste. Lots of healthy recipes!”
• School Food Plan Recipe Hub: “You can download a range of healthy recipes such as fayitas, quiche, lasagne, bagels, porridge, fishcakes, couscous, chow mein etc.”
• Meals & More Recipe Book: “Lots of ideas for meals and snacks – try for instance pasta bakes, wraps, soups, shepherd/cottage pie, curry and rice, and smoothies.”
• Live Well Eat Well: “I like all the healthy breakfasts and snacks.”
• Diabetes UK:“You can find a large bank of healthy recipes and also a search facility for particular ingredients. Recipes are geared for adults. Each recipe includes nutritional info, cook time, prep time and chef’s tips.”
• Children’s Food Trust: “The recipes here are written for children to follow with easy steps – also a list of equipment needed.”
• Let’s Get Cooking:
• Easy Meals: “The NHS has an app called Easy Meals – you can find a range of healthy easy recipes.”
• PhunkyFoods: “A bank of healthy recipes that are meant for adults and children (mainly aged 2-11) to do together. Give one a go!”
• The British Heart Foundation: “Take a look at their bank of healthy recipes – they’re mainly geared for adults but can be adapted for children.”
• Food A Fact of Life: “This website has a huge range of healthy recipes, with lovely pictures and clear instructions. And loads of activities and handouts!”
• Jo Ingleby: “Jo’s website has links to her recipes – fun and tasty recipes for both children and adults to make.”
• The Square Foundation: “Recipe video tutorials which have mostly been made for families.”
• Cook Together Eat Together: “A range of tasty low-cost recipes – starters, mains, desserts, etc.”
• The Children’s Kitchen (Feeding Bristol): “Recipes translated into 16 languages and videos with children cooking; also recipes with food box seasonal veg basics.”
• First Steps Nutrition Trust: “An independent public health nutrition charity, supporting eating well from pre-conception to five years”