Menu Planning Resources

• Healthy Food Guidelines for Services

• Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

• Nutrition Checklist for Menu Planning (Caring for Children)

• Two Week Menu Cycle Planning Tool (Caring for Children)

• Nutrition Checklist for Planning Sandwich Menus (Caring for Children)

• Munch & Move Resources 

Caring for Children

Birth to 5 Years

The Caring for Children – Birth to 5 years (Food, Nutrition and Learning Experiences) manual is an essential resource for service Cooks, providing practical information to meet the food and nutrition needs of children 0-5 years in care.

The resource provides information and advice consistent with the Infant Feeding Guidelines, Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating on adequate nutrition for children aged from birth to 5 years including:

- breastfeeding - introducing solid foods - safe bottle feeding - lunchbox ideas - menu planning             - food allergies and intolerances - food safety and hygiene - food groups and quantities - reading food labels - recipes and food learning experiences

All centre-based early childhood education and care services participating in the Munch & Move program will receive a hard copy of Caring for Children. Please contact your local Health Promotion Officer for more information.

Click here to download a copy of Caring for Children.

For more menu support or to arrange a free menu review, contact your local Health Promotion Officer.