Foodbank teams up with Katanning Senior High School for healthier habits

Budding home chefs at Katanning Senior High School have been cooking up a storm.

The school has partnered with Katanning Country Health, WA Country Health Service and Foodbank to improve the health of students.

The students recently put together scrumptious meals including pumpkin soup, sweet and sour chicken, colourful pasta and apple crumble, with a focus on limiting salt and sugar intake.

Under the guidance of Foodbank nutritionists, the class aimed to develop good eating habits and build strong, healthy bodies and minds for Year 11 and 12 students.

The school’s home economics teacher Sushila Malik said “the workshop was very rewarding” for the students and provided new knowledge and skills for them to take home to their families.

“Our goal was to substitute sugar and salt with healthier options, and load up the recipe with super healthy ingredients,” Ms Malik said.

“They learnt so much more about healthy cooking and healthy eating for the whole family.”

Food Sensations is a program organised by Foodbank to introduce new food to school students to promote healthy meal planning that fits a family’s budget and time constraints.

CEO of Foodbank WA Kate O’Hara said the organisation’s programs have been fruitful for participating schools.

“In the last year our program was provided to 93 schools across 216 sessions to 3898 students,” Ms O’Hara said.

“We’re thrilled to have engaged with a range of organisations across WA, like WA Country Health Service, with the tools and resources to deliver our suite of Food Sensations programs.”