Resources to plan and cook a meal

Cancer Council:

• Healthy Lunchbox Builder. Filter by recipes. allergens, diet type and preparation time

Food Bank

• Recipes and resources with step-by-step pictures.
• Videos for recipes and basic cooking skills

Healthy Eating Active Living

• Over 200 simple recipes ideas

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Let's cook recipes
• Lunchtime Basics: are short videos showing quick and easy meals cooked in a microwave or on a sandwich press.
• Easy Food includes  step-by-step recipes plus other cooking and healthy eating resources

LiveLighter

• Recipes and videos
• Sandwich builder 
• Snack, salad and meal builder

Love Food Hate Waste

• Food and Recipes section. Ideas for using up leftovers, buying, storing, preparation and recipes. 

No Money, No Time

• Quick and easy recipes: Includes health tips and recipe variation.
• Create a nutritious pizza

World Health Organisation (WHO)

• Five keys to safer foods

Yhunger

Step-by-step guidebooks for young people learning to live on their own, without much money to spend and time to spare:

• Reheat Cookbook 
• Made Fresh Cookbook 

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Tips for planning ahead
• Lunchbox ideas

LiveLighter

• Downloadable meal planner

Love Food, Hate Waste

A series of guides on how to handle food at home:

• How do I freeze/defrost chicken, turkey and beef?
• How do I write shopping lists that work for me?
• How do I create flexlible and simple meal plans?
• How do I make sense of food labels?

Oz Harvest

• Use it up recipes: Cook meals with leftover ingredients
• Food saving habits: Tips to buy only what you need for a meal and how to store food so it lasts longer.

LiveLighter

• Shop Smart booklet

Love Food, Hate Waste

• How to write a shopping list and reduce waste.

Oz Harvest

• Shopping list template for recipes. 

Cook Well, Eat Well

• Healthy eating on a budget

Food Fairness Illawarra

• Low-cost and free meal directory: downloadable version and searchable database available.
• Simple tips for eating well

Love Food, Hate Waste

• How do I write shopping lists that work for me?
• How do I create flexlible and simple meal plans?

No Money, No Time

• Budget meal plan and shopping list: based on the cost of $60.50 a fortnight (as of December 2023).

Oz Harvest

• Use it up recipes: cook meals with leftover ingredients.

• Food saving habits: tips to buy only what you need for a meal and how to store food so it lasts longer.

LiveLighter

• Understanding food labels
• Food label wallet guide
• Shop smart booklet 

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Understanding food labels

Healthy Eating Active Living

• How to use the Health Star Rating

Queensland Health

• Understanding food labels and the ingredients panel

Sydney Markets

• Guide to seasonal produce

Cook Well, Eat Well

• How to dice an onion
• How to chop food safely

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Words used in cooking (cooking terminology)

• Cooking terms and knife safety

Cook Well, Eat Well

• What is food safety?

NSW Food Authority

• Golden rules of food safety animation

Better Health Channel 

• Avoid food poisoning - safely transporting food home from the shops
• Avoid food poisoning - cooking food safely
• Avoid food poisoning - safely storing food

No Money, No Time

• Essential kitchen equipment

Cook Well, Eat Well

• How to store food correctly

LiveLighter

• Tips on how to store produce, use the whole food and leftovers to reduce waste

Love Food, Hate Waste

• How do I freeze/defrost chicken, turkey and beef?

Oz Harvest

• Recipes to use up leftovers
• Fridge storage tips

LiveLighter

• Healthy swaps when eating out

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Tips for healthier takeaway food choices

Choose water

• Animation on why water is the best choice for a drink

Cook Well, Eat Well

• Healthy snack ideas
• Healthy swaps
• What should I eat in a day?

LiveLighter

• Choose healthy snacks

• Healthier drinks 
• Chart to show if you are drinking enough water

No Money, No Time

• Healthy meal on a plate guide

No Money, No Time

• Guide for people leaving home for the first time. Information on how to set up a kitchen, ideas for pantry and fridge basics, food storage, meal planning and budgeting.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

• Food tips for good mental health