You’ve just found out you’re pregnant and you’re over the moon….that’s until you realise your Sunday breakfast of soft poached eggs, wholegrain toast and smoked salmon is off the menu for the next nine months (at least there’s still yummy avo rich in folate). That’s not the only bad...

Most of us don’t need to be sold on the sensuous taste sensation that is cheese, but when it comes to our health, it’s fair to say cheese has endured a complex history of conflicting messages. So with the recent launch of the Australian Grand Dairy Awards we thought it was perfect timing to bring...

Over the past five years the Center of Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University have been running trials to test ways to make healthy eating and active play right from the start of life.  This large cluster randomised controlled trial started with 560 first-time parents and their 3 to 18...

Could donning an apron and getting creative in the kitchen solve some of the world’s health and financial issues? I sure think so.  But like anything these days, we need the evidence to show it.  Our Sub of the Month is passionate about cooking skills, just like me, so we sent her off to investigate...

With its recent debut in the Recipe Redux, fermented foods are trending the tastebuds of foodies around town. Tempeh has emerged from the underground scene and is definitely the new tofu on the chopping block.  So we asked one of our Sub of the Month’s to investigate and help us tune into tempeh. About...

It’s Recipe Redux time again and the theme for May is a brunch party fit for a bride-to-be, baby shower, graduation or special occasion.  I think brunch is a totally civilized time to entertain. But it is tricky to make everything look all pintersty stunning, when you’re still trying to...

We had a super lively chat last night on Tea! Hope you enjoy the archives.   [View the story "Tea, health and happiness " on Storify]

May 13th -19th 2013, is Food Allergy Week.  At Scoop Nutrition we do a lot of consulting work in this area helping chefs, restaurants and cafes become allergy aware and prepared.  But our recent Sub of the Month, works weekly with patients in a busy allergen clinic, so we asked her to help with the...

As we approach Mother’s Day in Australia I’m looking forward to a handmade card and the school made bath bombs that Master 8 let slip are under his bed!  I’m sure I’ll get cold congealed eggs for breakfast in bed again.  But Miss Ten will no doubt remember the last of the summer...

We’ve got used to the idea of chefs branching out into their own product lines, like Masterchef’s Marion’s Thai Kitchen Food Range.  But get set to say hello to a new range of fresh baby food, yes baby food, developed by Michelin Star-trained, mega-chef, Luke Mangan.  We asked our...