Maggie Beer's Nutrition Mission in Alice Springs

0:00This is Sydney News Today, every story, every city, every day. Australian Chef Maggie Beer is in Alice Springs helping train staff at Purple House, an Aboriginal health organization. They provide dialysis in aged care for people with kidney failure in remote communities. Her foundation aims to improve menus and nutrition in aged care homes nationwide. Purple House invited her team during close the gap day to boost food quality for thousands of meals served yearly. This includes patients in town and residents in places like Mount Lee Big and Yuen Dumu. The goal is to keep elderly people healthy while living on their homelands. Staff say the training offers a fun break from routine, letting them experiment with food. Maggie Beer stresses that malnutrition poses the biggest risk to seniors, especially those with swallowing issues. She wants meals that temp residents and provide joy along with key nutrients. Senior trainer Paul McDonald led a cooking challenge where participants prepared lunch for 15

1:00people in 90 minutes. The menu featured bar Monday and banana leaves, lemon blueberry protein cakes, fresh veggies, and herb crumb pork. They practice improvising amid real kitchen pressures. Local cook Melissa Hampton praised learning substitutions for missing ingredients due to floods. The sessions focus on flavor, balance, and adapting in remote spots. Better nutrition like this helps keep people healthy or longer. Support for this DNN episode comes from our sponsor. Headphones in a pillow. Once you try it, it just makes sense. S-O-L-I-SOLY-PILLOW.COM