Shrove Tuesday always falls the day before Ash Wednesday (the first day of lent in the Christian calendar). Traditionally pancakes were eaten on Shrove Tuesday to use indulgent ingredients such as milk and eggs up before the start of the 40-day fasting season. Pancakes make …
World Book Day. March 2nd 2023
Here at PhunkyFoods, we love books! Books can educate, entertain, inspire and allow us to experience new places and situations. There are so many other books relating to food topics from recipe books to traditional tales to children’s story books. We have our very own …
World Science Day 2022
The 10th of November celebrates World Science Day for Peace and Development and the theme for 2022 is Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development. The aim of this day is to promote sciences, which in turn will help the United Nations meet the 17 sustainable development …
Summer HAF 2022
This summer the Purely Nutrition team were again involved in the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF), this time across several counties and venues throughout the UK. The provision ranged from 2 hours of face-to-face nutrition education delivery with a specialist team of nutritionists at …
Harvest Festival Activity Ideas
Harvest is a wonderful time to think about the food that grows and is produced around us, from blackberries in the hedgerows to vegetables from our gardens. Seasonal food is so good for our bodies because it is naturally ripe and ready and full of …
A quick catch up with our Holy Rosary PhunkyAMBASSADORS…
Hello everyone, I’m Helen, the East Staffs Co-ordinator for PhunkyFoods. This week, I caught up with the PhunkyAmbassadors at Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy, Burton, to see what they have been up to. They have been focusing on our Food Waste message since October (after …
British Science Week 2021
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that takes place this year between 5-14 March. Here at PhunkyFoods we thought it would be fun to add our support to British Science Week with some food-inspired science experiments … just …
Hensingham Cook Along
When one of my schools asked if I could do a live Online Cook Along with parents and their children I thought, why not?! With the pandemic preventing parents from entering schools, teachers wanted to connect with them and the wider community and also get …
Phunky Findings of an EDC!
What I love about the PhunkyFoods philosophy is that nothing is seen as ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ when it comes to food and it’s all about having a go, finding balance and helping people to make sensible decisions. In my relatively short time as a PhunkyFoods …
Maths Week England 2020
Maths was my absolute favourite subject when I was at primary school, so I’m delighted that PhunkyFoods are supporting Maths Week England this year (9th to the 14th November 2020). Here at PhunkyFoods we thought it would be fun to add our support with some …
