Education & Programs
The vision of the Maggie Beer Foundation is to ensure that all residents in aged care have access to fresh, wholesome, seasonal food, abundant with flavour. To achieve this, we need to engage with and educate cooks and chefs in the aged care sector.
We know there are some amazing examples of great food in aged care, but there are so many others where there is a misconception that aged care food budgets prevent flavoursome, seasonal food being prepared. The MBF education programs have been designed to challenge this thinking and to share best practice.
Featured Recipe
Method:
Preheat the oven to 150C fan-forced. Grease and line 2 x 20 cm spring form tins. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of just-simmering water (don't let the bottom of the bowl touch the water). Remove from the heat, stir in the honey and set aside In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks until thick and pale. Slowly whisk in the chocolate mixture until just combined. Fold in one third of the egg whites, then ever so lightly, fold in the remaining whisked whites. (It is important to work quickly and not let the chocolate butter mixture get cold or it will set.) Divide the batter between the prepared tins. Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer withdraws clean. Remove...
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Events
'Creating an Appetite for Life' Program
2019 dates TBC Once again, the Maggie Beer Foundation is sending out an invitation to passionate aged care cooks and chefs to engage in an Education Program that has proven the strength of its impact with participants around the country. As Maggie explains, “It would come as no surprise that I loved food all my life; it’s my […]Healthy Eating & Nutrition
Tuesday 26 June 2018“Who could live without flavour? Flavour is pleasure as well as health. It’s so vital to life” – Maggie Beer ‘Healthy Eating & Nutrition’ is a FREE community information session to help you get more out of life. This information session will teach you about nutrition and how you can get the most out of […]2018 ACSA National Summit
3 - 5 September 2018‘WHAT’S NEXT? IDENTIFY, ADAPT, DELIVER’ Join us as we uncover, ‘What’s Next?’ in the aged and community care sector. We will address the question in three stages: We will IDENTIFY the key issues, concerns, and opportunities the sector is facing, discover how aged care providers can ADAPT to new processes and practices and how to best DELIVER these to ensure the sustainable future of the […]Get Involved
There are lots of ways to get involved with the Maggie Beer Foundation. With your help, we can ensure that as every person ages, they continue to experience the joy of food.