Tasty Morsels

Partnership working with Healthy Working Lives (HWL)

The healthyliving award and Healthy Working Lives award are working in partnership to promote both awards to businesses in Scotland.

The Healthy Working Lives award is a varied programme covering a wide list of health promotion and occupational health and safety topics open to employers of all sizes and in all employment sectors.

The criteria cover topics such as health and safety needs, raising awareness of healthy working lives, healthy eating, supporting staff attendance, mentally healthy workplaces, and health and the environment. There are three levels of Healthy Working Lives award – bronze, silver and gold – which are currently held by over 1000 employers across Scotland in both the public and the private sectors.

Teams of Healthy Working Lives advisers are based in each of the 14 geographical Health Boards across the country. They organise local training sessions and offer free workplace visits to small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) employers.

‘Although the healthy eating aspect of the Healthy Working Lives award is one part of a larger award programme it is compatible with the healthyliving award.’ said Lynne Galloway, Award Manager, Healthy Working Lives. ‘It is very straightforward for our silver award companies to adopt the criteria required for a healthyliving award, and vice versa.

‘healthyliving award holders have a great opportunity to take advantage of the free support, advice, resources and training that are offered to Healthy Working Lives award-registered companies.’

For more information on Healthy Working Lives, visit the website at www.healthyworkinglives.com or call their Adviceline free on 0800 019 2211.

A flavour of…

Chicken Punjabi Masala

Recipe from Kebabish Curry House, Oban. Serves 4 people

Method:

  1. Heat up the oil in a frying pan, then add the chopped onion, tomato puree, tomato, spring onion, ginger and garlic paste, turmeric powder, fenugreek, green chilli and half cup of water, and cook until it softens.
  2. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes.
  3. Add ½-teaspoon fresh grated ginger, cook and stir well until it turns into gravy.
  4. Add the yoghurt and fresh coriander and cook until oil appears on the gravy sauce.
  5. Garnish with the remaining grated ginger, fresh coriander and chopped green chilli.
  6. Serve with boiled rice or chapatti.

Ingredients:
400g chicken breast pieces
½ onion - chopped
1 spring onion - chopped
1 fresh tomato
2 teaspoons ginger and garlic paste
½ teaspoon tomato puree
Green chilli to taste
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
Touch of turmeric powder, fenugreek and fresh coriander
1 tablespoon or less sunflower oil
1 tablespoon low fat yoghurt

For more information on Kebabish Curry House, or other award holding businesses, visit www.healthylivingaward.co.uk/customers/healthy-eating-near-you.

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