What is Country Kitchens

Connecting women who have the power to heal their communities. 

The Queensland Country Women’s Association’s (QCWA) Country Kitchens program is a health promotion program supporting communities across Queensland to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours.

It is a partnership between the QCWA and the Queensland Government, funded through Health and Wellbeing Queensland.

The Country Kitchens program supports QCWA volunteer Branch and Supporter members, who already have a wealth of cooking knowledge and skills, with training and support to help improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders, particularly those living in rural, regional and remote locations.

The Country Kitchens team of Dietitians and Nutritionists provide a training PATHway and support QCWA members who volunteer to become facilitators of the program. Country Kitchens facilitators deliver health promotion activities in their local communities and partner with organisations such as schools, local councils and a wide range of community groups.

In this way the QCWA’s Country Kitchens program is improving food and nutrition literacy, and importantly, influencing behavioural change at a grass roots level, statewide.

QCWA branch members can download the Country Kitchens Members Recipe Booklet  
QCWA Events Members' Recipe Booklet.

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Entries now open for our Hero the Veg competition!

Share your veggie packed recipes for a chance to win.

Brought to you by the QCWA Country Kitchens program, Hero the Veg is your chance to show us your favourite vegetables as the star ingredient in your recipes! Dust off one of your tried and true healthy favourites and let’s get cooking.

Upload a copy of your healthy vegetable-packed recipe and go into a draw* to WIN one of our weekly QCWA Country Kitchens prize packs of an apron, tea towel and cookbook. We’re giving one away each week.

What’s more, all entries go into the draw to WIN our major prize of a KitchenAid Food Processor and a copy of the QCWA In My Country Kitchen Cookbook! Now if that’s not enough to get you cooking up a storm, we don’t know what is.

Make sure you upload your healthy recipe using the entry form on the Country Kitchens website to go into the draw to win! There’s no limit to the number of recipes you can submit, so let’s get cooking. For a bonus entry, remember to upload a photo of your culinary masterpiece as well!

Recipes should contain at least one serve of vegetables per portion. One serve of vegetables is approximately 75g or ½ cup of cooked vegetables or one cup of salad vegetables.

*T&C apply. Entries open 12.00am Monday 27th May and close 11.59pm Sunday 7th July. Entrants must be over 18 years of age and reside in Queensland, Australia.

It’s time to get busy and show us how you Hero the Veg your way!

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