14 episodes

Get your punnet-full of strawberry goodness with The Strawberry Jam Sessions. Including health hacks, lifestyle tips and recipes from our berry favourite guests. Plus, hear from the farmers behind ripe and juicy Victorian Strawberries. Hosted by Simone Austin, accredited practising dietitian and lover of all things strawberry.

The Strawberry Jam Sessions with Simone Austin

    • Health & Fitness

Get your punnet-full of strawberry goodness with The Strawberry Jam Sessions. Including health hacks, lifestyle tips and recipes from our berry favourite guests. Plus, hear from the farmers behind ripe and juicy Victorian Strawberries. Hosted by Simone Austin, accredited practising dietitian and lover of all things strawberry.

    Food science for optimal cooking with Emma Stirling

    Food science for optimal cooking with Emma Stirling

    Emma Stirling is the Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and an academic specialising in food science, gastronomy and culinary nutrition. Emma is recognised as an innovative, entrepreneurial and leading dietitian and at Australian Catholic University she is the National Culinary Nutrition Science Practice Lead and course coordinator of the exciting, new Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition Science.
    In this episode of The Strawberry Jam Sessions,  Emma shares tips on
    🍓  Sweet and savory food pairings you might not have thought about 
    🍓 Preserving your family's culinary culture for generations to come 
     🍓 The food science behind optimal cooking practices
     
    https://www.instagram.com/emmastirling

    > Victorian Strawberries
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    • 20 min
    Mental resilience with Dinesh Palipana OAM

    Mental resilience with Dinesh Palipana OAM

    Dinesh Palipana OAM is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. He became the first graduate doctor with quadriplegia to work in Queensland and the second person with quadriplegia to graduate from medical school in Australia.
    Dinesh is an advocate for medical students with disabilities in Australia, dedicating his professional life to working, teaching and researching health.
    He is the author of ‘Stronger’' - a memoir that details his catastrophic car accident and how he now believes he is happier, stronger and more capable than he was before the accident. It helped him to clarify what is important in his life, and taught him that happiness and strength can always be found within. 
    In this episode of The Strawberry Jam Sessions,  Dinesh shares his thoughts on:
    🍓  Mental resilience and the power of perspective
    🍓 The importance of finding your purpose
     🍓How to find happiness in the face of adversity 
     
    https://www.instagram.com/dinesh.palipana

    > Victorian Strawberries
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    • 21 min
    Approaches to goals, health and wellbeing with Olympic Champion Leisel Jones

    Approaches to goals, health and wellbeing with Olympic Champion Leisel Jones

    Beginning her Olympic career at just 15 years old, Leisel Jones OAM was one of the youngest Olympic medallists in Australia’s history. She went on to become one of the world's greatest ever female swimmers.  And did you know she grew up on a strawberry farm,?  We are sure all those delicious strawberries contributed to her success! 

    Winning nine Olympic medals, seven World Championships titles, 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals, 14 individual world records and 23 National titles.

    Leisel’s career post-retirement has seen the release of her memoir, Body Lengths;  and Leisel feature as Australia's go-to swimming expert commentator. 
     In this episode of The Strawberry Jam Sessions,  Leisel share her thoughts on:
    🍓  Approaches to goal setting
    🍓 Chasing new opportunities and being vulnerable in everything she does

     🍓 How important a good diet is for mental health 

    https://www.instagram.com/leisel_jones
    https://leiseljones.com.au/

    > Victorian Strawberries
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    • 21 min
    Luke Breust AFL champion talks Sports Nutrition

    Luke Breust AFL champion talks Sports Nutrition

    Luke Breust is an AFL legend with the impressive title of three back-to-back AFL premiership-wins with Hawthorn. He knows what it takes mentally and nutritionally to succeed.  In this episode of The Strawberry Jam Sessions,  Luke share his tips on:
    🍓  Game-day prep and recovery  
    🍓 His go-to meals for pre-game nutrition
    🍓 How learning to cook was a turning point

     🍓 and what's next in his career

    instagram.com/luke_breust/

    > Victorian Strawberries
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    • 19 min
    From Paddock to Plate with Annie Smithers

    From Paddock to Plate with Annie Smithers

    Annie Smithers is one of Australia’s most highly regarded chefs and one of the first chefs to truly epitomise the paddock to plate ethos.  In this episode of The Strawberry Jam Sessions,  be inspired by this Australian food icon as Annie offers us some pearls of wisdom as both a gardener and a chef.  She also covers:
    🍓How to live sustainably with zero waste  
    🍓Tips for starting your garden, whether it be big or small 
    🍓 and how her restaurant Du Fermier's in regional Victoria, is guided by the seasons   

    Annie Smither’s Strawberry Sorbet
    Ingredients
    2 lemons, roughly chopped (the lot)800-900gcaster sugar1.8kg strawberries, hulledJuice of 2 more lemonsMethod
    1.       Put the lemon pieces into a food processor or blender with the sugar and pulse-chop until the lemon and sugar have combined to a purée. Tip the mixture into a bowl.
    2.       Purée the strawberries and add to the lemon mixture. Add about half the lemon juice, taste and add more if necessary – the flavour of the lemon should be intense but not overpower the strawberries.
    3.       Pour into an ice-cream machine and churn until frozen or freeze in a suitable container. You may need to churn the mixture in batches according to the size of your ice-cream machine.
    anniesmithers.com.au

    > Victorian Strawberries
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    • 21 min
    How to reduce your food waste at home with Libby World

    How to reduce your food waste at home with Libby World

    1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year, that's 1/3 of all food produced.

    Not quite sure what to do?  

    Libby World is an accredited Practising Dietitian with a passion for public health, research and policy and all things food and environment.

    🍓 Libby offers us some practical tips to help reduce food waste at home
    🍓Ways to prolong the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables
    🍓Tips to shop with a lower carbon footprint 
    🍓 and the guilt-free environmentally-friendly way to continue to enjoy eating meat and dairy 
     > Victorian Strawberries
    vicstrawberry.com.au
    #victorianstrawberries 

    • 20 min

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