Submit a recipe for our Nourished@Deakin site and you could win a A$100 eGift card!
Got a go-to healthy dish that keeps you fuelled for classes? Share it with us for your chance to win one of three $100 eGift cards (or overseas equivalent). Even better, your recipe could also be published on Nourished@Deakin to inspire other students.
How to enter: Head to the Nourished@Deakin website, upload your recipe and check the terms and conditions before submitting.
Update: 20 October 2025
Congratulations to our winners listed below! You have each won an eGift Card to the value of A$100 and will receive confirmation to your student email in the coming days, followed by your gift voucher.
Chinmaya Jain
Grace McNaughton
Ren Thomas
Why are we talking food and healthy eating?
National Nutrition Week (13–19 October) is coming up and the theme is Try for 5 – adding five serves of vegetables to your day. Sounds simple, but most of us aren’t doing it. Only 4.2% of Aussie adults meet both the fruit and veg recommendations. For students, it’s often even harder with tight budgets, packed schedules and limited cooking know-how.
That’s why we’re reminding you: every veg counts, every cent counts, every moment counts. Simple, affordable choices can make a real difference to your health, wellbeing and focus.
Nourished@Deakin: your healthy eating hub
Nourished@Deakin is Deakin’s online healthy eating hub, originally created by two Bachelor of Nutrition students, as part of an initiative of Deakin’s Student Health Promotion Plan, to enhance students’ nutrition and cooking literacy.
And every year we give the Nourished@Deakin site a refresh, so it’s packed with:
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New recipes from students that are quick and affordable
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Step-by-step meal ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
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Dietary filters so you can search recipes that suit you – vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and more
Better cooking skills are linked to healthier eating and this site not only makes it easy to level up in the kitchen, but also keeping your costs down.
Free food, smart hacks and fresh inspiration
- Visit DUSA’s Survival Centre to stock up on free essential food and grocery items
- Pick up free produce from the Deakin Community Garden (Burwood)
- Keep an eye out on the Deakin Life Blog for more content including exam study snacking tips and recipes and grocery shopping hacks to keep your spend down when buying nutritious ingredients)
- Follow the Deakin Life Instagram for more nutrition and shopping tips throughout the month of October
Why nutrition matters
Eating well isn’t just about avoiding the afternoon slump. Poor diets can increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and more. Adding more vegetables to your meals now gives you energy, focus and long-term health benefits.
So – what’s your recipe? Share it today and help inspire other students to Try for 5.
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