Lesson overview:Understanding the needs of a healthy varied diet
- work confidently within a range of contexts, such as the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment
- that a recipe can be adapted by adding or substituting one or more ingredients
- the correct technical vocabulary for the projects they are undertaking
- work confidently within a range of contexts, such as the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment
- that a recipe can be adapted by adding or substituting one or more ingredients
- the correct technical vocabulary for the projects they are undertaking
Have knowledge and understanding about food hygiene, nutrition, healthy eating and a varied diet.
Be able to use appropriate equipment and utensils, and apply a range of techniques for measuring out, preparing and combining ingredients
Ingredients, yeast, dough, bran, flour, wholemeal, unleavened, baking soda, spice, herbs, fat, sugar, carbohydrate, protein, vitamins, nutrients, nutrition, healthy, varied, gluten, dairy, allergy, intolerance, savoury, source, seasonality, utensils, combine, fold, knead, stir, pour, mix, rubbing in, whisk, beat, roll out, shape, sprinkle, crumble, design specification, innovative, research, evaluate, design brief
Equipment Required
Weighing scales, measuring jugs, bowls, spoons - various sizes, baking trays
Content guidance
Equipment requiring safe usage.
Supervision Level
Adult supervision recommended.
Cooking and nutrition: celebrating culture and seasonality:
- Introduction - Celebrating culture and seasonality
- Where does our food come from?
- Understanding the needs of a healthy varied diet
- Combining ingredients: making a soup
- Evaluating food products
- Combining ingredients: making healthy pancakes
- The food industry
- Combining ingredients: making bread
- Design your own dish to reflect a culture or celebration
- Create your own dish to reflect your chosen culture or celebration