Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition
Let's make some fruit salad kebabs
Food and drink for life
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Unit Summary
This unit focuses on food and drink being essential for life. Pupils examine food preferences and the different factors of food choice, and make and evaluate a dish using their senses.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make fruit salad kebabs.
Key Notes
- The food skills used to make fruit kebabs are peeling (by hand), cutting and threading.
- When cutting food with a knife safely, we should use the Bridge Hold or the fork secure technique.
- We all need to have more fruit and vegetables.
- We can describe the appearance, smell and taste of fruit, and evaluate a recipe based on our food preferences.
Vocabulary To Learn
- peeling: remove the outer skin from fruit
- bridge hold: a safe way to cut food
- threading: to push food onto a cocktail stick or skewer
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Only fresh fruit can be used for fruit saald kebabs.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The food skills used to make fruit kebabs are peeling (by hand), cutting and threading. When cutting food with a knife safely, we should use the Bridge Hold or the fork secure technique.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'peeling'
remove the outer skin from fruit.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Only fresh fruit can be used for fruit saald kebabs. Correction: A range of fresh, canned and dried fruit can be used for fruit salad kebabs. Go for a colourful variety.
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