Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition
Let's make a stripy salad pot
Food for me and you
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils taste a range of fruit and vegetables to develop their sensory skills. They explore why people eat different types of food, such as time of day or culture, and plan and make a salad for their family.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make a stripy salad pot.
Key Notes
- A vegetable peeler is used to peel away the skin of carrots and other vegetables.
- The food skills used to make a salad pot are peeling, cutting, measuring, grating and layering.
- We should avoid wasting food during preparation and cooking.
Vocabulary To Learn
- stripy: layers of something, such as ingredients
- peeling: to remove the skin of vegetables and some fruit
- grating: to cut food into small pieces by rubbing it on a grater
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Graters are not sharp.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A vegetable peeler is used to peel away the skin of carrots and other vegetables. The food skills used to make a salad pot are peeling, cutting, measuring, grating and layering.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'stripy'
layers of something, such as ingredients.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Graters are not sharp. Correction: Graters are sharp, so we need to be careful. Be aware of your fingers and knuckles. Rub the food slowly and gently down the grater. You do not need to grate every bit of food.
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