Year 3 - Cooking and nutrition
Making an international salad
Global food and dishes
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils are introduced to a range of food and dishes, some familiar and some unfamiliar. They explore different ingredients, equipment and utensils used globally, and make an 'international' salad.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make an international salad.
Key Notes
- We can get inspiration for dishes by looking at food and cuisines around the world.
- Salads can make healthy meals as they contain lots of fruit and vegetables, as well as pasta, noodles, rice or potatoes.
- A salad dressing is a sauce for salads. It can have many different flavours, as a wide range of ingredients can be used.
- We can ask other people to judge our work using their senses.
Vocabulary To Learn
- salad: a cold dish of different foods, mainly vegetables
- salad dressing: a sauce for salads
- senses: our sight, smell and taste
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A salad must contain lettuce, cucumber and tomato.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
We can get inspiration for dishes by looking at food and cuisines around the world. Salads can make healthy meals as they contain lots of fruit and vegetables, as well as pasta, noodles, rice or potatoes.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'salad'
a cold dish of different foods, mainly vegetables.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A salad must contain lettuce, cucumber and tomato. Correction: Salads can contain a wide range of different ingredients. We can take inspiration from around the world and choose different ingredients.
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