Year 8 - Cooking and nutrition
Making mushroom bean burgers, with flatbreads
More sustainable diets
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils identify ways in which a diet can be healthier and more sustainable. Pupils suggest practical ways in which a range of strategies could be implemented. Through cooking two dishes, pupils apply this learning, giving them tools to adapt recipes in the future.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use food skills to make mushroom bean burgers, with flatbreads.
Key Notes
- There are many different types of beans, cultivated around the world. They are a source of protein and fibre.
- When making two dishes, read both recipes to ensure efficient use of time via dovetailing tasks.
- The food skills used for bean burgers include measuring, mashing, dicing, mixing, shaping and using the hob and grill.
- Cooking from scratch allows the amount of fat, salt and sugars to be controlled, compared to shop bought.
- Front and back of pack nutrition information, and ingredient lists, allows consumers to make informed food choices.
Vocabulary To Learn
- nutrition information: information about the energy and nutrients provided by a food
- informed choice: making a decision, based on your needs, when you have the information or knowledge to guide you
- dovetailing: tasks fit together easily, resulting in a better use of time
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When making two recipes at the same time, you should cook them separately in order. This takes longer, but the recipes are made well.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There are many different types of beans, cultivated around the world. They are a source of protein and fibre. When making two dishes, read both recipes to ensure efficient use of time via dovetailing tasks.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'nutrition information'
information about the energy and nutrients provided by a food.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When making two recipes at the same time, you should cook them separately in order. This takes longer, but the recipes are made well. Correction: When making two dishes at the same time, read both recipes first to decide which order to complete the steps in each recipe - this is known as dovetailing. Dovetailing results in a better use of time, where tasks fit together easily.
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