Making an international salad
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make an international salad.
Key learning 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.
- 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.
Keywords
Salad - a cold dish of different foods, mainly vegetables
Salad dressing - a sauce for salads
Senses - our sight, smell and taste
Common misconception
A salad must contain lettuce, cucumber and tomato.
Salads can contain a wide range of different ingredients. We can take inspiration from around the world and choose different ingredients.
Teacher tip
Allow pupils to be creative when making their international salad. Provide a range of ingredients from which pupils can choose, for example cooked rice or canned potatoes. Encourage pupils to work together to prepare their salads - they can review each others' food skills, providing extra help.
Equipment
For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is Alex doing here?
Q2.Which piece of equipment is used 'to juice'?
Q3.Match the following:
Q4.What is this piece of equipment used for?
Q5.Put the following parts of a recipe in the correct order:
Q6.We use our to detect the appearance, smell and taste of food.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? A salad must include lettuce, cucumber and tomato.
Q2.Match the following:
Q3.Which foods need to be cooked before you can use them in a salad?
Q4.Match the equipment to the food skills:
Q5.What cutting technique is being shown here?
Q6.A salad is a sauce for salads.
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