Making veggie dip and dippers
I can make a veggie dip and dippers.
Making veggie dip and dippers
I can make a veggie dip and dippers.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Crudités, the dippers, comes from the French word meaning 'rawness'.
- Before preparing and cooking food, we should tie back long hair, put on an apron and wash hands.
- When cutting food with a knife safely, we should use the Bridge Hold and the Claw Grip.
- The food skills used to make veggie dips and dippers are measuring, mixing, peeling and cutting.
Keywords
Bridge hold - a safe way to cut food in half or quarters
Claw grip - a safe way to slice food
Dip - a cold, thick sauce
Common misconception
You do not need to get ready to cook every time you prepare and cook food.
We should always get ready to cook, so that we are hygienic (clean).
To help you plan your year 2 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making veggie dip and dippers, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making veggie dip and dippers, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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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
Starter quiz
4 Questions


Exit quiz
4 Questions




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