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Let's make some fruit salad kebabs

I can make fruit salad kebabs.

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Let's make some fruit salad kebabs

I can make fruit salad kebabs.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The food skills used to make fruit kebabs are peeling (by hand), cutting and threading.
  2. When cutting food with a knife safely, we should use the Bridge Hold or the fork secure technique.
  3. We all need to have more fruit and vegetables.
  4. We can describe the appearance, smell and taste of fruit, and evaluate a recipe based on our food preferences.

Keywords

  • Peeling - remove the outer skin from fruit

  • Bridge hold - a safe way to cut food

  • Threading - to push food onto a cocktail stick or skewer

Common misconception

Only fresh fruit can be used for fruit saald kebabs.

A range of fresh, canned and dried fruit can be used for fruit salad kebabs. Go for a colourful variety.


To help you plan your year 1 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Let's make some fruit salad kebabs, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

You can easily change the fruit, go for something seasonal or perhaps something unfamiliar to your pupils. If the fruit is difficult to peel and/or cut, part-prepare the fruit so that pupils can taste and use it in the lesson. Show pupils the whole fruit, as well as what it looks like when cut.
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Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

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Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment
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Supervision

Adult supervision required

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
True or false? We need to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Correct answer: true
false
Q2.
What should you wear when cooking?
Correct answer: apron
gloves
jumper
Q3.
What type of food is this?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: a fruit
a bread
a vegetable
Q4.
Match the following to make the correct sentences.
Correct Answer:I can use a knife to,cut food.
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cut food.

Correct Answer:I can use a spoon to ,mix foods.
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mix foods.

Correct Answer:I can use a fork to,mash foods.
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mash foods.

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false? You cannot use canned fruit to make kebabs.
true
Correct answer: false
Q2.
Which of these fruits can you peel by hand?
apples
Correct answer: bananas
Correct answer: oranges
Q3.
Which of these shows the bridge hold?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q4.
Put the recipe in the correct order.
1 - Peel the fruit.
2 - Cut the fruit.
3 - Thread the fruit on cocktail sticks.
4 - Serve the fruit salad kebabs.
Q5.
We use our eyes, nose and mouth to help describe food. Match the following:
Correct Answer:We use our eyes,to describe how a food looks.
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to describe how a food looks.

Correct Answer:We use our nose,to describe how a food smells.
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to describe how a food smells.

Correct Answer:We use our mouth,to describe how a food tastes.
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to describe how a food tastes.

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