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Ingredients, equipment and food skills

I can name and suggest uses for ingredients and cooking equipment from around the world.

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Ingredients, equipment and food skills

I can name and suggest uses for ingredients and cooking equipment from around the world.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Around the world, people use a range of different ingredients, equipment and food skills.
  2. It is important to select the most suitable ingredients, equipment and food skills for successful results. 
  3. Salads can include a wide range of ingredients from the UK and around the world.

Keywords

  • Ingredients - foods used in cooking

  • Equipment - utensils used to prepare and cook food

  • Food skills - ways of preparing and cooking food

  • Cooking - preparing and heating food in a particular way

Common misconception

The term 'cooking' only means to add heat to food, such as baking, boiling and grilling.

The term 'cooking' includes: (1) the preparation of food, e.g. peel, slice and and mix; (2) heating food, e.g. baking, boiling and grilling. It is a term used to describe the entire process.


To help you plan your year 3 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Ingredients, equipment and food skills, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

To bring the lesson to life, allow pupils to handle a selection of different ingredients and equipment (highlighting any equipment that is sharp). Quiz pupils on the names and uses of each.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is this piece of equipment called?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: grater
colander
whisk
Q2.
Spaghetti and macaroni are types of ...
rice
potatoes
Correct answer: pasta
Q3.
What is happening here?
An image in a quiz
slicing
chopping
Correct answer: peeling
Q4.
Match the following foods:
Correct Answer:fruit,peach, fig and grape
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peach, fig and grape

Correct Answer:vegetables,radish, okra and broccoli
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radish, okra and broccoli

Correct Answer:beans, fish, eggs and meat,red kidney beans, tuna and lamb
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red kidney beans, tuna and lamb

Correct Answer:dairy,milk, cheese and yogurt
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milk, cheese and yogurt

Q5.
Which shows 'rolling-out' pastry?
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q6.
Which is best to measure small quantities of water or milk?
weighing scales (g)
measuring jug (ml)
Correct answer: measuring spoons (ml)

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false? The term 'cooking' only means to add heat to food, such as boiling, baking or grilling food.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
Match the following:
Correct Answer:ingredients,foods used in cooking
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foods used in cooking

Correct Answer:equipment,utensils used to prepare and cook food
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utensils used to prepare and cook food

Correct Answer:food skills,ways of preparing and cooking food
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ways of preparing and cooking food

Q3.
Which piece of equipment is used 'to juice'?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q4.
What is this called?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: tandoor
saucepan
wok
Q5.
There are lots of different types of , such as a whisk, spurtle and paella pan.
Correct Answer: equipment
Q4 A clay tandoor by aash j is licensed under CC BY 2.0