Making an international salad
I can make an international salad.
Making an international salad
I can make an international salad.
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Lesson details
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.
To help you plan your year 3 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making an international salad, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 3 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making an international salad, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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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
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
100 ml water
100 g couscous
5 ml mixed herbs
Exit quiz
6 Questions
eyes
nose
mouth
measuring
cutting
peeling
grating
mixing
