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Healthy Eating
How canned food can contribute towards a healthy diet

Lesson 3 - CAN-veniently nutritious and healthy recipes

Using some of the free recipe ideas from Canned Food UK as inspiration, the children have to plan a healthy, balanced three-course meal, incorporating canned foods in each of the courses. They write an instructional text explaining how each part of their meal is made and then design and write a descriptive menu card for their meal.

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Learning Objectives:

  • To appreciate how canned foods can form an important part in a range of recipes.
  • To plan a healthy, balanced, three-course meal, incorporating canned foods in each course.
  • To write out the recipes as instructional texts.
  • To create a menu card for the meal (Using the computer if possible).

Resources:

  • 'CAN-veniently Nutritious' recipe cards, available FREE from Canned Food UK. Visit www.cannedfood.co.uk or call 0800 243364
  • A range of cookbooks, magazines and recipes for inspiration and ideas.
  • Access to computers for creation of menu card.
  • Activity Sheet 4 - Mandarin rice pudding recipe

 

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