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Kitchen Basics and Food Preparation Techniques The largest portion of this class should be on actually cooking and working in the kitchen. Use the Foods 10 Activity chart in Student Resources for your cooking projects. Have an adult rate you on each project. Over the term you should prepare at least three dishes using the techniques in each of the greyed out columns and the breads on the chart. (hand in the checklist at the end of each month)
monthly - hand in your cooking projects chart |
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| - - - | Organize a recipe section in your binder. Be sure to record where you collected the recipe. Recipes should include the ones you use for the cooking chart and other family favourites. Organize them into at least 5 categories. (minimum of 40 recipes) - hand in at the end of the term | |
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Safety and Sanitation Research some common food born illnesses. You may present your information on a chart or another form of your choice. Include symptoms, causes and prevention for the following: salmonella, botulism, E. coli 0157:H7, staphylococcus, hepatitis A, Norwalk virus |
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Kitchen Basics Setting up a kitchen. If you were moving out, which kitchen appliances and tools would you want to have in your kitchen? What items would you have on hand for a well stocked non-perishables pantry? Prepare your lists and indicate those items you consider needs and those you consider wants. |
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Nutrition and Healthy Eating - One Collect advertisements or flyers for food on sale this week. Using the advertisements plan a menu for a family of four for five days. You may assume that you have basics such as flour, oatmeal, sugar, salt and spices. You may spend one hundred dollars on groceries. The prices for items not in the flyers for the week may be obtained from visiting a store or the internet site for Save-On-Foods or Superstore. Keep the Canada food guide recommendations in mind when you plan. Hand in your menu plan and your grocery list with all prices listed. |
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Nutrition and Healthy Eating - Two Compare 2 recipes that are similar but the nutrition information is quite different - find reasons for the differences. (You can find a good variety of recipes with nutritional information from allrecipes.com) Make several specific suggestions as to how you could improve recipes to make them more healthy. |
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Nutrition and Healthy Eating - Three Do research on an eating disorder - or a fad diet that you are familiar with. How does marketing and advertising in our society contribute to many eating disorders? Design a poster or brochure to warn teens of the disorder or diet. |
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Social, Economic and Cultural Influences - One Check out the concept of the 100 mile diet. You could start with this website: http://100mile.foodtv.ca/ Write a persuasive paragraph defining the 100 mile diet, and if you think it is a feasible concept where you live. |
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Social, Economic and Cultural Influences - Two |
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Career opportunities Check out a website that lists possible careers related to foods and nutrition. Research one of the career choices. (place link here) Make a poster explaining and illustrating this career choice. Use pictures, advertisements and information from your research. Be sure to refer to the work related to the career, the training needed and the expected wage. or Write 2-3 paragraphs on why you would or would not choose this as a career. Be sure to refer to the work related to the career, the training needed and the expected wage. |