Friday, 9 May 2008

Pasta Salad












This week we made pasta salad. This healthy snack can be used as a lunch or dinner and you can you whatever foods you would like in it. We made a vegetable pasta, but you could add anything you would like. This is how to do it:


1. Cook the pasta


2. Chop up the vegetables.


3. When the pasta is cooked, drain and then add the vegetables.


4. Add some mayonnaise to make it really nice.


5. Enjoy it.




We hope you enjoy making it at home.


Thursday, 1 May 2008

MAKING FRUIT SALAD











This week we made fruit salad.
Did you enjoy your fruit salad?
Which fruits did you like the most? Were there any you did not like?
Click on add comments to tell us what you thought. See you next Thursday for more cooking fun.



Monday, 28 April 2008

NEW COOKERY CLUB IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

Following the success of the first cookery club group, we are pleased to announce the new cookery club will be beginning this week, with 12 new children from Reception, Year One and Year Two. We look forward to showing you what we have been making each week, and showing you our photos.
It would be lovely if you would tell us what you think of the things that we have been making, or if you have made any of the recipes at home. Just click on the comments option and then tell us what you think.

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

PIZZAS!






This week we made muffin-based pizzas. They were delicious. This is how you do it:

1. Get a breakfast muffin and cut in in half.

2. Spread the base with tomato puree.

3. Cover the muffin with your topping - we used mushrooms, sweetcorn, red peppers and olives.

4. Cover the toppings with grated cheese.

5. Grill for 5 minutes until the cheese melts.


If you like, you can use any pizza topping on the pizzas - here are a few suggestions:

ham, chicken, cherry tomato, mushroom, sweetcorn, olives, or if you like, you can just have cheese and tomato.

Enjoy!!!

Saturday, 8 March 2008

Making Sandwiches

This week we made lots of different sandwiches. This gave us lots of different ideas of things that we could put into our lunch boxes. We made egg and cress, cheese and carrot and tuna and sweetcorn. We used lots of different breads too, like pitta bread, wraps and rolls. Here is how to make each filling:

Egg and cress
Cook eggs until hard and then mash in a container.
Add mayonaise to the eggs.
Put into your roll/ wrap/ pitta and then add the cress.

Tuna and sweetcorn
Take a can of tuna and put into a bowl.
Add some caned sweetcorn.
Add some mayonaise and mix together.
Put into your roll/ wrap or pitta.

Cheese and carrot
Grate some cheese into a bowl.
Peel a carrot and grate it into the bowl.
Put the mixture into your roll/ wrap/ pitta bread.

Which was your favourite roll? Do you think that you would be able to put some of these fillings into your lunch box? Can you think of any other exciting fillings that you could put into your sandwich/ roll? Which was your favourite type of bread?

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Bangladeshi Bread







This week we made Bangladeshi Bread. It was delicious.

Here are our photos:

Friday, 15 February 2008

VALENTINE TREATS!!




As it was Valentines day this week, we decided to make some valentine treats. We made orange shortbread, although you can make these cookies into any shape to suit the time of year.

Here is the basic recipe:
1. Turn the oven onto 190C or Gas Mark 5.
2. Beat together 115g butter and 50g caster sugar until soft and creamy.
3. Add the rind of 2 oranges.
4. Gradually add 175g plain flour and form a soft dough.
5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1cm thick. Cut out the cookies using a cutter.
6. Place cookies onto a baking sheet and then cook for about 20 minutes in the oven.

These cookies can be enjoyed at home, or can be placed in the lunchboix as a yummy treat.