Design a lunch menu
Inspired by the vegetables grown in the school garden, research some healthy recipes and design a mouth watering menu for a lunch time feast.
Learning objectives:
- Research different recipes
- Design a menu considering healthy options
- Learn different ways to use ingredients
- Consider how your school grown vegetables can be eaten
Curriculum links:
- English: Research, write and design a creative menu
- PSHE: Consider healthy food choices
- Art & Design Technology (DT): Use creativity to illustrate and design appealing menus
Key vocabulary
Preparation and equipment
Preparation
- Ask the group to think of their favourite meals or snacks that contain vegetables
- Ask them to talk to their parents/guardians and bring in recipe books or magazines from home that may have pictures of recipes
- Print off some recipe examples from the internet
Equipment
- Recipes books
- Gardening and cookery magazines
- Access to internet
- Paper, pens and pencils
Step by step
- Make a list of all the vegetables growing in the garden
- Consider which vegetables can be eaten raw and which ones need to be cooked
- Make a list of all the meals or dishes that the pupils like to eat. Do any of these contain vegetables growing at school?
- Use the list of favourite dishes plus recipe books and magazines to come up with some tasty simple dishes that contain some of the vegetables in the garden
- Find a recipe for a dish with at least one of the vegetables growing in your plot. What other ingredients are needed to make the recipes?
- Write out the recipe, draw or stick cut out pictures of the vegetables or fruit it contains to make it appealing
Hints and tips
- Keep it simple – eat the fruit and vegetables raw if you can for maximum flavour and ease of preparation
- If you have fruit growing in the garden, think of a fruit recipe to go with your lunchbox vegetable recipes