Making an international salad | Cooking and nutrition

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What is Alex doing here?
- Washing his hands.
- Removing his jumper.
- Putting on an apron. ✓
Which piece of equipment is used 'to juice'?
Match the following:
- measuring jug
  
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  100 ml water ✓
- weighing scales
  
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  100 g couscous ✓
- measuring spoons
  
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  5 ml mixed herbs ✓
What is this piece of equipment used for?
- mixing
- cutting
- peeling ✓
- grating
Put the following parts of a recipe in the correct order:
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Name of the recipe
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Ingredients
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Equipment
- 4
  
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  Method
We use our ______ to detect the appearance, smell and taste of food.
- 'senses' ✓

True or false? A salad must include lettuce, cucumber and tomato.
- True
- False ✓
Match the following:
- sight
  
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  eyes ✓
- smell
  
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  nose ✓
- taste
  
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  mouth ✓
Which foods need to be cooked before you can use them in a salad?
- rice ✓
- tomato
- red pepper
- potato ✓
Match the equipment to the food skills:
- weighing scales
  
  ⇔
  
  measuring ✓
- vegetable knife
  
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  cutting ✓
- vegetable peeler
  
  ⇔
  
  peeling ✓
- grater
  
  ⇔
  
  grating ✓
- spoon
  
  ⇔
  
  mixing ✓
What cutting technique is being shown here?
- the claw grip
- the bridge claw
- the bridge hold ✓
A salad ______ is a sauce for salads.
- 'dressing' ✓

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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.

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.