Pleasing pasta

Learning

The aim of this session is for children to:

• recall that there are many types of pasta and pasta can be used to make different dishes;
• explain that we need to eat a food like pasta (starchy food) with each meal, e.g. potatoes, bread and rice;
• perform simple food skills with a focus on – cutting with scissors, measuring ingredients by spooning and mixing ingredients.

You will need

• Pleasing pasta recipe and the ingredients and equipment listed on the recipe
• Setting up a cooking session guide
• Pasta meal cards
• Get ready to cook cards
• Pleasing pasta take home letter
• Different types of uncooked pasta, e.g. green, wholemeal, spaghetti, fusilli (twists), macaroni (narrow tubes), penne (wide tubes), conchiglie (shells), farfalle (bows), lasagne sheets.