Food miles A lot of people in the

Food miles A lot of people in the UK are becoming more aware of the food they eat and make choices to lessen their impact on the environment. Some choose to eat only organic food that has not been exposed to pesticides, others buy locally to support their community. Food miles is the term given to how far an ingredient has to travel from source to plate. Task 1: Research how far (in miles) the products we eat every day have had to travel to get onto our plate (UK). You may need to use google maps to do this. Write down your answers. Task 2: Most Sunday’s families all over the country sit down for a traditional dinner with meat, vegetables and gravy. Calculate the total food miles needed to create your Sunday dinner. You must include one protein source (chicken, beef, lamb, etc) and 4 different vegetables. Task 3: How can you reduce the amount of miles your food travels? Write a paragraph on what you would like to do to reduce the distance your food travels and how those reduced miles will impact the environment. Food Home Learning – Week 3 Lamb – New Zealand Tomato – Spain Bananas – South Africa Cocoa – South America Coffee – Kenya Rice – India Wagyu beef – Japan Pasta – Italy

Recipe Week 3 – Work with someone at home to make the following dish Mini Pizzas Ingredients 150 g Self -Raising flour 50 g hard margarine 1 egg 4 -6 tbsp milk Toppings: Tomato puree 50 g cheese 50 g of Vegetables of your choice. . . e. g. tomato, sweetcorn, peppers Method 1. Wash hands, tie back hair, put on apron. 2. Preheat oven to 190 C/Gas Mark 5. 3. Weigh & measure ingredients. 4. Rub together flour and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. 5. Mix together egg & milk mixture. 6. Make a well in the centre of the breadcrumb mixture and pour in the liquid mixture slowly to form a soft dough. 7. Turn the dough onto a floured work surface and roll out until it is 2 cm thick. 8. Cut out the mini-pizza bases and place on a floured baking tray. 9. Wash, peel and chop your vegetable toppings. Grate your cheese. 10. Spread ½ teaspoon of tomato puree on each mini pizza base. 11. Place vegetable toppings and cheese evenly on each mini pizza base. 12. Bake in the oven for 8 -10 minutes until the cheese is melted and starting to bubble. 13. Cool on a wire rack.