Powering your profession Food Home Learning Week 5

Powering your profession Food Home Learning – Week 5 Food is used for fuel. Our body converts the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients into the essential components needed to power our body. Athletes of different sports need different diets to make sure they perform at their peak. A teenage boy should eat around 2200 calories and a girl around 1800 calories. Task 1: For each of the athletes below, research how many calories they need to eat each day to perform at their best. List the different types of meals they would eat and how often they would have to eat it. Olympic Swimmer Marathon Run 100 m Sprinter Weight Lifter Task 2: Choose yourself or someone you know that takes part in sport. This could be a team, individual or small group. Consider how many calories you may need to cover your recommended daily allowance (see above). Create a menu that would cover those calorific needs.

Recipe Week 5 – Work with someone at home to make the following dish Vegetable Pasta Bake Ingredients (Serves 2) 250 ml semi-skimmed milk 25 g butter 25 g plain flour 80 g low fat cheddar cheese 150 g wholewheat pasta shapes 1 tin tuna/salmon 1 slice of wholemeal bread 100 g of vegetables eg. Broccoli, sweetcorn, peas, carrots, peppers Optional: 25 g cheese & onion crisps Method 1. Wash hands and put on apron. 2. Preheat the oven to 200 C/Gas Mark 6. 3. Boil a large saucepan of water. Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook as per instructions. (Usually 10 -15 minutes). 4. Wash and chop the vegetables if necessary. 5. Grate the cheese and breadcrumbs. 6. Crush the crisps if using. 7. In the last 5 minutes of the pasta cooking, add the hard vegetables to the pasta. 8. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over a medium heat and then add the flour. Stir well with a wooden spoon. (This mixture will be thick-it’s called a ROUX). 9. Gradually add the milk to the butter and flour mixture, stirring CONSTANTLY. Continue to stir until the sauce thickens. 10. Turn off the heat and stir in 2/3 of the grated cheese. 11. Drain the pasta and vegetables using a colander. Return to the saucepan and mix with the cheese sauce. Stir in any additional vegetables or tuna/cooked chicken. 12. Place the cheesy pasta mixture in an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese, fresh breadcrumbs and crisps. 13. Bake in the oven for about 15 -20 minutes until it is golden brown. 14. Wash your dishes and tidy your unit.