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Food Preparation

Many recipes and cook books tell you how to cook the meal but do not start at the beginning and tell you how to prepare the food. And sometimes you don’t know where to start. Each month we will tell you how to prepare a different food ready for cooking. If you would like to know how to prepare a certain food then let us know by contacting us. There is an activity sheet for you to work through with your child to help them understand how to prepare food. You can help them complete this and then ask them to help you prepare food for tonight’s meal.

	May
	How to dice a vegetable
	Firstly use your vegetable peeler to remove the outside layer of the vegetable. If you are peeling a long vegetable such as a carrot or parsnip cut lengthways down the middle. For rounder vegetables cut three to four times. Cut the vegetable into strips then turn it round to cut in the opposite direction. This will cut the vegetable into small pieces.

	April	How to separate an egg
	March	Remember health and safety when preparing food
	February	How to slice an onion
	January	Check special dietary requirements of people you cook for.
	December	How do I prepare turkey?
	November	How do I remove the stone from a fruit?
	October	How can I get all parts of a meal ready at the same time?
	September	How to get the right measurements
	August	How to grate food?
	July	How to bone whole fish
	June	How to remove skin from chicken