As part of our Design and Technology learning, the children get three opportunities each year to prepare food and this week was one of them!
This time, we made banana sandwiches using lots of different skills. We started by reading the recipe together and chatting about what we might change to make it our own.
We also talked about the importance of good hygiene and how to stay safe in the kitchen.
We stayed safe by:
- tying up long hair
- washing our hands
- chopping away from our bodies
- trusting the adults
After tasting their creations (always the best part!), we evaluated how they turned out – thinking about what went well, how closely we followed the recipe and what we might do differently next time.
The hardest part was:
- chopping the banana
- spreading the cream cheese
- putting the slippery banana on the bread
I liked it because:
- bananas are my favourite
- the cream cheese was nice
- it was a good little challenge
I disliked it because:
- the cheese was too strong
- the cheese and banana didn’t go together
- the banana was too slimy
Next time, I would:
- try jam instead of cream cheese
- add some strawberries
- add butter
- use less banana
Help at home by watching some of these fantastic cooking videos. If you try any of these recipes at home, we’d love to see the results.