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Design a smoothie task.
How can we prepare and eat fruit?
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Task - Design a healthy smoothie.
The smoothie needs to :
Think about
what you could
make?
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what you could
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what you could
make?
•• Fruit
Fruit salad
salad
• Smoothies
• Fruit crumble
• Fruit kebabs
• Mousse &
fools
• Baked fruit
• Fruit platters
• Salads
Can you think of other dishes?
 be as ‘Healthy’ as possible - low in sugar and fat.
 use a selection of fruit to help achieve the ‘5 a day goal’
 contain interesting flavour combinations.
 include a range of textures and colours.
In order to complete this task the following aspects need to be
investigated or you have understanding of :
 What is healthy eating?
 Which seasonal fruits are available.
 Types of milks or juices that could be used in a smoothie.
 How food materials have particular functions in a smoothie.
• Pancakes
• Fruit pie/tart
• Cheesecakes
Design a smoothie
What is a smoothie?
Smoothies
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A smoothie contains the
WHOLE fruits or vegetables.
juice
A juice contains just juice of
the fruits or vegetables
Smoothie
V juice
Is a smoothie better for you?
It contains
all of the fruit or vegetable.
Contains more fibre.
It can be the same as eating the whole
fruit – but no chewing !!!! or biting.
A glass of smoothie can be counted as
one of your five daily recommended
fruit and vegetable portions.
How do you make smoothies?
In their simplest form.
Take some fruit or vegetables?
Fresh
Blueberries
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Design a smoothie.
While selecting your ingredients think about what each
fruit will add to the smoothie design idea :
colour
flavour
texture
aroma
low sugar/fat
vitamin/mineral
content
Ingredients selected for a
fruit smoothie design :
colour
flavour
texture
aroma
Your thoughts :
low sugar/fat
vitamin/mineral
content
• Strawberry – colour,
flavour, vitamin C
• Banana – texture,
aroma, minerals.
Developing the smoothie idea further.
What other ingredients can be added to a smoothie ?
Just a few ideas
Fresh Milk
Fresh
orange
juice
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yogurt, milk, ice-cream, fromage frais. fruit juices
nuts
honey
cereals -
porridge oats
Developing the smoothie idea further.
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Selected
ingredients :
yogurt
Apples
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Raspberries
Bananas
texture
colour
texture
flavour
lower in flavour
fat
aroma
aroma
high in vitamin
mineralsC
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Other ingredients …
You can also use frozen
fruit too. Frozen fruit is
picked at its best and in
season.
If you are intolerant of
cows milk you could use a
range of alternatives such
as goat or soya milk.
Try and avoid adding
ingredients high
in fat
and sugar to smoothies.
You may want to reflect,
whether it is best to buy
frozen fruit or fruit that is out
of season that has been
transported a long distance.
Smoothies can be a brilliant
snack or a breakfast
packed with vitamins and
minerals. You could add
slow realising energy
ingredients like porridge.
Fresh
goats
Milk
Design a smoothie.
Final selection of food materials:
Reasons why – think about:
texture
flavour
lower in fat
strawberries
Fruit : ……………………………
colour
aroma
high in vitamins/minerals
flavour
colour
high in vitamins
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Fruit : ……………………………
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Fruit : ……………………………
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Other foods
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Other foods
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Possible further investigations
Investigate different
types of milks and yogurts available on the market.
Investigate innovative milk producers such as Calonwen, a co-operative of
farmers in south west Wales producing organic milks packaged using an innovative
eco pak. www.calonwen.com
The website is very informative about life on a farm, organic farming and other
produces they produce.