Form 1 - Snacks practical

All the students did a poor man's pizza. A very simple, but healthy snack.

They were all very organised and managed their time very well. Keep it up! 

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One of the students demonstrating good grating skills

Adding some fresh tomatoes to the topping adds colour and nutrients

A very well organised working area. 

Half way through! 

Form 3 - Preserving Vitamin C content (class activity)

Well done to my Form 3 students! 

You did great! 

Form 2 - Apple pies

Here you can see the Apple pies the Form 2 students did. Unfortunately we ran out of time and most of the pies are under cooked.

Best pie dish to use:

• Not more than 2 cm high.
• Metal, pyrex (glass) or clay pie dish. (Disposable foil pie dishes make it much more difficult to work with.
• With 200g of pastry a 15-18cm pie dish is enough.

 

Here are all the pies done by the Form 2 students. 

Pie no 2: Using an egg wash (beaten egg) to brush the pastry with gives it a lovely golden brown colour. Milk  can also be used, especially with sweet pies. 

At some point we had to improvise and use the extra pastry to cover it up. If there was more time I am sure that this girl would have managed to cover it and decorate it nicely. 

and the winner is....

Anyone of you can do a pie just like this...you only need to practice more at home! 

The girl who did Pie no 10 can write a comment and say who she is. I am sure you are proud of your work. Well done! 

My Macaroni cheese

Very often I am inspired by my students as to what to cook at home. The same happened today! I also prepared some simple but very tasty macaroni cheese for my family.

• To keep this dish low in fat I used skimmed milk. 
• To increase the Vitamin content I added some steamed frozen vegetables. All kinds of vegetables can be added to this dish.
• I also used two separate oven proof dishes in which I could also serve. (Saves on washing up afterwards!)
• You could use a spring of parsley for a pop of colour, unfortunately I had none so I used some tomato wedges and dried parsley  instead. 
• As you can see you can easily modify this recipe to suit your needs. 

Websites related to Home Economics

Dear Students,

These are some websites which you may find useful or interesting:

http://www.nutrition.org.uk/
(nutrition, etc)
http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/
(nutrition, recipes, video clips. skills, etc.)
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/
(Recipes and cooking tips)
http://www.kelloggs.com/
(Breakfast, snacks, recipes, cereal)
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au
(recipes, information)
http://www.dolceta.eu/malta
(consumer education, budgeting, etc)
http://kidshealth.org/
(general health)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/index.shtml
(healthy eating, activities, etc)
http://www.redcross.org.uk/
(first aid, activities, etc)

Form 3 - Macaroni Cheese and Pasta Bolognese

This is what the Form 3 group prepared today. I encourage all Form 3 students to comment and proudly say which photo shows their pasta dish.

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Welcome

Dear parents and students,
Welcome to this new blog. I hope you enjoy seeing what your daughters create during the Home Economics lessons. You can leave comments under the different photos.

thanks and regards,

Ms. Marija