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Use the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/11-14-years/cooking-11-14-years/gourmet-burger-builder-11-14-years/\" \u0014Gourmet Burger Builder\u0015 and inspiration resources provided to support this challenge.\nIt can be difficult for pupils to predict the cost of some foods. Using the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/1926/comparing-the-cost-ws-1114c1.docx\" \u0014Comparing the cost activity\u0015, ask the pupils to rank a variety of products in order of cost and then either visit a supermarket or use an online shopping website to gather the actual costs. Were they right?\nSometimes, people perceive that cheaper products are lower quality. Conduct a \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/1927/cost-and-sensory-ws-1114c1.docx\" \u0014Cost and sensory evaluation activity \u0015with the pupils to prove or disprove this perception.\nUsing a weekly shopping list, till receipt and the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/1930/weekly-shopping-investigation-ws-1114c1.docx\" \u0014Weekly food shopping investigation\u0015, ask the pupils to complete an investigation into the amount of money spent on each of the Eatwell Guide food groups.\nIn groups, ask the pupils to create a list of potential strategies to reduce the amount of money spent on food. Some considerations could be: growing your own, using local and seasonal products and food waste. What else could they do?\nAsk the pupils to think about their own household and create a mind map of the social and economic considerations that affect their food choice. How different might this have been for their grandparents at their age?\nTask the pupils to work out the cost of a recipe and make suggestions as to how the cost could be reduced. The \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/1927/cost-and-sensory-ws-1114c1.docx\" \u0014Working to a budget worksheet \u0015uses a beef mince recipe (this this could be edited to suit a different recipe).\nExcel spreadsheets are an excellent way to easily calculate the cost of recipes by ingredient and portion. There are three editable spreadsheet to help with this: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/2531/basic-costing-ws-1114c1.xls\" \u0014Basic costs with portions\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/3583/basic-costing-ws-1114c1.xls\" \u0014Basic costs\u0015 and \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/3584/costing-a-recipe-ws-1114c1.xls\" \u0014Costing the ingredients\u0015.\nTask the pupils to be creative, help prevent food waste and make their own soup! The activity can be completed individually, in pairs or in groups. Follow the instructions on the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/f52hbpnu/super-soup-activity-teacher.docx\" \u0014Super soup activity – teacher instructions\u0015 sheet to set up the activity for your pupils. There is also a \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/v25d1bqp/super-soup-recipe.docx\" \u0014recipe\u0015 to support the pupils to complete the activity. Why not make \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/media/gwuhib1c/speedy-flatbreads.docx\" \u0014Speedy flatbreads\u0015, using just three ingredients, to accompany the soup?\nUsing leftovers\nPartly used ingredients and leftover food can be used to make fantastic, creative dishes. Why not highlight on recipes used in school how any partly used ingredients could be used to make other dishes? For example, left over yogurt or crème fraiche could be used for homemade dips or spare mashed potato used to make fish or bean cakes, and pasta or vegetables could be made into a frittata.\nTo encourage creativity when using leftovers, challenge the pupils to ","cbCaiqxBTusMAHqp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqxBTusMAHqp","docx",183855,"English","# Classroom activities and pupil resources\n## Food cost and ingredient planning\n## Budget investigations and evaluation\n## Strategies to reduce spending and waste\n## Recipe costing tools and cooking tasks\n## Using leftovers and modifying recipes","[{\"question\":\"How do pupils practice estimating and checking food costs?\",\"answer\":\"Pupils rank products by estimated cost, then compare with real prices from a supermarket or online shopping. 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