Assignment Tri 1

Find a meal/snack that you eat regularly and you believe could be made healthier.
The recipe must have at least 4 different ingredients.
Adapt the ingredients of the recipe to increase it's nutritional value.
Copy the adapted recipe into GoogleDocs being sure to cite your source
Cook / make the recipe 
Take 5 photos to evidence the cooking and preparation process - It must have you in the pictures
Bring your home-made snack to class to share with your classmates.
State what adaptations you made to make the snack more healthy.

Here are some suggested recipes from Jamie Oliver.
http://www.oprah.com/food/Jamie-Olivers-Food-Revolution-Recipes

An example of what your recipe should look like. Please then post on to you site and be ready to present it along with the food tasting.

  


Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

From: http://offbeathome.com/2013/01/healthy-muffin-recipes

Preparation time: 15 Minutes (Let it sit for 1 Hour to firm)

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Serves: 24

Ingredients

2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats 2 cup buttermilk 2 large egg, beaten lightly 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar ⅓ Canola Oil 1/2 cup applesauce 2 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

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Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine oats and buttermilk and let stand 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. and butter twelve ½-cup muffin tins.
3. Add egg, sugar, canola oil and applesauce to oat mixture, stirring until just combined.
4. Into another large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda and add to oat mixture, stirring until just combined. Fold in blueberries.
5. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin tins. Bake muffins in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
 

 

Recipe voting form

If we have time--- Once you have finished all of this  calculate the calories in each serving of their chosen recipe that they are cooking. Use www.myfitnesspal.com to add each ingredient and this will generate nutritional value as well as calories.

Please print the below and put it on your dish

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ISL Grade 8 Health

Please include the following ingredient card with your homemade dish. Please remember to take your containers home at the end of the day. No antique containers please. Please also include any necessary serving utensils such as knives or large spoons. Dishes that can be served at room temperature are highly encouraged.

Please no nuts, seeds, seed/nut oils or coconut.

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Ingredient Card

Name of Dish:

Main Ingredients:

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Nutrients - Macro

CHOLESTEROL

1.      What is cholesterol?

Cholesterol is essential to the workings of the body and is carried in the blood. An excess amount is___________________ as it is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (heart disease and________________). When cholesterol builds up along the walls of the arteries, blood flow is ____________________ and the artery can become ______________________.

2.      What are the 2 Types of Cholesterol?

a.       ___________density Lipoproteins (HDL). This is the ____________ cholesterol. Foods that are high in HDL value include oatmeal and _________________.  This type of lipoprotein aids in keeping the arteries free of _____________________ build up.

b.       ____________density Lipoproteins  ( LDL) This is the _____________ ____cholesterol. Foods that are high in LDL value include ________________and fried foods. This type of cholesterol __________________the build up of plaque.

3.      Triglycerides

High triglycerides are also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Consuming excess _____________________ fats will increase your risk of this disease.

HDL, LDL and Triglyceride levels can all be measured in a simple ___________________ test.

4.      Risk factors for High Cholesterol

1.       Family ____________________.

2.       High fat diet.

3.       ______________of exercise.

4.       Being ________________________.

5.      Prevention

We can`t do much about our  ____________________, but regular _____________________ and a low fat diet are very effective ways to control cholesterol build up ______________________.

A group of medicines called ___________________can also be prescribed to control the build up of cholesterol  in the arteries.

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