Author: skennedy

Shopping
Working in pairs.
Look at the recipe below for a cottage pie. You have to buy the ingredients to make it.
There are various options for each ingredient, decide which you will buy and explain why you chose it.
Cottage pie
1onion
1 large carrot
400g minced beef
15g margarine or 1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 large can tomatoes
100ml water
1 stock cube
Salt and pepper
1kg potatoes
25g butter
2tbsp milk

Method
Peel and chop onion and carrot.
Fry onion and carrot in oil or margarine until soft.
Add meat and cook stirring until brown.
Stir in the tomatoes, stock cube, seasoning and water.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 25 minutes.
Peel and quarter the potatoes and boil for 20 minutes until cooked.
Drain and mash with milk and butter. Place meat sauce in an ovenproof dish and pipe or spread potato over the top. Bake in oven Gas 6, 200°C for 25 minutes until brown

Ingredient	Which one will you buy?	Why did you choose it?
Onions
Minced Beef
Carrots
Potato
Stock cube

Discuss your choices with other people. What have you learnt from this about making choices when shopping ?

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