Home economics

Practical -

All-in-one Tasty Pasta

 Serves: 4  10 mins prep time  20 mins cook time

Get a tasty meal on the table the whole family will love in less than 30 minutes. Even better it’s all cooked in one pan, so less dishes to do!

Ingredients

• 300g lean beef mince
• 1/2 onion, peeled and chopped
• 3-4 button mushrooms, sliced (optional)
• 420g can Wattie's Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce
• 1 ½ can water or beef stock (add as needed)
• 2 cups small pasta spirals
• 1 ½ cups Wattie's frozen Mixed Vegetables
• Chopped parsley (optional)

 Method

1. Heat a dash of oil in a large frying pan and quickly brown minced beef and onion over a moderately high heat. This may be best done in two batches.
2. Add the mushrooms if using, Wattie’s Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce , water or stock and pasta and stir until the mixture comes to the boil. Cover, lower the heat and simer for 15 minutes until the mince and pasta are tender.

Stir in the Wattie’s frozen Mixed Vegetables and simmer gently for only 3-5 minutes until the vegetables are hot. Season to taste and add a handful of chopped parsley if wished.

Name 3 nutrients you gained from yesterday's practical - You got Carbohydrates from pasta , Vitamins and minerals from the beef.

What benefits would yesterday's practical offered in individual - The carbohydrates provided me energy. Vitamins and minerals helped me develop my body and recover.


31 May 2018

For yesterday's practical we made spaghetti bolognaise.
The focus on our past practicals is that we can add healthy ingredients to make the food have some source of protein, vitamins and things like that.
The Ingredients we used for the spaghetti were - Onions, Salt, Mince, Canned Diced Tomatoes, Tomato paste and Pasta. The add-ons options were mixed veges such as peas and corn.
The focus of our topic this term is meal planning the focus on why were doing it is to be able to plan and cook for our family. What we put on the table should have something to do with our family's life like if your family is active or just hardworking you would make something that would provide a lot of energy.So you've gotta pay attention to your family's likes and dislikes so you can provide them a meal that they like but will also be appropriate for what there doing.
We've made family profiles showing the lifestyle we live and the likes and dislikes that we have when it comes to food.