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Lead-in

  • What are some of the advantages of cooking your meals at home? How about the disadvantages?
  • What is your go-to meal that you cook to impress your guests?
  • Do you know how to prepare a foreign dish? Which one(s)?
  • If you had your own personal chef, what meal would you ask for the most?

Presentation

Pre

  • Are you good at following a recipe? Or do you prefer to get creative and improvise?

Top Down

  • What is the main point of the text? Read it and find out.
  1. Seasonings
  2. Kitchen technologies
  1. Restaurant styles
  2. How to portion 
  1. Seasonings
  2. Kitchen technologies
  1. Restaurant styles
  2. How to portion 

Kitchen Scale Method

     Whether digital or not this is by far the most accurate and my most preferred method when teaching someone how to portion out their recipes and create serving sizes. All you need to do? Take out something to store your recipe in. This could be a plate, bowl, or whatever you have that can fit your entire recipe into or onto it.

     I like to use something that I can store the recipe in and take servings out as I need them. Bonus? Using a single container for everything saves me some time on clean up. If you’re strapped for time and travel a lot I’d suggest portioning it out all at once using multiple meal prep containers.

     How do you use your kitchen scale? Easy! The first thing you would do is place the container that you’re using for your recipe onto the kitchen scale. This will give you the total weight of your container, remember this weight.

     If you have a digital kitchen scale that allows you to “tare the weight” which means to bring it back to 0, you won’t need to remember this weight. Most digital kitchen scales nowadays have this option. What you’re going to do now is to put your entire recipe into the container to get the total weight.

     You should have the ability to use either grams or ounces with your scale. I like using grams as it makes dividing into it a bit easier. From here you take the total weight of the recipe and divide it by however many servings you want. Don’t forget to subtract the weight of the container if you don’t have the tare option on your scale!

Eye Method 

     How to portion out your recipes and create serving sizes using your eyes! This method of portioning out your recipe is not as accurate but without a kitchen scale, it’s going to be your next best option.

     To use the eye method you would line up whatever you’re going to store your servings in and portion out your recipe to eye level. Seems simple enough, right? Because it is!

     Start by pouring/adding a small amount of your recipe into each meal prep container and slowly distribute the rest until nothing is left. Don’t worry, it’s a lot quicker than it sounds…especially after you do it a few times. If the recipe isn’t one you can pour/easily add (like pancakes or waffles) you would take however many you have and compare the sizes. If you want 2 servings and they aren’t all the same size? Cut one to compensate for that.

     To portion out something like a cheesecake, pie, protein bars, brownies, and so on? Do your best to cut each piece the same size.

Weight Guessing Method

     Better with feel than you are with your eyes? If so, this method may work better for teaching you how to portion out your recipes and create serving sizes. I use this in combination with the eye method as reassurance that I accurately portioned out my recipe when I don’t have a kitchen scale available.

     Slowly distribute whatever you made into each container until they all feel like the same weight by hand. You can do this with anything! Mixes, drinks, chili, pieces, pancakes, and so on.

    Regardless of your method of portioning, don’t stress out too much…it’s all about creating a healthy lifestyle!

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Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: The goal is to create a healthy lifestyle. True

  1. Using a single container for everything saves time on clean up. 
  2. If you place the empty container onto the kitchen scale, it will give you the total weight of your container plus the food weight.
  3. The author likes using grams as it makes dividing it a bit easier.
  4. To use the eye method you would line up whatever you’re going to store your servings in and portion out your recipe to eye level.
  5. If you need to portion out something like a cheesecake, pie, protein bars or brownies you have to try and cut each piece the same size.
  1. Using a single container for everything saves time on clean up. True
  2. If you place the empty container onto the kitchen scale, it will give you the total weight of your container plus the food weight. False
  3. The author likes using grams as it makes dividing it a bit easier. True
  4. To use the eye method you would line up whatever you’re going to store your servings in and portion out your recipe to eye level. True
  5. If you need to portion out something like a cheesecake, pie, protein bars or brownies you have to try and cut each piece the same size. True

Post

  • Out of these three, which is your favorite method? Why? What about your least favorite?

Target Language

So & Such

We use so + adjective or such + a/an + adjective + noun to emphasize an adjective: 

  • Learning English is so easy! 
  • The Jetsons are such a nice family. 
  • The movie we watched last night was so cool, you’ve got to watch it. 
  • She made such a terrible mistake. 

  We can also use so… that and such… that to express reason and result: 

  • Learning English is so easy that anyone could do it. 
  • She made such a terrible mistake that I don’t believe I can forgive her. 
  • The movie we watched last night was so cool that I want to watch it again today. 
  • Yesterday was such a hard day of work that I had to sleep in this morning. 

Portions & Containers

Controlled Practice

  • Match the words to their meanings. There is one example.

  1. Loaf

  2. Slice

  3. Bowl

  4. Serving

  5. Cup

(   ) A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.

(   ) A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.

(   ) A quantity of food suitable for or served to one person.

(1) An item of food formed into an oblong shape and sliced into portions.

(   ) A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid.

  1. Loaf

  2. Slice

  3. Bowl

  4. Serving

  5. Cup

(5) A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.

(2) A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.

(4) A quantity of food suitable for or served to one person.

(1) An item of food formed into an oblong shape and sliced into portions.

(3) A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your opinion.
    • Cooking is such ____.
    • ____ is so cool that ____.
    • Eating only a slice of chocolate pie is such ____.
    • ____ such a cold glass of water that ____.
    • ____ is so easy!
    • ____ is such a hard thing to learn.
    • ____ is so ____ that ____.

Production

  • Tell your classmates the recipe of your favorite dish and make comments about it.

Example: You need to add a spoonful of sugar. This is such an important part because…

Homework

Connect the sentences halves.

Example: I’m going to cook… > I’m going to cook dinner tonight.

  1. She got so cold that we made her…

  2. The ruby was so hard that it…

  3. She had expected to find a bowl of hot…

  4. She was such a caring person who…

  5. The sandwich is a slice of black or…

(   ) potato soup and a plate of sausage and garlic.

(   ) broke every taw against which it struck.

(   ) white bread with butter and cheese or sausage, slices of fresh tomato, radish, or cucumber.

(   ) never gave a second thought about helping others.

(   ) hide her head under the buffalo robe.

  1. She got so cold that we made her…

  2. The ruby was so hard that it…

  3. She had expected to find a bowl of hot…

  4. She was such a caring person who…

  5. The sandwich is a slice of black or…

(3) potato soup and a plate of sausage and garlic.

(2) broke every taw against which it struck.

(5) white bread with butter and cheese or sausage, slices of fresh tomato, radish, or cucumber.

(4) never gave a second thought about helping others.

(1) hide her head under the buffalo robe.

Match each bold expression with the proper portion or container. There is one example.

  1. I was going to prepare just a simple Lamb Roast Dinner with an apple pie for afters.
  2. Bread and other baked goods are trucked in daily in partially-baked form and finished off in a browning oven.
  3. Gouqi Cha, tea made of wolfberry fruit and boiling water, is an ideal drink for those who want to protect or improve their vision.
  4. Add remaining chicken slices to salad ingredients and toss together to combine.
  5. Season each dish with salt and half spoon of pepper.
  6. They came on a mission of mercy to provide food and medical care for starving children.

(   ) Portion

(6) Serving

(   ) Spoonful

(   ) Slice

(   ) Cup 

(   ) Loaf

  1. I was going to prepare just a simple Lamb Roast Dinner with an apple pie for afters.
  2. Bread and other baked goods are trucked in daily in partially-baked form and finished off in a browning oven.
  3. Gouqi Cha, tea made of wolfberry fruit and boiling water, is an ideal drink for those who want to protect or improve their vision.
  4. Add remaining chicken slices to salad ingredients and toss together to combine.
  5. Season each dish with salt and half spoon of pepper.
  6. They came on a mission of mercy to provide food and medical care for starving children.

(4) Portion

(6) Serving

(5) Spoonful

(1) Slice

(3) Cup 

(2) Loaf

Complete the sentences with “so” or “such a”.

Example: My computer is ____ slow! > My computer is so slow!

  1. These two sweaters are ____ great, totally practical, and I like the cuffed sleeve details.
  2. After ____  tough campaign, they’re gloating over their victory in the election.
  3. My chair is ____ uncomfortable, and doesn’t support my bad back at all.
  4. He was ____ orderly and disciplined so it didn’t make sense for him to not be right on time.
  5. He needs to get a grip if he’s getting that angry over ____ little thing.
  1. These two sweaters are so great, totally practical, and I like the cuffed sleeve details.
  2. After such a tough campaign, they’re gloating over their victory in the election.
  3. My chair is so uncomfortable, and doesn’t support my bad back at all.
  4. He was so orderly and disciplined so it didn’t make sense for him to not be right on time.
  5. He needs to get a grip if he’s getting that angry over such a little thing.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Each sentence has one extra word.

Example: a / the / fact. / to / is / directed / of / bank / such / the / payee / Whether / qualifies / the / way / question / an / order / instruction / to / or / is > Whether such an instruction qualifies the order to the bank or is directed to the payee is a question of fact. Way

  1. but / such / birth / she / then / gave / shock / been / had / lingered / plant / The / even / still / now, / time. / the / her / anger / that / before
  2. relatively / lobster / can / the / fishery / for / is / that / expensive / only / and / are / pots, / in / they / be / such / table / Their / special / caught / them / and / arduous. / habits
  3. is / tall. / be / Its / large / it / funny / cranes / not / so / but / as / the / may / body / as
  4. looked / his / serious / green / He / friend / repeated / that / adjuration. / so / his
  5. expects / Seriously, / in / an / converse / her / go / to / with / such / and / insane / kitchen / psycho? / really / who
  1. The anger still lingered even now, but then the shock had been such that she gave birth before her time. Plant
  2. Their habits are such that they can only be caught in special lobster pots, and the fishery for them is relatively expensive and arduous. Table
  3. Its body may be as large as the cranes but it is not so tall. Funny
  4. He looked so serious that his friend repeated his adjuration. Green
  5. Seriously, who expects her to really go in and converse with such an insane psycho? Kitchen

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1. For a couple of buks more, you can personalize your dish from a list of extras such a sausages, mussels, salmon, shrimp or provolone.
  2. In bowl, add the beef, soy sauce, wasabi, scallion, soybean oil and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Junior poured himself a mug of coffee, and stirred in a spoonfull of powdered creamer.
  4. All of the information in the Nutrition Facts table must be based on a stated serving food.
  5. Marly was drinking a cup of cofee, and looked on at Raissa when she entered.
  1. For a couple of bucks more, you can personalize your dish from a list of extras such as sausages, mussels, salmon, shrimp or provolone.
  2. In a bowl, add the beef, soy sauce, wasabi, scallion, soybean oil and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Junior poured himself a mug of coffee, and stirred in a spoonful of powdered creamer.
  4. All of the information in the Nutrition Facts table must be based on a stated serving of food.
  5. Marly was drinking a cup of coffee, and looked up at Raissa when she entered.

Writing

Write about a recipe you know.

Example: You need a spoonful of salt and…