Series Three: School Meals at Home
Simply delicious, super yummy recipes with Chef Andrew Walker, Chef Allegra McEvedy MBE of CBeebies and Junior MasterChef fame and the Chartwells nutrition team of UKVRN Registered Nutritionists (RNutrs) and Registered Associate Nutritionists (ANutrs).
School meals have changed a lot over the years. In this series, The Super Yummy Kitchen show you how you can bring school meals to life.
Below is a collection of cook-a-long videos for you to work your way through at home, combined with some fun paper based activities that link to the curriculum to support home schooling and be enjoyed by all the family! You will see lots of veg-centric meals, plant based options and of course the good old traditional favourites that everyone loves!
Why not share your creations? Just remember to include the hashtag #LockdownNutrition so we can all join in the fun, and if you are under 13 make sure you get an adult to post on your behalf ๐
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Tomato Beany Burgers
It is a good idea to try and reduce our family meat consumption a little during the week.
Opting for a plant based alternative not only has health benefits, but can also positively benefit the environment.
Do your children love baked beans, but you need another idea aside from just toast?
Well look no further!ย The Super Yummy Kitchen bring you one of their new school meals with a few twists that you can do at home. Voila!
Totally Tasty Chicken Tikka Masala
Do your children love a curry, but you don’t want to use a jar and instead teach them how to make a super easy, delicious curry from scratch? Well look no further!
It is a really good idea to get children used to lots of delicious flavours and smells from around the world and what better dish than a delicious, fresh and fragrant curry!
All in one cottage pie
The weather is getting colder and we all need some hearty, family favourite recipes to warm up our evenings.
The best thing about this cottage pie is that it`s ALL-IN-ONE!
You don’t need to remember to separate veggies for the sideย because itโs already mixed in! Sweet potato, carrots, sweetcorn and peasย – super nutritious for those little ones!
Very veggie burritos
Do you need a fun recipe for the kids to get involved with, thatโs like ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐? Well look no further! We have brought one of our new school meal recipes to The Super Yummy Kitchen, put in a twists that you can do at home, and voila!
Crunchy fish fillets
Are ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ and all time family favourite in your household, but you would prefer to make it from ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก so itโs a bit more ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก? Look no further.
You can use ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก you like in this one! We like to try and ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐
Check out @MSC for more information on eating fish seasonally and sustainably!
Ultimate 5-layer lasagne
The best thing about this recipe is that you can pack lots of different chopped up veggies into the mince mix – we have used ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฌ; but use ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ท๐ฆ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ!
Bursting with ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ for your growing ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ!
Lots of families probably do 2 layers of lasagne – but why not try ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ this time, and save the cheese sauce for the top. This allows the lasagne to cut like a ๐๐๐ค๐ – ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ!
Mix n match tomato pasta with garlic flatbread
This is a super easy, plant-based, very likeable dish that gives you and the kids the freedom to customise to your liking – ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ the ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .
Why not get the family to expand their vegetableย choices, and start introducing some new colours and types that are in season?
The challenge is to try and pick 3 different coloured vegetables to add to this pasta dish.
More recipes and videos are currently being posted and we will be uploading these regularly, so please do come back soon for more recipes and resources.