It is only one month to go until the Get Set to exercise your taste buds compeition closes. Submit your entries now! Your dish could fuel the record breaking in London 2012!
Only one month to go!
9 May 2011
The ‘Get Set to exercise your taste buds’ competition is a unique and exciting opportunity for children and young people to cook their way to the London 2012 Games!
As well as the chance to feed an athlete, ‘Get Set to exercise your taste buds’ provides a real-life context for teaching and learning about healthy lifestyles and the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet. Students have the chance to fuel the record breaking in London 2012. The ultimate prize is to have their meal ideas served up in the Athletes’ Village!
There are four different catagories in the competiton: primary, secondary, special and F.E.
Find out more about the competition.
Take a look at the two recipes below for inspiration.
These have been submitted by a member of the Get Set network on behalf of a secondary school student. One dish has a British feel and the other, an international flavour.
Pedal-Power Paella
This version of paella is nutritionally balanced as it combines proteins (prawns and chicken) with carbohydrates (rice) and vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, peas and onion). Olive oil is used as a healthy fat alongside garlic which are both known to have many health benefits.
Recipe 1: (Serves 4)
Ingredients
400g chopped tomatoes1
Salt/pepper to season
2 tbsp. olive oil
400 ml chicken stock
1/2 red and 1/2 green pepper
1 onion
Half a cup of frozen peas
1 cup of paella rice
1/2 tsp. turmeric
2 cloves of garlic chopped
250g prawns
Method:
1. Fry diced chicken breast in olive oil for 5 mins and season
2. Chop peppers and onion and add to chicken along with garlic, cook for approx. 10 mins
3. Add the tomatoes along with the chicken stock and bring to the boil
4. Add turmeric, paprika and rice to the pan and cover with pan lid, simmer to reduce the liquid
5. Cook for approx. 20 mins. or until all the liquid has absorbed
6. Add cooked prawns and peas and cook for approx. 5 to 10 mins
On the Podium Pudding
This dessert provides key nutrition as bananas are known to boost energy and provide potassium and fructose. The light wholemeal bread contains a starch carbohydrate which is released into the body slowly, helping athletes to maintain their energy for longer periods of time. The small amount of sugar, coupled with dried fruits, provides extra energy, whilst the egg provides protein alongside the calcium from the milk and low fat natural yoghurt.
Recipe 2: (Serves 4)
Ingredients
4 slices wholemeal bread
3 tbsp. sultanas
1 large ripe banana sliced
1 tsp. of vanilla extract
200ml milk
1 tbsp. margarine
3 tbsp. currants
1 tbsp. Demerara sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. of ground cinnamon
Method:
1. Beat the egg and milk together with the vanilla extract
2. Cut the crusts off the bread and spread with margarine (cut into small pieces).Put half of the bread mixture in a 1 litre lightly greased baking dish
3. Cut the banana into slices and mix with the sultanas and currants
4. Spoon half of the banana and sultana mix over the bread
5. Pour half of the milk mixture over this, making sure to cover the bread
6. Layer with the remaining half of the bread mix, then remaining banana mix, pour the rest of the milk mix over – press down gently to soak the bread
7. Sprinkle the top with the sugar and cinnamon and bake in oven at 180C for about 30 minutes or until the top layer of banana pieces are caramelised. Serve warm with natural yoghurt
