Bumpy beany dip with homemade tortilla chips

Age group:
7-8 years
Food group:
Meat, fish, eggs, beans

In this delicious recipe, kids aged 7-8 years will work with lots of ingredients. They will learn to press garlic, juice lemon and mash all the food together into a bumpy dip, as well as to prepare tortilla chips with a little adult help.

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Bumpy beany dip with homemade tortilla chips
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English

Suggested text

Jack and the Beanstalk (traditional story) and ‘Iron Beans' – available to download from www.megamousebooks.com/ironbeans.html(this consists of four chapters, so you may wish to read it to the children in advance of the work on this recipe in class). If you don’t have this text you will be able to apply the activity ideas to a text of your choice.

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

WALES: Students consider what they read/view, responding orally and in writing to the ideas, vocabulary, style, presentation and organisation of image and language.

SCOTLAND: Identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text; share their thoughts about structure, characters and/or setting, recognise the writer’s message.

NORTHERN IRELAND: Extend the range of the students’ reading and develop their own preferences.

 

Reading – comprehension

Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books … and retelling some of these orally

  • Share the ‘Iron Beans’ story with the children, working from the interactive whiteboard.
  • Ask the children if it reminds them of any other stories they know.
  • Share the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, either reading it aloud or asking the children to read it in pairs if you have a version handy. If the class is very familiar with the story you may wish to ask them to retell it.

Discuss with the children that this is a traditional story and identify the features of this type of text; e.g. Traditional stories have been passed on for generations by word of mouth. The details of the story may alter and there may be many different versions, but the basic story line remains the same. In most traditional tales, good ultimately triumphs over evil. There is often one action that is repeated several times – Jack goes up the beanstalk three times, with different consequences each time

  • Encourage the children to look at the similarities and differences between the two stories. Think about the following:
  • Time setting; e.g. present and past.
  • Location setting; e.g. school/farm.
  • Central characters; e.g. Jack/Jenny, the giant.
  • Main events; e.g. in both stories the beans were thrown out of the window and a beanstalk appeared.
    • Ask the children if they have a preference for one story, and encourage them to express their opinions and give reasons for their views.

 

 

Curriculum

WALES: Students consider what they read/view, responding orally and in writing to the ideas, vocabulary, style, presentation and organisation of image and language 

SCOTLAND: Identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text; share their thoughts about structure, characters and/or setting, recognise the writer’s message

NORTHERN IRELAND: Extend the range of the students’ reading and develop their own preferences

Reading – word reading

Apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology ad morphology), as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet.

Read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the words

  • Read the recipe for Bumpy Beany Dip and Homemade Tortilla Chips.
  • Ask the children to notice any words that feature double ll; e.g.:

 tortilla, from Spanish torta, cake, plus the diminutive -illa, meaning ‘little cake’;

cannellini, probably from canella, cinnamon – literally ‘small tube’, from medieval Latin canella, diminutive of Latin canna.

 

  • Search for further examples of words using double ll and linked to Latin; e.g. llama.
  • Create a working wall of these words with explanations, and challenge the children to try to use these words in their speech and writing during the week.

Curriculum

WALES: Read and view extracts and complete texts with a variety of structural and organisational features that show quality and variety in language use

SCOTLAND: Use their knowledge of letter patterns and spelling rules and use resources to help them spell tricky or unfamiliar words

NORTHERN IRELAND: Use a range of cross-checking strategies to read unfamiliar words in texts

Writing – transcription

Spell words that are often misspelt

  • Play a version of ‘Kim’s Game’ on the whiteboard with the lists of ingredients and equipment from Bump Beany Stew and Homemade Tortilla Chips:
    • Put pictures of the ingredients – garlic, lemon, parsley, cannellini beans, sour cream, tortillas and oil) – on the board for a few seconds, then put the picture up again with one article removed. The children need to write down which article is missing. Award extra points for correct spelling.
    • Repeat, removing two ingredients.
    • Repeat using pieces of equipment – garlic press, juicer, kitchen scissors, mixing bowl, potato masher, two metal spoons, small bowl, baking tray, pastry brush, oven gloves.

Curriculum

WALES: Develop and use a variety of strategies to enable students to spell correctly

SCOTLAND: Spell the most commonly-used words, using their knowledge of letter patterns and spelling rules and use resources to help them spell tricky or unfamiliar words

NORTHERN IRELAND: Use a variety of skills to spell words correctly

Writing – composition + vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Word level – Use of the forms a or an and the terms consonant and vowel

Retrieve and record information from non-fiction, draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally, progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary. May also involve: Plan their writing; Evaluate and edit; Proof read for spelling and punctuation errors

  • Write these words on the board: ingredient, lemon, dip, white bean, orange bean, garlic clove. Ask the children to write them out in their books using a or an, depending on whether the next word on the board begins with a consonant or a vowel. Check the children understand these terms before you begin.
  • Ask each child to research a different type of bean: e.g. baked, white, butter, green, borlotti, black, coffee. Create a class beanstalk in a display area and ask the children to write facts about their bean on different leaves, which they can add to the beanstalk. Ensure that the facts are written in complete sentences. 

Curriculum

WALES: Write for a range of purposes, choose and use appropriate vocabulary and use the standard forms of English

SCOTLAND: Select ideas and relevant information, organise these in a logical sequence and use words which will be interesting and/or useful for others

NORTHERN IRELAND:  Create, organise, refine and present ideas and develop a swift and legible style of handwriting

Equipment

  • Garlic press

  • Juicer

  • Kitchen scissors

  • Mixing bowl

  • Masher

  • Spoon

  • Bowl

  • Baking tray

  • Pastry brush

  • Oven gloves

Steps

  • Beany dip - Step 1

    Peel and press the garlic. ADULT SUPPORT.

  • Bean dip step 1, 2 & 3

    Beany dip - Step 2

    Juice the lemon.

  • Beany dip - Step 3

    Snip the parsley leaves into small pieces. ADULT SUPPORT.

  • Bean dip step 4

    Beany dip - Step 4

    Tip the cannellini beans into the mixing bowl and mash them for 2-3 minutes until no whole beans remain.

  • Beany dip - Step 5

    Add the garlic, lemon juice and sour cream to the beans, and mix together.

  • Bean dip step 5 & 6

    Beany dip - Step 6

    Stir the parsley into the other ingredients.

  • Beany dip - Step 7

    Spoon the dip into a small bowl.

  • Beany dip - Step 8

    Cover the dip and place it in the fridge while you make the tortillas. ADULT SUPPORT.

  • Tortilla chips - Step 1

    Preheat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6. ADULT ONLY.

  • Tortilla chips - Step 2

    Grease the baking tray.

  • Bean tortilla step 3

    Tortilla chips - Step 3

    Using the kitchen scissors, cut each tortilla into halves, quarters and then eighths (so you get 8 pieces from each tortilla). ADULT SUPERVISION.

  • Tortilla chips - Step 4

    Place the tortilla pieces on the baking tray.

  • Bean tortilla step 5

    Tortilla chips - Step 5

    Brush each tortilla with a little oil.

  • Tortilla chips - Step 6

    Bake for approximately 5 minutes until toasted and golden. ADULT ONLY. 

Ingredients

Makes:
4-6
1 clove
garlic
1/2
small lemon
1 small handful
fresh parsley leaves
1 x 400g can
cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
4 x 15ml spoons
sour cream
4
wholemeal tortillas
1 x 15ml spoon
oil

Handy Hint(s)

Try using canned butter beans instead of cannellini beans.

Swap the parsley for another herb, such as dill.

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