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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Mathematics

Number

Multiplication and division

Fractions

Solve problems that involve: addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions

  • Use the measurements in the recipe Bumpy Beany Stew and Handmade Tortilla Chips to ask the children in order to reinforce number facts in the 4 and 8 multiplication tables:
    • How many ‘chips’ will we get from 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. tortillas, if each one is cut into 8? [16, 24, 32, 40]
    • If we doubled the recipe, how many spoons of sour cream would we need? [8]
    • If we trebled the recipe, how many spoons of sour cream would we need? [12]
    • Demonstrate the fractions involved in cutting the wholemeal tortilla into halves, quarters and eighths, and show how this is written. [1 tortilla cut into 8 pieces – 1/8; 1 tortilla cut into 4 pieces – ¼; 1 tortilla cut into 2 pieces – ½]
    • Add together the individual pieces, showing that 1/8 plus 1/8 equals 2/8 or ¼; and that 1/8 plus 3/8 equals 4/8, which is the same as ½.

 

 

Curriculum

WALES: Use the relationships between the four operations, including inverses; recognise situations to which the different operations apply

SCOTLAND: Students can use a variety of methods to solve number problems in familiar contexts, clearly communicating my processes and solutions

NORTHERN IRELAND: Engage in a range of activities to develop understanding of the four operations of number

Measurement

Know the number of seconds in a minute

  • Encourage the children to think about the different times in this recipe.
    • If you are working on the recipe, challenge the children to see if they can estimate time accurately; e.g. start them mashing the beans, and get them to stop when they think they have mashed for two minutes. See who gets nearest to the correct time.
    • How many seconds will the tortillas be in the oven? [60 x 5 = 300 seconds]
    • If the beans are mashed for three minutes, how many seconds will that be? [3 x 60 = 180 seconds]
    • If the beans are mashed for two minutes, how many seconds will that be? [2 x 60 = 120 seconds]
    • If the beans are mashed for two-and-a-half minutes, how many seconds will that be? [2.5 x 60 = 150 seconds]

Curriculum

WALES: Choose appropriate standard units of time

SCOTLAND: Students carry out practical tasks and investigations involving timed events and can explain which unit of time would be most appropriate to use

NORTHERN IRELAND: Develop skills in estimation of time

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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