Fruity bircher

Age group:
6-7 years
Food group:
Milk and dairy foods

Kids aged 6-7 years will get to mix up their museli with this tasty recipe for a fruit version of porridge. They will learn to mix with increasing thoroughness as they combine the various ingredients before spooning it into individual containers, ready to serve.

This toolkit contains a recipe, along with ideas about how you could include it in your lesson. Take a look at the recipe below and refer to it alongside the teaching resources.

The cooking skills and recipes have been developed in collaboration with the British Nutritional Foundation.

Fruity bircher
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Equipment

  • Grater

  • Chopping board

  • Kitchen scissors

  • Mixing bowl

  • Spoon

  • Yoghurt pot container

Steps

  • Step 1

    Step 1

    Grate the pear. ADULT SUPERVISION.

  • Step 2

    Step 2

    Snip the apricots. ADULT SUPERVISION.

  • Step 3 & 4

    Step 3

    Add the natural muesli, pear and apricots to the mixing bowl.

  • Step 3 & 4

    Step 4

    Add the pot of natural yoghurt.

  • Step 5

    Step 5

    Add the apple juice.

  • Step 6

    Step 6

    Mix the ingredients thoroughly.

  • Step 7

    Step 7

    Serve.

Ingredients

Makes:
4
1 small
pear, quartered and cored
4
dried apricots
150g
natural muesli
150g pot
natural yoghurt
5 x 15ml spoons
apple juice

Handy Hint(s)

Cover and chill the bircher in the fridge overnight to make it even tastier.

Try topping the bircher with berries.

Try using different flavours of yoghurt.

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