This week the students were given the opportunity to make their own fruit crumbles from the recipe used two weeks ago.
A variety of crumbles were made including Pear, Apple, Apple and Cherry pie filling. Students decided on their crumble after trying the crumbles two weeks ago. They all had a wonderful time and the aromatic smell of the crumbles cooking made your mouth water. Hopefully their families shared their tasty treat at home.

They finished with a quick quiz on what they have learnt so far about healthy eating, they were all rewarded with an apple to take home.

The students all declared that today they had eaten between 3 to 5 pieces of fruit. Well done to them and keep it up.

We welcomed Lindsay Johnson a Nutritionist from the NHS who gave us a fantastic lesson on various ways to eat healthier. We looked at the amount of sugar in a variety of products, please look at the table below, you might be surprised. We also learnt about cutting down the amount of fat in our diets by eating different types of food to replace those higher in fat, check the table below to check the fat content of some common foods.







Surprised then you might not believe the differences in the different milks, for a 1/3rd of a pint of
whole milk = 8g fat
semi-skimmed = 3g
skimmed = 0.2g

All the students enjoyed the session so thanks to Lindsay, they all left with a packet of raisins.

Happy New Year and welcome back to Cook It Club this year.
Our first session is to compare the difference between frozen, refridgerated and home cooked crumbles, using apples, pears, pie fillings, tinned apricots and peaches.
Below are the results from the students and follows the recipe for the home made versions - please try and enjoy:-
























Please click on table to enlarge results

Chart to show these results:-
















Crumble recipe
Fruit Crumble Serves 4

350 g (12 oz) fruit eg apple, pear or use tinned fruit eg. peaches, apricots -remove some of the fruit juice from the tin
75 g (3 oz) margarine
175 g (6 oz) Be-Ro Self Raising Flour or 4oz/110g flour and 2oz/60g porridge oats
75 g (3 oz) sugar


1 Heat oven to 190ºC, 375ºF, Gas Mark 5.
2 Place sweetened fresh fruit or canned fruit in ovenproof dish.
3 Rub fat into flour until it resembles breadcrumbs, add oats if using.
4 Add sugar, mix thoroughly and spread evenly over the fruit. Bake for about 30 minutes until fruit is cooked and top is golden.
Serve with ice cream, cream, evapourated milk and enjoy! WE DID!