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Main meals page 2

(like noodles, omelette, or soup)

How to use this book

If you see this picture in the top corner or the page you can make the recipe on your own This picture means you might want a friend to help you If you see this picture, you should ask an adult for help

Desserts page 23
(like cakes, jelly or cookies)

Drinks page 44
(like milkshakes or lemonades)

This V picture is for vegetarian food This stamp is for vegan food

Snacks page 55
(like pancakes or sandwiches)
NOTE: You wont see the vegetarian symbol under the desserts or drinks sections, because none of those recipes contain any meat.
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The number on this plate shows how many servings the recipe makes

Spaghetti Bolognese
1. PUT the beef, onions, carrots, oregano, egg and pepper into a You will need: - 500g minced beef - 1 grated onion - 1 grated carrot - 1 teaspoon oregano - 1 egg - 2 tablespoon olive oil - Pinch black pepper - 1 grated zucchini - 3 finely grated garlic cloves - 1 tablespoon tomato puree - 700g chopped tomatoes big mixing bowl. 2. Use your hands to SQUISH all the ingredients in the bowl until well mixed together. 3. SQUASH meatball shapes from the beef mixture and put them aside on a plate. 4. HEAT one tablespoon of oil in a saucepan. COOK the zucchini and garlic together until mushy. STIR in the tomato puree and COOK for 1 more minute. 5. ADD the tinned tomatoes and COOK for another 5 minutes. LEAVE for 5 minutes on a very low heat. 6. HEAT the rest of the oil in another saucepan. STIR the meatballs around until they are brown all over. ADD the 7. SERVE with cooked spaghetti.
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meatballs to the tomato sauce and SIMMER for 15 minutes.

About the ingredients

There are over 10,000 varieties of TOMATOES, and they can be YELLOW, RED, or even PURPLE. CARROTS are 87% water and were originally RED or YELLOW ONIONS are a source of minerals, which are important for a healthy BRAIN A ZUCCHINI contains more potassium than a BANANA, and is full of important vitamins

Sticky chicken noodles

You will need: 1 cooked chicken breast 3 spring onions a red pepper 1. BOIL the egg noodles in a pan until they are soft. 2. CUT the chicken into little, bite-size pieces. them up. PUT them into the chicken bowl. 3. CHOP the green roots off the spring onions and SLICE 4. REMOVE the seeds from red pepper and CUT them into small cubes. ADD to the chicken and spring onion.

1 tablespoon soy sauce 2 tablespoons honey 150g egg noodles

1 tablespoon sesame oil

5. ADD the sesame oil, soy sauce and honey.

6. MIX everything together until well blended. Serve.

About the ingredients

SESAME SEEDS contain lots of IRON, which gives BLOOD its RED colour HONEY can keep for 2000 years and still be EDIBLE and DELICIOUS SESAME PLANTS grow over a METRE tall and have PINK or WHITE flowers Some Japanese NOODLE packets contain 15-metrelong NOODLES RED PEPPERS contain vitamins that are good for your SKIN and BONES SPRING ONIONS are harvested before they are fully grown
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You will need: 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cubed carrots 1 clove garlic 1 small chopped onion 2 sliced celery stalks 400ml vegetable stock

Tomato soup
1. HEAT a large pot and ADD olive oil. ADD 8 minutes. onions, carrot, celery and garlic and COOK for 2. STIR in vegetable stock and tomatoes. ADD 3. SPRINKLE the basil and BOIL for 5 minutes. salt and pepper.

800g crushed tomatoes pepper

1 teaspoon each salt and black 25g basil

About the ingredients

CELERY oil is used to treat NERVOUSNESS CARROTS came from Afghanistan and are good to keep your EYES healthy BASIL plants have PURPLE or WHITE flowers GARLIC is good for your HEART and IMMUNE SYSTEM SALT is found in the bodys BLOOD TOMATOES are a FRUIT, not a VEGETABLE
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Egg fried rice

You will need: 200g rice 85g diced carrots 2 eggs 1. WASH the rice. COOK it with the carrots and peas. 2. BEAT the eggs together. ADD teaspoon salt. 3. HEAT the oil in a frying pan. When the oil is hot, POUR in the eggs and FRY the omelette for about 3 minutes. FLIP it and COOK it for 1 minute. REMOVE it from the 4. MELT the butter in a wok pan and COOK the spring and salt. pan and keep warm.

1 tablespoon olive oil 25g butter 2 sliced spring onions 85g peas 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon salt

onions for 1 minute. POUR in the rice, soy sauce, pepper

5. STIR-FRY for two minutes. SLICE the omelette into strips and REMOVE the rice from the pan. Serve.

Pinch black pepper

About the ingredients

PEPPER is very good for your STOMACH and DIGESTION PEAS help your BONES and BRAIN grow RICE contains lots of PROTEIN, which is good for your muscles The vitamins in EGGS are good for your EYES The oldest OLIVE TREE is over 2000 years old BUTTER was discovered by accident when MILK was shaken up CARROTS have been around for 5,000 years
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You will need: 340g flour 230ml warm water 2 tablespoons active dry yeast 2 tablespoons oil 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon white sugar Tomato puree Grated cheese 50g fresh pineapple, chopped 1 pre-cooked sliced chicken breast Handful sliced mushrooms Handful sweet-corn kernels 1 tablespoon olive oil 1. PREHEAT oven to 230C.

Pizza
2. In a bowl, MIX together yeast, sugar and water. LEAVE to stand for about 10 minutes, or until creamy. 3. ADD flour, two tablespoons oil and salt to the yeast mixture. MIX together until it becomes an even dough. 4. LEAVE to stand for 5 minutes. 5. ROLL dough out on a floured surface. MOVE to a baking tray. 6. Lightly PAINT dough with topping oil and LEAVE for 5 minutes more. 7. SMEAR dough with tomato puree until coated. 8. SPRINKLE with pineapple, mushrooms, chicken and sweet-corn. 9. COVER with grated cheese and BAKE for 15 to 20 minutes.
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About the ingredients

SWEET-CORN originally came from MEXICO MUSHROOMS are used in MEDICINE because they are very ABSORBANT Tip! You can try putting other toppings on pizza, like OLIVES, ANCHOVIES, or different kinds of CHEESE PINEAPPLES contain lots of Vitamin C and are good for your SKIN

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Chicken cheesy bread

You will need: 500g bread dough 250g smoked chicken 80g shredded cheddar cheese 2 large tbsp mayonnaise 1 beaten egg 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese 1. PREHEAT oven to 170 C. FLOUR a surface and ROLL out the bread dough with a rolling pin. 2. SPREAD the dough with mayonnaise. Thinly SLICE the chicken and TOP the dough with it. 3. ADD cheddar cheese to the chicken. 4. DAB the dough edges with a little water. FOLD 1/3 of the dough over, then the other 1/3, at the long ends of the dough. PINCH together. 5. PLACE on a greased baking tray, seam side down. PAINT the top with egg and SPRINKLE with parmesan. BAKE for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
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About the ingredients

It takes 10 litres of MILK to produce 1 kilogram of CHEDDAR MAYONNAISE is made from raw EGG YOLKS and OIL EGGS contain a lot of PROTEIN, which is also found in TOFU and MEAT PARMESAN is sometimes stored for 1 YEAR before it is ready to eat The average HEN lays 265 eggs per YEAR
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You will need: 3 spring onions 200g small potatoes 100g smoked chicken 2 tablespoons oil 8 eggs 1 teaspoon mustard 85g cheddar cheese 2 tomatoes Pinch salt and pepper

Omelette wedges
1. SLICE the potatoes and BOIL in a pan for 10 minutes. CHOP the spring onions. 2. CUT up the chicken. HEAT a frying pan with a little oil and STIR-FRY the chicken for 1 minute. TIP in the onions and STIR-FRY a little more. Set aside. 3. CRACK the eggs into a bowl and BEAT with the mustard, salt and pepper. 4. GRATE the cheese. ADD half to the eggs, and ADD the spring onions, chicken and potatoes. STIR everything. 5. HEAT the oil in a pan until hot. POUR in the mixture and STIR a little. 6. PREHEAT the grill. LOWER the heat and COOK the omelette for about 6 minutes. CUT the tomatoes into wedges and SPRINKLE the leftover grated cheese. 7. When the omelette slides around easily on the pan, but is still eggy on top, SLIDE it under the grill until the last of the egg mixture is cooked. COOL and SLICE into wedges.

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About the ingredients

TOMATOES are a FRUIT, which means you can PLANT ONE YOURSELF and grow a TOMATO PLANT CHEDDAR CHEESE is the most popular cheese in the WORLD CHICKENS become less NERVOUS if you walk past them BACKWARDS POTATOES are very POISONOUS if you eat them raw

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Cheese on toast
You will need - 4 slices bread - Cheese - Cream cheese 1. PREHEAT oven or microwave to medium high. 2. SPREAD the bread with cream cheese. 3. GRATE the cheese and SPRINKLE it over the bread. 4. TOAST for 5 minutes. 5. Serve.

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About the ingredients

CHEESE over 4,000 years old has been found in EGYPT Tip! Try different kinds of cheese for this recipe. You can make CREAM CHEESE by draining the water from YOGHURT Tip! If you like a creamier version, you can make the toast using mayonnaise or butter instead of cream cheese. Tip! You can also grill or microwave the toast, if you like.
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You will need: - 300g pre-cooked rice noodles - 100g carrots - 100g spring onions - 100g beansprouts - 100g red peppers

Spring rolls
1. PREHEAT oven to 210C. 2. SLICE the carrots, spring onions, beansprouts, red peppers, and chicken. HALVE the prawns. 3. MIX together all the above ingredients. ADD garlic and ginger, and a little bit of soy sauce. 4. LAY OUT filo pastry sheets. 5. SPOON the filling down one side of the pastry. PAINT egg down the other side and ROLL the pastry up, starting at side with filling. 6. REPEAT with remaining filling and pastry. 7. PAINT the spring rolls with beaten egg and place on a baking tray. 8. BAKE for 20 25 minutes. 9. Serve with soy or sweet chilli sauce.
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- 140g cooked prawns - 100g cooked chicken - 2 chopped garlic cloves ginger

- Small piece finely chopped - Salty soy sauce - 1 beaten egg

- 10 sheets filo pastry

About the ingredients

SOY comes from SOYBEANS, which are used to make TOFU and some kinds of MILK Tip! You can also deep-fry the spring rolls, to make them crispy and buttery, instead of baking them. RICE NOODLES are low in SALT, SUGAR, and FAT BANANA PRAWNS are light in colour and come from AUSTRALIA

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Creamy linguine
You will need: - 400g linguine - 100g sausages - 1 tablespoon olive oil - Juice of 1 lemon - 2 egg yolks - 3 tablespoons unsweetened yoghurt - Handful basil leaves 1. BOIL the linguine for about 10 minutes, or until cooked. 2. SLICE the sausages and FRY in the olive oil until browned and cooked through. 3. DRAIN the pasta and RETURN to the pan. 4. MIX in the fried sausages. 5. In a separate bowl, MIX together lemon juice, egg yolks, yoghurt and basil leaves. ADD to the pasta. 6. BLEND together. Serve with parmesan cheese.

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About the ingredients

LEMONS can stop you from getting SCURVY, a disease that happens if your body doesnt get enough Vitamin C Tip! You can add baby potatoes, carrots or sweetcorn to your linguine if you like. PASTA is very good for your DIGESTIVE SYSTEM because it is difficult for your body to break down OLIVES have been used to treat SORE THROATS

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Chocolate chip cookies

You will need: - 350g flour - 225g butter - 175g white caster sugar - 175g brown or palm sugar - 2 eggs - 350g dark chocolate - 1 teaspoon vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon baking powder
1. CUT the chocolate into small pieces. 2. PREHEAT the oven to 190C. GREASE a large baking pan with 3. MIX together flour, baking powder, and salt. sugar, and vanilla extract. chocolate. minutes. margarine or butter. 4. In a different bowl, MIX together the butter, brown and white 5. ADD eggs into the butter mixture. Slowly STIR in flour and 6. COVER the bowl with aluminum foil. CHILL in the fridge for 30 7. SPRINKLE flour onto a clean surface. Using a rolling pin, ROLL 8. Use a cookie cutter to make shapes out of the flattened dough. 9. BAKE in the oven for 10 minutes.
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out the dough.

PLACE the shapes onto the greased baking tray.

About the ingredients

The smell of CHOCOLATE can help your BRAIN to RELAX The COCOA plant has to be planted under other TALL TREES for it to grow VANILLA comes from an ORCHID, whose FLOWER only lives for one day Tip! You can add cinnamon, walnuts, dried apricots and ginger to your cookies instead of chocolate to make spice cookies

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Strawberry jelly
You will need: 1 pack jelly mix 450ml strawberry or apple juice 18 ripe strawberries Whipped cream, to decorate 1. BOIL 6 teaspoons water and sprinkle onto the jelly mix. WHISK until it dissolves. 2. POUR in the juice and WHISK until evenly mixed. 3. HALVE the strawberries and PULL the green ends out. 4. PUT some pieces of strawberry into 6 glasses, leaving a few. 5. POUR the jelly juice into the glasses. PLACE in the fridge for 4 hours or until it has set. 6. DECORATE with whipped cream and additional strawberries.

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About the ingredients

Most STRAWBERRIES have over 200 SEEDS, and it is the only FRUIT to have all of its SEEDS on the OUTSIDE of the fruit BACTERIA are sometimes added to CREAM to make it taste SOUR Tip! If you like, you can make this recipe with lots of different fruits. Some ideas are apples, mangoes, blueberries, or even lemons.

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You will need: - 275g flour - 250g sugar - 250g margarine - 3 eggs - 1 cup milk - 3 tablespoons cocoa powder - 1 teaspoon baking powder - teaspoon vanilla essence

Chocolate cake
1. RUB margarine or butter along the inside of a cake tin until it is greasy. HEAT the oven to 200C. 2. MIX together sugar and margarine until fluffy and white in colour. Use a beater or an electric hand whisk for this. 3. CRACK eggs into the margarine and MIX. STIR in the milk and vanilla until the mixture is creamy. 4. ADD flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder until it is evenly mixed in. 5. POUR into baking tray and BAKE for 20 30 minutes.

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About the ingredients

MILK contains lots of PROTEIN, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM and two different types of VITAMINS, along with important ACIDS MARGARINE can weaken your IMMUNE SYSTEM if you eat too much VANILLA is the second most-expensive SPICE in the WORLD You can get ADDICTED to SUGAR if you eat too much

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Ice-cream sandwiches
You will need: 115g margarine 2 eggs 200g brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 120g cocoa powder 250g flour 1. CREAM together margarine and brown sugar. BEAT in eggs and 2. In a different bowl, STIR together cocoa powder, flour, baking 3. KNEAD into a dough and CHILL in the fridge for 30 minutes. 4. HEAT the oven to 190 C. FLOUR a surface and ROLL out the dough with a rolling pin. powder, and salt. BEAT into the margarine mixture. vanilla extract.

1 teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt 2 litres vanilla ice cream

5. USE a knife to cut rectangular cookies. TRANSFER to a baking 6. CUT blocks of ice-cream the same size as the cookies. COOL the cookies and SPREAD ice-cream between two cookies. WRAP in aluminium foil and FREEZE for 5 hours. pan and BAKE for 8 10 minutes.

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About the ingredients

VANILLA ESSENCE comes from VANILLA BEANS, which turn into small CRYSTALS if you leave them in a cold place Tip! Try using chocolate, strawberry or pistachio flavoured ice-cream for a yummily different treat ICE-CREAM is available in AVOCADO, FISH PASTE, and POTATO flavours in FRANCE Tip! Try making the sandwiches with differently flavoured cookies, like vanilla or cinnamon-ginger cookies
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Cinnamon toast
You will need: - 1 whole egg - 2 egg whites - 200ml milk - teaspoon vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon - teaspoon ground nutmeg - 6 slices bread - Syrup or honey, to serve 1. WHISK together the whole egg and egg whites. BEAT in the milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. 2. HEAT some butter or oil in a large frying pan. 3. DIP the bread in the egg mixture until its gloopy with egg. 4. FRY in the frying pan for about 2 minutes for each side. 5. Serve hot, with syrup or honey.

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About the ingredients

There are over 200 different kinds of BREAD CINNAMON is the outside BARK of a TREE Tip! You can make a chocolatey version with cocoa powder and a little sugar instead of cinnamon and nutmeg. NUTMEG is very POISONOUS if you eat too much of it Tip! Try different kinds ingredients, like chocolate chips, sprinkles, miniature marshmallows, for a delicious surprise.
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Frozen pineapple pops

You will need: 300g plain yoghurt 200g crushed canned pineapple 200ml pineapple juice 1. DRAIN the crushed pineapple. 2. PUT everything into a bowl and MIX together. wrap over the tops of the cups. is deep into the yoghurt mix 3. SPOON the mixture into small paper cups. STRETCH plastic 4. POKE a lollipop or popsicle stick into each cup, making sure it 5. FREEZE the cups until it is frozen solid.

6. PEEL away the plastic wrap and paper cups.

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About the ingredients

PINEAPPLE is a good PAINKILLER for red or itchy skin Eating YOGHURT helps you to absorb the vitamins in OTHER foods Tip! If you do decide to try the recipe with different fruits, dont try oranges, lemons or limes. Their acid makes the yoghurt turn sour. PINEAPPLE is very good for your BLOOD and is low in FAT and SALT

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You will need: 150g unsalted butter 4 ripe bananas 2 eggs 150g dark brown sugar

Banana bread
1. PREHEAT an oven to 180 C. GREASE a cake tin with margarine. 2. BEAT the butter and sugar together until creamy. MIX in cinnamon. bananas and eggs. SIFT in flour, baking powder, ginger and

250g self-raising flour teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon ground ginger 200g icing sugar 25g walnuts

3. ADD chocolate chips and FOLD together.

4. TIP the mixture into the tin and BAKE for 40 45 minutes, 5. SIFT icing sugar into the bowl. ADD a little hot water, until on the cake and SPRINKLE walnuts. until a knife or skewer inserted comes out clean. COOL.

50g chopped plain chocolate

it becomes thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. SMEAR

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About the ingredients

WALNUTS are a good cure for BAD BREATH ICING SUGAR is WHITE SUGAR that has been PROCESSED with some CORNSTARCH BANANAS contain ACIDS which make you feel HAPPIER CHOCOLATE contains CAFFEINE, the same chemical in COFFEE that wakes you up CINNAMON can be used to treat COLDS and DIZZINESS

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Upside down pudding

You will need: - 250g flour - 250g margarine - 220g sugar - 4 eggs 1. PREHEAT the oven to 200C. SPREAD a cake tin with 2. PLACE the pineapple rings on the bottom of the tin. HALVE cherries and ARRANGE tinned fruit and pineapple on the bottom of the cake pan. margarine and DUST with flour.

- 1 mashed banana

- teaspoon vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon baking powder - 1 pack chocolate chips rings

3. CREAM together margarine sugar. CRACK eggs and beat. 4. ADD flour, mashed banana, vanilla essence, baking powder, 5. POUR the batter over the fruit-covered baking tin. 6. BAKE in the oven for 40 60 minutes. and chocolate chips. MIX.

- 5 thin fresh or tinned pineapple - 1 pack glace cherries - tin mixed fruit

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About the ingredients

CHERRIES can be used as PAINKILLERS PINEAPPLE contains the same healthy vitamins as CARROTS BANANAS contain 8 different kinds of vitamins your body needs to stay healthy CHERRIES help your body fight against harmful TOXINS Tip! There are lots of different fruits you can make this recipe with, but its not a good idea to use bananas or apples on the bottom of the baking tray.
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Cornflake cakes
You will need: 50g butter 100g chopped milk or dark chocolate 3 tbsp golden syrup 100g cornflakes 1. HEAT a saucepan to low heat and MELT the chocolate, 2. Gently STIR all the ingredients together in a bowl. 3. SPOON the cornflake mixture into cupcake cases. 4. LEAVE in the fridge to set. butter and syrup.

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About the ingredients

CORNFLAKES are stuffed with 7 different vitamins and 3 minerals SYRUP contains CALCIUM and POTASSIUM, like in MILK and BANANAS DARK CHOCOLATE can make your teeth WHITER Tip! Be careful chocolate burns very easily. Many kinds of SYRUP come from TREE SAP Tip! Try this recipe with white chocolate instead of brown or with other cereals instead of cornflakes
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Vanilla cupcakes
You will need: 100g softened unsalted butter 100g golden sugar 2 eggs 1. PREHEAT oven to 180 C. LINE a baking tray with cupcake 2. BEAT together sugar and butter until creamy. CRACK in 3. PUT the mix into the cupcake cases. BAKE for 15 20 4. BEAT the butter until soft, and slowly MIX in the icing sugar. ADD whichever food colouring you like, and ICE the cooled cupcakes. minutes, until they are firm and golden. COOL. the eggs and flour, and ADD the salt. cases.

100g self-raising flour Pinch salt

teaspoon vanilla extract For the icing: 125g softened unsalted butter 100g icing sugar Food colouring

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About the ingredients

SALT is a mineral itself that contains lots of other minerals Tip! Try the same recipe, but add some cocoa powder to the icing. (If you use cocoa powder, dont add food colouring!) Although EGGS taste FATTY, they dont contain much FAT at all. Tip! You can put food colouring in the cupcakes as well as the icing! Try different colour combinations for a rainbow-filled treat.

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Banana milkshake
You will need: 1 ripe banana 1 tablespoon sugar 250ml milk 2 scoops vanilla ice-cream 1. SLICE up the bananas and MUSH them with a fork. 2. MIX in the sugar. BEAT in the milk and half the vanilla 3. STIR until frothy and foamy. ice-cream.

4. Serve with the leftover vanilla ice-cream.

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About the ingredients

VANILLA is the most popular ICE-CREAM FLAVOUR ICECREAM contains CHEMICALS that make you feel HAPPY Tip! Try this with other fruits, too. (Some ideas are strawberries, mangoes, blueberries, pineapples, or even cherries.) The longer you leave BANANAS to ripen, the SWEETER they get
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Oreo milkshakes
You will need: 2 scoops chocolate ice-cream cup whipped cream 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup or sauce 4 Oreos 1. In an electric blender, WHIZZ together ice2. CRUSH the Oreo cookies and ADD to the ice3. BLEND for another 5 minutes. Serve quickly. cream mix. cream, milk, cream and chocolate syrup.

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About the ingredients

20 million OREOS are sold EVERY MONTH Tip! Chocolate chips or chopped chocolate make this recipe extra yummy. Pure CHOCOLATE can help with COUGHS and COLDS If all the OREOS ever made were piled up, they would reach THE MOON ten times

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Lemonade
You will need: 200g sugar 6 big lemons 5 cups water Ice 1. In a saucepan, BOIL the sugar and water. Keep 2. JUICE the lemons and MIX with the water. 3. ADD the sugar mixture to the lemons. 4. Serve with ice cubes. STIRRING until the sugar dissolves and COOL it.

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About the ingredients

People have been growing LEMONS since the year 100 A chunk of ICE 6 metres long FELL out of the sky in the year 1849 Tip! You can make a lemonade float by adding a little extra sugar to the lemonade and serving with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Only 1% of all the earths WATER is okay for DRINKING
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Fruit punch
You will need: 6 cups of different fruit juices 3 cups sparkling water 3 cups sweet fizzy drink 1. FREEZE all the fruit juices in an icecube tray. 2. TIP the juice icecubes into six big glasses. glasses, on top of the icecubes. serve. 3. POUR sparkling water evenly among all six 4. ADD the sweet fizzy drink to the glasses and

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About the ingredients

A BANANA is a berry, but a STRAWBERRY isnt Tip! Some good fruit juice ideas are orange, pineapple, pomegranate, apple, mixed-berry, mango, and lemon. SPARKLING WATER is made by adding CARBON DIOXIDE gas to PLAIN WATER Tip! If you cant find sparkling water, try using plain water, soda water, or fizzy fruit juices.

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Mexican hot chocolate

You will need: 85g dark chocolate 3 big cups milk 60g sugar 1 vanilla bean, sliced down the middle 1 cinnamon stick Little marshmallows, to serve 1. CHOP the chocolate into small pieces. saucepan. 2. ADD the chocolate, milk, and sugar to a 3. SCRAPE the seeds out of the vanilla bean. 5. On a low flame, HEAT all the ingredients. melted.

4. ADD vanilla and cinnamon stick to the pan. 6. STIR all the time until the chocolate has 7. POUR the chocolate mix into six cups. ADD a miniature marshmallow to each cup and serve.

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About the ingredients

CHOCOLATE comes from a BEAN which looks a lot like a COFFEE BEAN MARSHMALLOWS were originally made of the SAP from a MALLOW plant Tip! If you like to make your drinks look nice, you can serve your hot chocolate with rainbow or chocolate sprinkles and a wafer bar on top. MARSHMALLOWS contain the same chemicals as JELLY
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Apple pancakes
You will need:

1. PEEL the apples and CHOP them into small 2. MIX together flour, baking powder, and 1 3. ADD the egg and POUR in the milk. STIR until 4. In a pan, COOK the apple, a little butter, leftover 5. MELT a little butter in a pan. Once hot, SPOON a 6. FRY the pancakes until golden and serve with the apple sauce. blob of batter into the pan. sugar, and cinnamon. thick and creamy, tablespoon of sugar. chunks.

200g flour 4 apples Some butter

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 egg 275ml milk

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About the ingredients

APPLES FLOAT on WATER because of them is AIR 30 minutes after a HEN lays an EGG, the EGG-LAYING PROCESS starts again Tip! You can try this recipe with blueberries instead of apples. You can also serve your pancakes with ice-cream. APPLES help to whiten your TEETH.

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Monkey-tail sandwiches
You will need: 2 slices white bread Cream cheese Cheddar cheese 1. CUT the crusts off the bread and SLICE it into 2. SPREAD each thin strip with cream cheese. to the cream-cheesy strips. long, thin strips.

3. GRATE some cheddar cheese and SPRINKLE on 4. Starting at a short end, tightly ROLL up the cheesy bread and PRESS the edges down.

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About the ingredients

Tip! Some scrummy topping ideas include honey, chocolate spread, tuna mayonnaise, sliced sausages, peanut butter, and fruit spread. Ancient Roman HOUSES had a special room for MAKING CHEESE. Tip! If the edges of your sandwich wont stay down, try brushing the edges with a little bit of water or beaten egg.
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Fruity yoghurt lollipops

You will need: 250g yoghurt 75g blueberries 75g raspberries 1 tablespoon Around 15 lollipop sticks 1. PLACE the yoghurt, fruit and honey in a blender, 2. On a tray spread with baking paper SPOON out 3. STICK a lollipop stick into each dollop of 4. FREEZE for three hours, or until frozen. yoghurt. dollops of yoghurt mixture. and BLEND until smooth.

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About the ingredients

BLUEBERRIES are good for your BRAIN and MEMORY Tip! Strawberries are super-yummy in this recipe. (So are bananas and mangoes. Cut them up, then mash them in the blender with the yoghurt.) RASPBERRIES contain lots of vitamin C and are good for your BLOOD Tip! Some other interesting ideas to try are adding chocolate spread, peanut butter, honey, or fruity jam to the yoghurt instead of whole fruit.
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Chicken peanut kebabs

You will need: For the kebabs; 1 large skinless, boneless chicken breast 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons soy sauce For the peanut sauce; 3 tablespoons peanut butter 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon chopped spring onions 1. CUT the chicken into thin strips. FLATTEN the 2. PLACE the chicken, oil and soy sauce in a bowl. to marinate for 20 minutes. strips by tapping gently with your fist. COVER the chicken in the oil mixture and LEAVE

3. WHISK together the peanut butter, soy sauce, 4. POKE kebab sticks through the chicken and GRILL over a medium heat until they are golden brown and cooked through. 5. Serve with peanut sauce. lime juice, honey and spring onions.

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About the ingredients

SOY is good for your BRAIN and BONES LIMES contain a lot of FIBRE and VITAMINS Tip! If you like spicy food, try adding teaspoon chilli powder and teaspoon chilli flakes to both the peanut sauce and the chicken marinade. PEANUT BUTTER has a lot of VTAMINS, but also a lot of FATS LIMES release more juice if they are HEATED UP
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Chocolate flapjacks
You will need: 100g butter 25g sugar 5 tablespoons honey or syrup 200g oats 150g milk chocolate 1. PLACE the butter and sugar in a bowl and MELT 2. ADD the syrup and oats, and STIR until evenly mixed. HEAT in the microwave for about 3 minutes. in the microwave.

3. GREASE a baking tray. CHOP the chocolate into 4. SPREAD the oat mixture on a baking tray carefully. small pieces and MELT in the microwave.

5. POUR the melted chocolate over the oats. LEAVE 6. CUT into squares and serve to set in the fridge until they become solid.

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About the ingredients

OATS are PACKED full of important vitamins and can help with lack of FIBRE, IRON and SALT. Tip! Try adding dried fruits, like apricots or dates, or nuts, like walnuts, pecans or pine nuts, for a healthier snack. OATS can help stop HEART DISEASES, lower CANCER RISKS, and are very good for YOUNG CHILDREN. Tip! You can pour a little melted chocolate into your oat mix for a surprise.
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