Meal Planning

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Meal Planning

• A two-course meal

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What should we think about when planning meals?
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Which dish is more attractive?
Dish B
Dish A
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If you want to have a balanced diet, we can take
the healthy diet pyramid as a guide to plan our
meals.
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Principles of meal planning

• Nutritional balance
• family needs
• attractive food
• seasons and occasions
• economy

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The usual patterns of a two-course meal in
Chinese style

• Pattern 1
• A soup 1 main dish plain rice
• An example
• Fish balls and lettuce soup
• Sweet and sour pork

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The usual patterns of a two-course meal

• Pattern 2
• 2 main dishes plain rice
• An example
• Stir-fried chicken wings with potato and carrot
• Stewed mixed vegetables in curry sauce

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Stir-fried chicken fillets with mango
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Stir-fried chicken Fillets with Mango

• Ingredients
• 200 g chicken fillets
• 1 large mango
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1/2 red pepper
• 2 tbsp. Oil
• 2 shallots

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• Seasoning for chicken
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp corn flour
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• a little sesame oil

• Sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2 tbsp water

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Method

• 1. Clean and dry chicken fillets. Cut into
  strips. Season and mix well.
• 2. Clean and cut the mango, green and red peppers
  into strips. Peel and slice the shallots.
• 3. Prepare the sauce.

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How to share the tasks

• Student A
• 1. Clean, dry chicken fillets. Cut into strips
• 2. Add seasonings. Mix well.
• 3. Wash the utensils.

• Student B
• 1. Clean and cut the mango, green and red peppers
  into strips.
• 2. Prepare the sauce.
• 3. Wash the utensils.

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Method

• 4. Heat 2 Tbsp oil and saute the shallots. Add
  the chicken fillets and stir fry well.
• 5. Add the green and red peppers and the sauce.
  Stir fry until the sauce thickens
• 6. Add the mango. Stir well. Serve hot.