Year 9 & 10 have been learning to write SEXY paragraphs.
What does this mean?
A SEXY paragraph has four parts to it.
The first part is where the students state their opinion or thoughts.
This then leads into an explanation and some examples.
Finally the students give their opinion or thoughts on the subject.
The class was asked to bring their favourite baking recipe from home so for example biscuit, muffins, slices etc.
They then adapted the recipes to reduce the fat, salt and sugar and increase the fibre.
These new recipes were tasted in class and given a mark out of 10 by each student.
The students then went on to write a SEXY paragraph about their recipes.
We must remember that even though we have made these recipes healthier they are still treats and should be eaten occasionally.
SEXY Paragraph- Afghans
Statement-Our Afghans are healthier than the original recipe.
Explain-My reasons for this are because we made changes to reduce the fat, salt and sugar but have also increased the fibre, by changing the Skippy's Cornflakes to Allbran Wheat Flakes, which increased the fibre. We also changed the butter to reduced fat spread and used half wholemeal flour and half plain flour. This not only increases fibre, but reduces the fat (especially saturated) in the butter.
For Example- by changing the butter to reduced fat we lowered the total fat by 41.5g, saturated fat by 33.5g and salt by 251mg. By using half wholemeal and half plain flour we improved the fibre content by 7.75g, but that's not including us changing Skippys cornflakes to Allbran WheatFlakes which added an extra 19.2g of fibre per 100 grams giving us a total of 26.95g of fibre per 100 grams.
Your Thoughts-By making these changes in your everyday recipes you can reduce the fat, salt and sugar, that then decrease the chances of health issues such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. So you can go on living a healthy lifestyle.
By Eloise McLaughlin
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Our Double chocolate and banana muffins are healthier than the original muffins
Because in the recipe we changed the 2 cups of self raising flour to 1 cup of white flour and 1 cup of wholemeal flour. This will increase fibre. We also changed the sugar content to 1/3 of a cup of sugar from 1/2 a cup of sugar which will give our muffins less sugar. We also changed our milk to trim instead of the standard blue top milk. This will reduce fat. Our final ingredient was salt which we left out.
For example we changed the flour. The white flour had less than 1 gram of fibre per 100g and the wholemeal flour was 12g per 100g of dietary fibre. The standard milk had 2.1 grams of fat per 100ml while the trim milk that we used only had 0.2g of fat per 100ml
It is important to reduce fat content in our diet, especially saturated fat as it can lead towards health problems e.g. Heart disease, obesity or type 2 diabetes. Increasing fibre in our diet adds bulk and keeps you fuller for longer. It is also good for your digestive system and can reduce the chances of you getting bowel cancer. Reducing salt helps keep your blood pressure low and that's why we have taken it out of our recipe and finally with reducing sugar it keeps your teeth in good condition and helps prevent decay. Choosing to replace these ingredients is a good option as it provides a number of health benefits.
Oscar Goodlet
