Cooking: Preparing a Balanced Meal

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 Agriculture and Nutrition | Strand 2.0 Food Production Processes | Sub-Strand 2.6 Cooking: Preparing a Balanced Meal (11 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this sub-strand, you should be able to:

• Explain factors to consider in preparing a balanced meal
• Prepare a balanced meal for healthy living
• Use various styles to present the meal
• Adopt the use of a balanced meal in day-to-day life

Summary

A balanced meal brings together proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals in a way that suits who is eating it. Factors like age, health status, occasion, and gender all shape what a well-balanced meal should look like for a particular person or event — and how the meal is presented can be just as much a part of the experience as what is on the plate.