Kitchen Safety
Measuring Up
Canada's Food Guide Recommends...
Vitamins and Minerals, Oh My!
Know Your Knives!
100

This needs to be covered or tied back before you start cooking in order to keep it out of your food.

What is hair?

100

This is what I would use if I were doubling a recipe that called for 2 tablespoons of oil.

What is 4 tablespoons?

100

Canada's Food Guide recommends that you drink this most often.

What is water?

100

This vitamin can be found in fruits, especially oranges.

What is Vitamin C?

100


This type of knife is small, and best used for peeling and cutting vegetables.

What is a paring knife?

200

If you handle these with wet hands, you'll be in for a shock!

What is electrical equipment?

200

This is what I would use if I wanted to halve a recipe that called for a half teaspoon of vanilla.

What is a quarter teaspoon?

200

Canada's Food Guide recommends that this should take up half of your plate.

What is vegetables?

200

This vitamin is found in orange and dark green vegetables and affects your eyesight.

What is Vitamin A?

200

In order to keep your knives safe and efficient, you need to do this often.

What is sharpening?

300

This is the recommended amount of time for proper hand washing.

What is 30 seconds?

300

This is what I would use if I wanted to double a recipe that called for a 1/3 cup of sugar.

What is 2/3 of a cup?

300

Canada's Food Guide recommends that you limit foods that contain sugar, saturated fat, and this.

What is sodium?

300

This vitamin can be found in dairy products; a lack of it can be bad for your bones.

What is Vitamin D?

300


This knife is best used for cutting meat.

What is a cleaver?

400

The process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another, with harmful effect.

What is cross-contamination?

400

This is what I would use if I wanted to halve a recipe that calls for 3 cups of flour.

What is 1 and a half cups?

400

Canada's Food Guide recommends that you use this to figure out what's in your food.

What is a food label?

400

Found in meat and dark green vegetables, this mineral helps strengthen your blood cells.

What is iron?

400

This type of knife has teeth, which makes it perfect for slicing bread.

What is a serrated knife?

500

Dishes made with this ingredient needs to be cooked to an internal temperature of 74 degrees celsius.

What are eggs?

500
This is what I would use if I wanted to double a recipe that called for 3/4 teaspoon of salt.

What is 1 and a half teaspoons?

500

Canada's Food Guide recommends that you be aware of this - it can influence your decisions around food.

What is marketing?

500

Many people don't realize that this bone-strengthening mineral can be found in dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, tofu, and some types of fish, as well as a certain drink.

What is calcium?

500

When cutting, the hand that is guiding should resemble the claw of this wild animal.

What is a bear?

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