OT/Cooking Jeopardy

Anatomy of a Recipe

100

This list tells you what you need to make a recipe

Ingredients

200

This part of a recipe tells you what steps you need to make the food

Instructions/Directions

300

This number tells you how many people can eat the finished recipe

Servings

400

Although these things typically aren’t listed, it is important to read through the recipe to make sure you have these available (or you won’t be able to cook your recipe). [Examples: oven, microwave, mixing bowl, whisk, spon]

Equipment/Tools

Let's Get Cooking!

100

You do this to mix your ingredients together

Stir

200

This tells you how to cook something. It’s also the first thing you should look for if you want to try making something new.

Recipe

300

You do this before you start cooking to make sure that the oven is hot enough by the time you need to use it

Preheat

400

Before you start cooking, you should do this with your recipe

Read/Review OR Gather ingredients

A little bit of this, A little bit of that

100

For many recipes, it is important that you do this to your ingredients instead of guessing how much to put in. This allows you to know exactly how much you are adding to your food.

Measure

200

These tools are used to measure larger amounts (such as ½ cup or 1 cup) of ingredients.

Measuring cups

300

These tools are used to measure smaller amounts (such as teaspoons and tablespoons) of ingredients.

Measuring spoons

400

How much you should add if you want a small amount and don’t need an exact measurement

Pinch

Kitchen Safety

100

It’s a good idea to do this to your hands before you start cooking.

Wash

200

Use these to keep your hands safe when you take really hot things out of the oven or microwave.

Potholders/oven mitts

300

You check this part of a bowl/cup to see if it is microwave safe.

Bottom

400

Anything made of this material should never go into the microwave because it can spark.

Metal

Prepping for Meal Prep

100

This is the amount of money that you need to buy an item.

Price

200

It’s a good idea to use this to keep track of which ingredients you need to buy at the store.

List

300

You should check here for ingredients (like flour and vanilla extract) that don’t go bad quickly.

Cabinet

400

You should check in here for ingredients (like eggs and milk) that can go bad/spoil more quickly.

Fridge/Refrigerator