Meal Preparation Strategies

What is the term for meal preparation that uses a recipe and no convenience foods for most foods served?

• Scratch Cooking

• Fast Food Preparation

• Microwave Cooking

• Pre-packaged Meal Prep

Which of the following is an example of customizing a dish in scratch cooking?

• Add more spices if you prefer

• Use only pre-packaged ingredients

• Never change the recipe

• Always use beef

Fill in the blank: Basic ingredients in baked goods such as flour, fat, or liquid ingredients _______ be changed.

• cannot

• always

• should

• might

Which of the following ingredients can be changed in a recipe?

• Basic flour

• Fat

• Cinnamon

• Liquid ingredients

What is one advantage of scratch cooking? You can control ________ based on health concerns.

• ingredients

• temperature

• utensils

• cooking time

Fill in the blank: One advantage to scratch cooking is that it provides maximum ________ value.

• nutritional

• monetary

• decorative

• entertainment

Fill in the blank: Scratch cooking has fewer ________ and preservatives.

• additives

• calories

• vitamins

• flavors

Fill in the blank: Scratch cooking usually results in less waste in ________.

• packaging

• flavor

• cooking time

• nutrients

What is one advantage of scratch cooking mentioned in the image? Fill in the blank: Scratch cooking saves you _______.

• money

• time

• energy

• space

Fill in the blank: One disadvantage of scratch cooking is that it takes more time to _____.

• prepare

• eat

• buy

• serve