Ready, Set, Cook! Curriculum: A picture-based recipe and lesson plan collection

The Ready, Set, Cook! Curriculum comes with multiple components.

• Includes 40 step-by-step recipes in five categories
• Lesson Plans provide Objectives, Talking Points, and Tips
• Pictures accompany recipe steps to support readers and non-readers
• Offers clear and concise directions for easy following

The Lessons Plans begin by teaching students how to use a colour-coded microwave, basic nutrition, and safety skills. A laminated Recipe Reader and Measurement Guide help students to customise the serving sizes their recipe creates. The picture-based Cookbook includes 40 step-by-step, illustrated recipes.

There are five recipe categories in Ready, Set, Cook!:

• Add to It! focuses on basic foods that can be transformed into something more.
• Eat Fresh! encourages eating fresh food you prepare yourself.
• Make It a Meal! incorporates recipes with a variety of food groups that come together to make a complete and well-balanced meal.
• Share It! focuses on the social aspect of eating at get-togethers and makes many servings to share with a group.
• Use It and Reuse It! introduces the concept of cooking one food and incorporating it into many meals over a week.

Some of the recipes are labelled as Speed It Up! with some of the simpler steps cut out or combined to make the recipe more concise.

Curriculum includes Lesson Plans book with flash drive, Cookbook, consumable Student Cookbook, and the laminated Recipe Reader and Measurement Guide, Cookbook Stand & Timer.

Additional Ready, Set, Cook! Student Workbooks can be purchased.