Enchilada Experience!

Blog post written by the children in Year 5/6: Emilia, Willow, Seb, George, Evie and Radu

Research

On Monday 16th January, the children tasted enchiladas made by the TA’s of year 5/6.

Thoughts from the children when tasting the enchiladas:

'I don’t like it because I don’t like the spice.'

'I like it because it was spicy.'

'I loved it because of the crunchy wrap and the spice mix.'

Design

The children were able to choose from a range of different ingredients and spices to create their enchilada recipe.

Ingredients:

• Green pepper

• Yellow pepper

• Onion

• Sweetcorn

• Carrots

• Lentils

• Mushroom

• Tortilla wrap

• Grated cheese

When choosing the spices, the children were able to smell and taste a variety of spices to create their desired flavour.

Spice mix:

• Chilli

• Paprika

• Brown sugar

• Salt and pepper

• Basil

• Oregano

• Cumin

• Tumeric

Make:

The children really enjoyed preparing the ingredients and cooking their enchiladas. Everyone was much happier with the flavours!

Find below a variety of photos including the children and enchiladas:

Evaluate:

Here are a few of the children’s evaluations:

I think the spice mix went well, but next time I think I will add more spice.

I think it tasted lovely because of the sauce and vegetables. Next time, I would put a little bit less sauce.

I wanted to add more spice to make it spicier next time.

I would add more chilli because we could not really taste any spice when we made it.