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Featured recipes

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Pork, plum sage pasties

Complexity Medium-High Time 60 mins Recipe

Sweet plum steak stir-fry

Complexity Medium-High Time 45 mins Recipe

Dutch apple cake

Complexity Medium Time 45 mins Recipe

Blueberry and cinnamon muffins

Complexity Low-Medium Time 45 mins Recipe

Plum-berry layered dessert

Complexity Low Time 30 mins Recipe

Pear and cinnamon bircher muesli

Complexity Low-Medium Time 30 mins Recipe

Oaty apple and orange squares

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Apple and carrot juice

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Characteristics of good practice in teaching food and nutrition education to pupils with additional needs

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Characteristics of good practice in teaching food and nutrition education to pupils with additional needs

The characteristics of good practice in teaching food to pupils with addition...

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Characteristic 1 - Developing professional competence

A document from the characteristics of good practice additional needs guide.

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Characteristic 2 - Taking a whole school approach