🍽️ Part 1: Planning Your Meal

1. You need to feed 15 people with a budget of $60. Choose ONE meal that would be nutritious and affordable:

Spaghetti bolognese with salad

Chicken stir-fry with rice

Vegetable curry with bread

Other: ________________

2. Why is your chosen meal nutritious? Tick all food groups it includes:

Grains (bread, rice, pasta)

Vegetables

Protein (meat, beans, eggs)

Dairy

Fruit

3. Complete this budget table for your meal (use the price guide from your teacher):

Total estimated cost: $______

🤔 Part 2: Real-Life Challenges

4. What factors might change your food choices? Tick TWO that could affect you most:

Feeling stressed or rushed

Friends' opinions about the food

Shops being closed or far away

Not having cooking equipment

Family members with allergies

Running out of time to cook

5. Choose ONE factor from above. How would you adapt your meal plan to deal with this challenge?

The factor I chose: _________________________

My adaptation: I would change _________________ to _________________

because ________________________________________________

6. If you had to cut $15 from your budget, what would you change and why?

✍️ Part 3: Reflection

7. Complete these sentences about your meal planning:

I chose this meal because ________________________________

My budget is realistic because ____________________________

One strategy that helped me plan was ______________________

8. On a scale of 1-5, how confident do you feel about planning budget meals for a group?

1 - Not confident at all

2 - Not very confident

3 - Somewhat confident

4 - Quite confident

5 - Very confident

Budget Meal Planning

Budget Meal Planning

🍽️ Part 1: Planning Your Meal

🤔 Part 2: Real-Life Challenges

✍️ Part 3: Reflection

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