Potatoes provide Vitamin C, which is essential for healthy skin, teeth, hair, muscles and bones. It also helps you absorb iron.

The potato is recognised as the third most important crop in the world of human and animal consumption.

Cooking Up a Storm!

You could try this fantastic recipe at home – it's easy to make, delicious and if eaten with fruit, salad or vegetables, can be part of a balanced meal!

Health and Safety

  • Wash your hands and surfaces carefully before starting food preparation.
  • Wash food carefully before cooking.
  • Always take care to follow allergy advice on food packages and labels.
  • Always ask an adult to help you when using the oven or cooker.

Cheese and Potato Bread Twists

Ingredients (makes 8)
  • 3 large potatoes, diced
  • 1 packet of bread mix
  • 1 small handful of cheese
  • Olive oil for greasing
Method
  • Boil the potatoes for 20 minutes, drain, then mash until smooth. Cool.
  • Pour the bread mix into a large bowl, carefully add in the potatoes then make the bread mix according to the instructions on the packet.
  • Divide the dough into 12 pieces and shape into rounds.
  • Scatter the cheese over the dough, then take and roll into long sausage shapes.
  • Take two of the sausage shapes, fold the ends together and twist. Fold together at the ends and put onto a greased baking sheet.
  • Bake the bread for 10 to 15 minutes at Gas Mark 7 / 220ºC / 425ºF.

These twists are delicious with dips or maybe as an alternative to a sandwich in a packed lunch.

"Starchy foods should make up about a third of the food we eat. Most people should be eating more starchy foods. So if you want to eat healthily try to think about the proportions of the different foods you eat in a day.
Starchy foods are a good source of energy and the main source of a range of nutrients in our diet. As well as starch, these foods contain fibre, calcium, iron and B vitamins."

From The Food Standards Agency

Children enjoy cooking and these recipes are fun, healthy and easy to do. Not only will it help your child's understanding of science, it is a great way to practise numeracy – through weighing – and literacy - through reading the recipes. Of course, you'll have great fun together too!