No-Cook Recipes for KS1 — 5 Simple Recipes
Five no-cook recipes suitable for Reception and KS1 DT lessons: fruit skewers, bread and butter, hummus and pitta dippers, simple salad, and banana smoothie. Each has a child-friendly instruction card.
Preview
Page count: 4. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Complete a simple food preparation task from start to finish, practising hygiene, safe handling, and food vocabulary.
About this resource
- Subject: Design & Technology
- Type: Activity Pack
- Grade levels: Kindergarten (ages 4-6, ≈ Reception / Y1), Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3)
- Pages: 4
- Date added: 2026-05-12
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Cookbooks and kitchen kit for KS1 food tech
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
Children's cookbooks
- C Children's Cookbook (DK with step photos) — DK
- Q Quick and Easy Children's Cookbook — Annabel Karmel
- N No-Bake Baking: 25 Delicious Recipes — Emma Goss-Custard
Equipment and safety
- C Children's aprons classroom set
- C Child safe kitchen knife set educational
- C Cutting board set colour coded food hygiene
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