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PRY 4 SECOND TERM HOME ECONOMICS E-NOTE
WEEK 1
Meaning and Types of Snack
Snack
Meaning
Snacks are light food taken in between meals. They are prepared from ingredients available at home without much preparation. They are portable, quick, and satisfying.
Snacks are simple and quick prepared meals, convenient and easy to eat. Snacks should include the essential nutrients needed by the body to perform its normal functions.
Types of snacks
- Puff-puff
- chin-chin
- biscuit
- cake
- ojojo
- Plantain chips
- Doughnut
- groundnut
Fruit drinks
Fruits drinks are juice extracted from fruits and diluted with sugar, pineapple drinks etc.
Types of snacks
- Pineapple juice
- Apple juice
- Cherry juice
- Lemonade
- Orange juice
WEEK 2
Snacks and Main Meal
Snack II
Snacks are light food taken in between meals. They are prepared from ingredients available at home without much preparation. They are portable, quick, and satisfying. Snacks are simple and quick prepared meals, convenient and easy to eat. Snacks should include the essential nutrients needed by the body to perform its normal functions. Snacks: they are light food taken in between meals.
On the other hand, main meals are the real foods eaten three times a day, i.e. in the morning (breakfast), afternoon (lunch) and in the evening (dinner). Main meals contain the essentials nutrients required by the body to perform it task. Put simply, main-meal are the major food taken three times in a day that contains balanced diet e.g.
- Breakfast:Tea and bread and egg
- Lunch:Eba with meat vegetable soup
- Supper:Beans and fried plantain with stew
Differences between snacks and the main meals
| Main meals | Snacks | |
| 1. | It takes longer time to prepare | It is fast to prepare |
| 2. | It contains all food ingredients | It lacks some |
| 3. | It is expensive | It is very cheap |
| 4. | It is usually heavy food | It is light food |
| 5. | It is taken three times | It can be taken daily often. |
Quiz
- What do you understand by main meal?
- List five differences between snacks and main meal.
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