Home Economics Coursework task
Gladys Lee (16), Tanya Chee (24), Teow Kang Hui (25), Yeo Yihui (26)
Class: 113
Investigation
Information on YOG:
YOG logo
Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is like any other Olympics but
it is specially catered for youths aged 14-18 years old. Young
athletes will participate in high-level competitions together with
the sports element of the event. The Youth Olympic Games aim to
bring together talented these athletes from around the world
and non-athlete participants such as young ambassadors and
young reporters. They will participate in a Culture and Education
Programme (CEP) focused on five themes: Olympism and Olympic
values, skills development, well-being and healthy lifestyle, social
responsibility and expression through digital media.
YOG Mascot
Non-athletes (young ambassadors, young
reporters etc.) will also participate with young
athletes in the CEP activities.
The first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games will
bring together about 3,600 athletes and 1450
officials in 2010 and the first Winter Youth
Olympic Games will bring together around 1,000
athletes and 500 officials in 2012.
Information on Youth Athletes:
Aside from training, the athletes’ diet is critical so as to obtain an adequate amount of nutrition which
can aid in improving their constitution and their sports performance, enabling them to reach their
highest potential.
There are different types of nutrition in foods such as carbohydrates, proteins, calories, vitamins,
minerals, fats. These have various types of functions for the body such as providing energy for the
athletes and repairing muscle tissue so as to improve overall health for better sports performance.
The importance of what foods are eaten is matched only by when they're eaten. Proper
nutrition is important not just on the day of competition, but on a daily basis. Eating a meal or snack an
hour or so before athletic activity will provide energy without having a full stomach. It is also important
to replenish the body's stores after athletic activity. A meal or snack within one hour of activity will
assure this. Carbohydrates should be the main focus, along with protein in smaller amounts.
Information on design and produce:
In the YOG, the lion is of greatest importance
and significance, both to this humongous event
and Singapore’s heritage. One of the mascots
of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games held in
Singapore is Lyo, a featured orange-maned lion
cub who loves fun and aspires to encourage
youths to keep fit and enjoy sports, which not
many of us do in this modern age.
The lion is a national symbol of Singapore, our country, due to an old legend about a prince who
saw a lion upon disembarkation to the island, and subsequently named the island “Singapura” which
means “lion city”. To represent the country, Lyo’s pawprint is a shape reminiscent of Singapore, and his
mane mimics the shape of the Flame of Passion of the Spirit of Youth, yet another symbol of the YOG
2010.
Thus, we will be designing the sandwich based on a lion design. The whole meal bread will be
decorated with salmon and other ingredients into a shape reminiscent of a lion to represent the neverdying spirit of Singapore, to strive for success and to instill in the athletes an urge to reach for the stars
and a sense of belonging to the nation. Not only will the sandwich be edible and beneficial to athletes’
various needs for nutrition, it will also bolster their confidence to strive for success for Singapore.
Information on eating healthily:
Maintaining a healthy diet is very important as food provides energy for our body to work.
When you pay attention to what you eat, your body runs at its best. With a healthy diet, you can also be
less prone to health related diseases that put your life at risk. Such examples are obesity, high blood
pressure and osteoporosis.
Healthy Eating
The food pyramid helps us to
maintain
a healthy and well-balanced diet
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forour eating.
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Looking at the pyramid (refer to
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image), it is encouraged to eat more from
the ‘grains’ category (bottom of pyramid)
at the recommended serving amount, and
sparingly of the ‘others’ category (top level
of pyramid).
By cutting down on food that contain high amounts of fat, the risk of suffering from cancer,
stroke, high blood pressure, and obesity is greatly reduced.
Looking at the second from the top of the pyramid, dairy products are sources of calcium that
helps make our bones strong. However dairy products may also be high in fat. Hence we should reduce
our dairy product intake or eat products which are made of low-fat or skim milk. Meat is a good source
of protein, but can also be high in fat. Therefore lowering the fat intake by removing skin and eating lean
meat will greatly benefit the diet.
Eating the appropriate servings of fruits and vegetables will ensure a high fiber diet. This helps
greatly in lowering the cholesterol level of our body and also prevents constipation and intestinal
problems.
Energy Balance
To have a balance in energy, one must have an equal energy input and output. After eating the
appropriate serving amounts of food, exercising is also required for the energy balance. Exercising helps
us to loose weight and burn off the calories from the food we eat. It builds up our body to be more
strong, healthy and less prone to diseases.
Design
Recipe 1: Tuna waffle
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1 pound wild salmon fillet, (see Ingredient Note), skinned (see Tip) and cut into 4
portions
2 teaspoons blackening or Cajun seasoning
1 small avocado, pitted
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2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise
4 crusty whole-wheat rolls, split and toasted
1 cup arugula
2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
Preparation:
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Oil grill rack; preheat grill to high.
Rub salmon on both sides with blackening seasoning. Grill until cooked through, 3 to 4
minutes per side.
Mash avocado and mayonnaise in a small bowl.
To assemble sandwiches, spread some of the avocado mixture on each roll and top with
salmon, arugula, tomato and onion.
Recipe 2: Baguette long stick sandwich
Ingredients
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1 baguette
1 can of tuna
2 Tomatoes
1 Lettuce
2 slices of Swiss cheese
2 table spoons of low-fat mayonnaise
Procedure:
- Cut the baguette into half and scrape out the bread inside
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices
- Put tuna flakes mixed with mayonnaise into the hollow portion of the baguette
- Place the tomatoes around the tuna and top it with the cheese.
Recipe 3: Lyo’s Awesome Sandwich
Ingredients needed:
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1 slice of whole wheat bread
2 slices of mozzarella cheese
1 piece of salmon
½ tablespoon of salt
½ tablespoon olive oil
1 egg white
1 tomato
1 cucumber
1 blueberry
Procedure:
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Toast the whole wheat bread until crispy and nice
Melt down the mozzarella cheese
Marinate the salmon with the salt and olive oil
Take the egg and boil. Extract the egg white after solidification.
Remove the skin of the cucumber and cut two slices
Cut the blueberry in halves.
Mash the tomato
Design it all into the bread in the shape of Lyo, the 2010 YOG mascot.
Criteria
Cost
Recipe1
Cheap--$7
Recipe2
Cheap--$ 10
Time
Takes a lot of time
Takes a lot of time
Interesting
It would be a normal
sandwich—not very
interesting
Very healthy
It is fairly interesting because a
baguette is used.
healthy
Not very healthy because the
baguette contains quite a large
amount of fats
Recipe3
Moderate price-$15to$20
Takes a moderate
amount of time
Very interesting, as the
design is the shape of
Lyo.
Very healthy
We would choose recipe 3: Lyo’s awesome sandwich because it is the most interesting among the three
recipes which we have listed, since it would be designed in the shape of Lyo, the YOG mascot. It is
healthy and the price of the ingredients altogether is moderate and affordable. Moreover, the time
taken to make the sandwich is not as long as the other two types of sandwiches.
Resources:
http://www.blangahrisepri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1043100
http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en.html
http://www.google.com.sg/images?hl=en&safe=vss&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=3&q=youth+olympic+ga
mes+mascot
http://www.google.com.sg/images?hl=en&safe=vss&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=youth+olympic+ga
mes+logo&aq=2&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=youth+oly&gs_rfai=
http://olympicparalympicsport.suite101.com/article.cfm/lion-of-the-youth-olympic-games-lyo-the-yogmascot
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/blackened_salmon_sandwich.html