Cooking & Kitchen — Intro — Lingadoo Vocabulary Worksheet

Key Vocabulary

Word		Meaning	Example sentence
recipe	n.	instructions for making food	This recipe is easy to follow.
ingredient	n.	one food used to make a dish	Tomato is the main ingredient.
flavour	n.	the taste of food or drink	The soup has a strong flavour.
portion	n.	an amount of food for one person	The portion was too small.
boil	v.	to cook in very hot water	Boil the potatoes for ten minutes.
fry	v.	to cook in hot oil	Fry the onions first.
bake	v.	to cook in an oven	Bake the bread for twenty minutes.
chop	v.	to cut food into small pieces	Chop the carrots carefully.
stir	v.	to move food around with a spoon	Stir the sauce slowly.
oven	n.	a kitchen machine used for baking or roasting	The pizza is in the oven.
pan	n.	a metal container used for cooking	Heat the pan before adding oil.
leftover	n.	food that remains after a meal	I ate leftover pasta for lunch.

Common Collocations

recipe: simple recipe, recipe book
ingredient: fresh ingredient, list of ingredients
flavour: sweet flavour, rich flavour

portion: large portion, portion size
boil: boil water, boil rice
fry: fry eggs, fry fish

bake: bake a cake, bake potatoes
chop: chop onions, chop vegetables
stir: stir soup, stir well

oven: hot oven, preheat the oven
pan: frying pan, saucepan
leftover: leftover food, use leftovers

Language Tips

Cooking verbs

Boil uses hot water. Fry uses hot oil. Bake uses an oven.

Chop means cut into small pieces, and stir means move food around with a spoon.

Recipe language

A recipe lists ingredients and steps.

A portion is the amount of food for one person. Leftovers are food kept after a meal.