October Tests
Next week year 5 and 6 will complete thier mid-term tests.
Year 5 : Home Economics Test will be on Wednesday 5th October
Year 6 : Home Economics Test will be on Monday 3rd October
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Wesley Weekly Recipe
Its September and its gotten quite cold already so its nice to enjoy a comforting bowl of pasta. Spinach is in season, its packed with Iron, important for healthy blood and preventing anaemia. Check out this tasty recipe!
Spinach fiorelli with gammon and mascarpone
By Lindsey Bareham
Serves 2
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
150g fiorelli or other frilly egg pasta
50g young spinach
1 trimmed leek, approx 100g
25g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 gammon steak, approx 150g
2 tbsp mascarpone
2 tbsp grated Parmesan
1 lemon
Method
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling water according to packet instructions – about 10 minutes – adding the spinach for the last minute of boiling. Drain, return to the pan and toss with half the butter, 1 tbsp Parmesan and 1/2 tbsp mascarpone.
Meanwhile, trim the leek and slice into pennies about 1cm wide. Agitate in a bowl of cold water, drain and shake dry. Melt half the remaining butter with 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying or sauté pan over a medium-low heat. Stir in the leek, season generously with salt, stir again, cover the pan and leave to soften for 5 minutes. Slice the gammon into strips about 4cm x 1cm. Stir the gammon into the leeks, toss around in the buttery juices for a couple of minutes until all the pieces have changed colour and cooked through. Stir the contents of the pan into the pasta. Serve scattered with Parmesan, a dollop of mascarpone and a lemon wedge to squeeze over the top.
The Times November 16, 2007.
Its September and its gotten quite cold already so its nice to enjoy a comforting bowl of pasta. Spinach is in season, its packed with Iron, important for healthy blood and preventing anaemia. Check out this tasty recipe!
Spinach fiorelli with gammon and mascarpone
By Lindsey Bareham
Serves 2
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
150g fiorelli or other frilly egg pasta
50g young spinach
1 trimmed leek, approx 100g
25g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 gammon steak, approx 150g
2 tbsp mascarpone
2 tbsp grated Parmesan
1 lemon
Method
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling water according to packet instructions – about 10 minutes – adding the spinach for the last minute of boiling. Drain, return to the pan and toss with half the butter, 1 tbsp Parmesan and 1/2 tbsp mascarpone.
Meanwhile, trim the leek and slice into pennies about 1cm wide. Agitate in a bowl of cold water, drain and shake dry. Melt half the remaining butter with 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying or sauté pan over a medium-low heat. Stir in the leek, season generously with salt, stir again, cover the pan and leave to soften for 5 minutes. Slice the gammon into strips about 4cm x 1cm. Stir the gammon into the leeks, toss around in the buttery juices for a couple of minutes until all the pieces have changed colour and cooked through. Stir the contents of the pan into the pasta. Serve scattered with Parmesan, a dollop of mascarpone and a lemon wedge to squeeze over the top.
The Times November 16, 2007.
Watch the spot
Hi Home Ec people!
Week one is over now and it feels like we were never away!! We have a busy term ahead so keep checking out this blog to find out what's happening in The Home Ec Dept! From now on we will have lots of exciting features included on the blog.
Some things to watch out for are.......
-The Home Ec Department
(Mrs O'Doherty, Mrs Burns, Ms. Lynch, Ms. Fallon & Ms.O'Donoghue)
Week one is over now and it feels like we were never away!! We have a busy term ahead so keep checking out this blog to find out what's happening in The Home Ec Dept! From now on we will have lots of exciting features included on the blog.
Some things to watch out for are.......
- The Wesley Weekly Recipe
- Home Ec study tips
- "Home Ec loves this website" featuring interesting HE related website that we've found for you
- "Home Ec ALERT" with reminders of events or dates for HE students
- "Home Ec Helper" featuring advice about HE topics or homework
-The Home Ec Department
(Mrs O'Doherty, Mrs Burns, Ms. Lynch, Ms. Fallon & Ms.O'Donoghue)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Leaving Certificate Home Economics
Congratulations!!!
Well done to all our leaving certificate students who recently achieved very good grades in L.C. Home Economics. We wish you all the very best of luck in your future studies or careers.
The Home Economics Dept.
Well done to all our leaving certificate students who recently achieved very good grades in L.C. Home Economics. We wish you all the very best of luck in your future studies or careers.
The Home Economics Dept.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Reminders!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi to all our Home Ec Students!
Hope you are all having a great summer break. Just over two weeks left now so make the most of your free time!
This is just a gentle reminder to all the students going into Third Year. We are about to start the craftwork project and need to have the materials ready on return to school on the 29th August. If you have any queries write them here on the blog and I'll do my best to respond promptly.
In case your parents have a lot of expense at this time of year remember that you can always recycle materials you have at home, particularly if it's 100% cotton. This is HOME ECONOMICS after all!!!
See you in Wesley soon!!
Regards,
Ms. Fallon
Hope you are all having a great summer break. Just over two weeks left now so make the most of your free time!
This is just a gentle reminder to all the students going into Third Year. We are about to start the craftwork project and need to have the materials ready on return to school on the 29th August. If you have any queries write them here on the blog and I'll do my best to respond promptly.
In case your parents have a lot of expense at this time of year remember that you can always recycle materials you have at home, particularly if it's 100% cotton. This is HOME ECONOMICS after all!!!
See you in Wesley soon!!
Regards,
Ms. Fallon
Monday, May 30, 2011
Under development for the Summer
Its the end of another school year and we'd like to wish all the Junior and Leaving Certificate students the very best of luck in their forthcoming examinations!
To all the other students...enjoy the school holidays and come back energised and ready for another great school year!!
This blog will be under development in the coming months so if you've any suggestions or ideas for the Wesley College Home Economics blog 2011/12 please write your comments below.
The HE Dept.
To all the other students...enjoy the school holidays and come back energised and ready for another great school year!!
This blog will be under development in the coming months so if you've any suggestions or ideas for the Wesley College Home Economics blog 2011/12 please write your comments below.
The HE Dept.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
TY Fashion Design
The new fashion recruits from Transition Year have been really busy so far this term! Their first 'Project Runway' assignment was to design an outfit using newspaper and bin bags! They only had 45 minutes to do this and then they modelled their creations!! The final designs were really creative and blew everyone away!
Then the designers got to work on their inspiration and theme for their 'real' project! They each created a mood board with fabric swatches, pictures, sketches and trimmings. They all have purchased their pattern and fabric and are ready to move on to actually making an outfit!
Cupcakes!!
The Home Ec Department has been busy this term!! With new first years cooking for the first time, and everyone getting back into the swing of things!! The fourth years were delighted with their Junior Cert Home Ec results and had great fun making these cupcakes last week!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Wesley College Ready Steady Cook Competition 2010
Ready Steady Cook 2010
Wesley College's annual culinary competition “Ready, Steady, Cook” took place on Wednesday 3rd of March. In this the 7th year of the competition we supported the national campaign to “Love Irish Food”. Twenty finalists were selected to compete to produce the best dessert using at least one Irish ingredient in one hour and thirty minutes. The ingredients and prizes for the competition were once again generously sponsored by the Wesley College Parents Association.
The student’s work was carefully assessed by Thomas Haughton, Executive Head Chef of Harvey Nichols Restaurant in Dundrum! He was assisted by two excellent judges from the Parents Association; Mrs. Lynda Dwyer Joyce and Mrs. Anna Keogh.
The students competed for first, second and third place. Each prize winner was awarded a voucher for a cookery course in the acclaimed “Cooks Academy” in Dun Laoghaire. The first prize winner also won the Ready Steady Cup for the year
The standard of desserts produced was outstanding! There was a great buzz as the judges set about sampling twenty different desserts; what a task! The great crowd of supporters looked on eagerly. They were anxious for the results…and a piece of cake!
First prize was awarded to Deirdre Cassidy for mouth watering Chocolate Lava Cakes. Second prize was won by Grace O’Reilly for her tasty lemon pudding with strawberries and white chocolate. Third prize was awarded to Esther Glenfield for her Artemis Delight, a delicious almond meringue and strawberry cake.
The teachers of the Home Economics Department are delighted to see the ever improving standards of culinary excellence achieved in the “Ready, Steady, Cook” competition. I think I can speak for students, parents and staff alike when I say we are licking our lips in anticipation of next year’s event!
Ms. Fallon
Wesley College's annual culinary competition “Ready, Steady, Cook” took place on Wednesday 3rd of March. In this the 7th year of the competition we supported the national campaign to “Love Irish Food”. Twenty finalists were selected to compete to produce the best dessert using at least one Irish ingredient in one hour and thirty minutes. The ingredients and prizes for the competition were once again generously sponsored by the Wesley College Parents Association.
The student’s work was carefully assessed by Thomas Haughton, Executive Head Chef of Harvey Nichols Restaurant in Dundrum! He was assisted by two excellent judges from the Parents Association; Mrs. Lynda Dwyer Joyce and Mrs. Anna Keogh.
The students competed for first, second and third place. Each prize winner was awarded a voucher for a cookery course in the acclaimed “Cooks Academy” in Dun Laoghaire. The first prize winner also won the Ready Steady Cup for the year
The standard of desserts produced was outstanding! There was a great buzz as the judges set about sampling twenty different desserts; what a task! The great crowd of supporters looked on eagerly. They were anxious for the results…and a piece of cake!
First prize was awarded to Deirdre Cassidy for mouth watering Chocolate Lava Cakes. Second prize was won by Grace O’Reilly for her tasty lemon pudding with strawberries and white chocolate. Third prize was awarded to Esther Glenfield for her Artemis Delight, a delicious almond meringue and strawberry cake.
The teachers of the Home Economics Department are delighted to see the ever improving standards of culinary excellence achieved in the “Ready, Steady, Cook” competition. I think I can speak for students, parents and staff alike when I say we are licking our lips in anticipation of next year’s event!
Ms. Fallon
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