NUTRITION Vocabulary

Adjectives to describe food

• tasty = delicious = yummy

• mouth-watering = scrumptious

• healthy = nutritious = nourishing

• appetizing = stimulating one’s appetite • undercooked / overcooked

• home-cooked I’m hungry Expressions
• rich in flavour • I’m starving = extremely hungry
• bland = without much flavour • I’m famished = extremely hungry
• tasty = delicious = yummy • I’m peckish = slightly hungry
• tasteless = with no taste • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse
• spicy

• salty

• sour

• bitter

• savoury = spicy/salty, not sweet

• oily / greasy

Exam questions and Great Eating & Cooking Expressions

Do you like to cook?

Not really no  … most of the time I eat ready meals and take-aways … that’s one of the reasons I love visiting my
mum … you can always guarantee lovely home-cooked food. Her dishes are always scrumptious!

What time do you usually eat dinner?

We have our main meal at around 7.00 … I’m usually starving hungry by then … in fact I often grab a bite to eat as
soon as I get home from college … a sandwich perhaps … but not too much to spoil my appetite …

Are there any types of food you don’t like?

No not really … I’m not a fussy eater at all … actually I eat like a horse … I do a lot of sport and work up quite an
appetite!

Expressions about food

• to eat healthily

• to have a sweet tooth

• posh restaurant

• international cuisine/dishes

• processed foods

• dairy products
 • food additives

• preservatives

• fresh ingredients

• to watch your weight

• to go on a diet

• to put on/ gain weight

• to lose/shed weight

• to have/eat a well-balanced diet

Cooking Verbs

• to cut / to chop / to slice / to dice /

• to peel / to fry / to grate

• to bake/ to grill / to boil / to steam

• to whip/ to squeeze

• to spread / to roast / to sprinkle

The Way we Eat and Cook Phrasal Verbs

• to pig out / to eat up / to eat out / to pick at / to cut out / to cut down on / to bolt down

• to wolf down / to whip up / to fry up / to warm up

Fill in the gaps with the right words in the table below:

nutritious food poisoning cholesterol levels calories processed

1. Undercooked seafood or poultry can cause ______________ .

2. ____________________ foods are less _______________________ than home-made meals.
3. Fast-food is high in __________________.
4. People need to watch their _____________________________________