Lesson Plan: Cooking & Baking with Hass Avocados
Super UserCourtesy of the Hass Avocado Board
A series of educational resources, first to earned CAFÉ’s new Endorsement Program seal.
This series of individual lessons/labs instructing on proper handling of and cooking and baking with Hass avocados, as well as applying sound nutrition principles to concept and menu development, provides comprehensive training developed by several experts using a versatile, year ‘round food.
The series focusing on Hass avocados from the Hass Avocado Board is the first resource from the foodservice industry to earn CAFÉ’s new Endorsement Program seal. CAFÉ’s Endorsement Program, through an independent panel of career educators, recommends select educational resources as applicable and desirable for use in a foodservice-educational environment in high schools and postsecondary schools nationwide.
Five distinct modules make up the series:
- Lesson A/Lab Session I: “Maximizing the Avocado Yield”
Developed by Michael Carmel, CEC, CCE, M.Ad. Ed., department head at Trident Technical Institute
Culinary Institute of Charleston
- Lesson B/Lab Session II: “The Versatile Avocado”
Developed by Michael Carmel, CEC, CCE, M.Ad. Ed., department head at Trident Technical Institute
Culinary Institute of Charleston
- Lesson Plan C/Lab Session III: “Healthier Baking with Hass Avocados”
Developed by Julie Tuizer, MS, adjunct baking professor at the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago
- Lesson Plan D/Lab Session IV: “Making Delicious Recipes Nutritious”
Developed by Sara Haas, adjunct nutrition and culinary professor at the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago
- Lesson E/Lab Session V: “Fresh Hass Avocados: Proper Handling”
Developed by Ezra Eichelberger, CHE, professor in hospitality and service management at The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Lesson E/Lab Session V includes an additional PowerPoint presentation in .pdf format on proper handling of Hass avocados including proper tools and utensils; opening, coring and slicing; and plating.
All six downloads in the series are featured below for easy access. For more information on Hass avocados, including foodservice recipes and chef profiles, visit www.avocadocentral.com/foodservice.
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