All for the Beef
All for the Beef program resources support Career and Technology Studies (CTS) – Basic Meat Cookery (FOD2100) and includes approaches, strategies, tools, assessment and student learning support for both independent and classroom lab-based learning contexts.
Consistent with the approach and structure of CTS courses, All for the Beef facilitates multiple pathways and encourages students to explore and learn based on their interests, prior knowledge and experiences. Icons make navigation through this resource easy by identifying supports for scaffolding, extending, and assessing learning as well as website and video links. Icons also identify:
- Marketplace information on beef cuts
- Prep skills for food ingredient and nutrition knowledge
- Culinary practice tips, strategies and video links for cooking and tenderizing beef
- Recipes that range from simple sloppy joes to beef satays, roasts, stroganoff and stir fries
- Chef skills for food safety
All for the Beef program components provide interactive checkboxes and fillable fields for tracking and customizing learning.
Downloadable Components
- All for the Beef Teaching and Learning Resource – Download for teacher approaches, strategies, assessment tools, and background information.
- Explore Meat Cookery Student Sourcebook – Download for learning handouts, beef production and cooking information, culinary practice recipes, and graphic organizers.
- Market Cards Sourcebook – Download cards that highlight cooking and tenderizing approaches for retail beef cuts.
- Recipe Cards Sourcebook – Download the full collection of meat cookery recipe cards. You can also access each recipe separately below.
- Chef Skills Sourcebook – Download for safe and sanitary kitchen working skills and practicies.
All for the Beef Test Bank
Our test bank includes multiple choice, true or false, and short answer questions correlated to FOD2100 outcomes.
This Microsoft Word document allows you to select and customize questions for your own quizzes and tests for part or all of the FOD2100 course. A teacher and student version will be provided.
All For The Beef Recipes
These recipes provide information on cooking and tenderizing methods. Note that many of these recipes combine or cross over more than one method. They are categorized for your general reference.
Access individual recipe cards by course-correlated outcomes and cooking skills. Culinary Practice Recipes, used as guided lab learning experiences, are indicated by an asterisk.
Moist Heat Cooking
Hearty Beef Minestrone Soup
Cowboy Cupcakes
Marinating to Tenderize
Asian Beef Noodles
Mechanical Tenderizing
Beef Involtini with Asparagus
Korean Beef Lettuce Cups
Global and Traditional Beef Recipes
Agriculture for Life
Agriculture for Life’s resource library offers a wide range of free, curriculum-linked educational resources and activities designed to engage students from K-12 in agricultural literacy. The library includes lesson plans, videos, publications, and interactive activities.
Guardians of the Grasslands
Guardians of the Grasslands is an online grazing simulation game where players manage cattle and land to maintain a healthy ecosystem and attract wildlife. The game is designed to help students explore agricultural practices and discover the importance of cattle on the landscape.
Running with the Ranchers
Running with the Ranchers (RWR) is a new, pilot program by Alberta Beef Producers that allows elementary students from kindergarten to grade five to explore raising beef animals in Alberta.