Today for my “what makes us who we are” I made pizza, chicken wings and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. I planned for my meal to be just like when my mom makes it, a chewy pizza crust not too crispy and very flavourful. For my chicken wings I planned for them to be crispy […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #4 Building my skills – Technique
Today I made brown rice with shrimp and chorizo. I did use a recipe from a website https://www.canadianliving.com/food/recipe/saffron-brown-rice-with-shrimp-and-chorizo. When building my skills/techniques I decided to choose multitasking in the kitchen. I chose to learn this because it will make me more self aware in the kitchen. I did not use a video to learn the […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #7 Learn to make a family tradition
For my family tradition, I made cookies. I am not sure what these cookies are called but my mom calls them aunt Dina cookies. My mom calls them that because the recipe came from her aunt. We make these cookies around Easter time and we usually put mini eggs in them but since it’s not […]
COOKING AT HOME #5: OPTION #2 Turning leftovers into something new!
For this weeks cooking at home I turned my leftover steak into fajitas. The day before my family made steak with potatoes and we happened to have leftover steak. In the fajitas there are red peppers, green peppers, onions, and of course the steak. I did look up a recipe https://www.skinnytaste.com/chicken-fajitas-45-pts/. The recipe calls for […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #1 Using what I already have!
For cooking at home number four I chose to make chili. My mom got this recipe from online. https://www.skinnytaste.com/quick-beef-chili-recipe/. My family makes this all the time it is a great dish to have when it’s cold outside. it is warm and kind of soupy and sweet because of the vegetables. One of the challenges I […]
Buddha bowl
Tonight I made a really good buddha bowl for dinner. In the dish I had rice as the base with oven cooked butternut squash and brussel sprouts and an egg on top. I put a couple of pecans and avocado on the dish as well. My success with the dish was making the egg, it […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #5 working as a team
My task this week was unloading the dish and setting the table. I unloaded the dish washer twice and I set the table everyday. My mom usually ask me and my two other siblings to take turns. I can see that it was less of a big deal if we all pitch in. We are […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #4 Building my skills – Technique
For my skill I choose cutting and dicing. I wanted to improve my cutting skills. I didn’t use a video or website my mom was directing me. For the dish we made soup from what we had in the house. For someone that was learning how to cut foods , make sure you keep your […]
COOKING AT HOME: OPTION #1 Using what I already have!
My first cooking at home I made was Italian mushroom risotto, pork cutlet and rapini fresh from the garden. The risotto taste like a creamy rice and then we have a crispy culet on the side. Also, the rapini on the side had a garlic taste to it but was tasteful. This recipe was from […]
Safety And Sanitation
In this lab, I made a sunny side up egg. It went really well for being my first time making an egg like this. The success I had in this lab was the egg and the challenge was also the egg. I have actually never made an egg before so it was kinda challenging for […]