My Centaurs Digital Portfolio
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My last senior foods meal I made is a roast beef. I chopped carrots and onions and cooked the meat for three hours. I put lots of balsamic vinegar to give it lots of flavor. I also added cumin to give more to the roast and so it doesn’t dry up.
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This senior foods lab has peppers, beans, broccoli, mushrooms, beef, and onions. Again I feel like I could’ve made presentation a lot better, and added in a side to go with this dish. I would make this again, it tasted than it looked.
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This is a senior foods home lab, I made a dish with pasta, onions, garlic, beef, peppers, and parmesan. I didn’t do my best job making it look appealing but it tasted good and the process of making it was good. I didn’t struggle with any of the cooking skills. I would try making this again but maybe presentation better.
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My greek meal had roasted potatoes, rice, greek salad, chicken souvlaki, pita bread, and tzatziki. The potatoes need more flavor and the tzatziki had a lot of
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Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish from Rome made with egg, hard cheese, guanciale, salt and pepper. We coated the pasta in a thick egg sauce with bacon and parmesan cheese. A super easy and fast dinner! The pasta was tender to the tooth and had parmesan which is where some of the flavor came from. I found my pasta was plain and didn’t have much flavor. Next time I would add more cheese, bacon, salt, and pepper. Another thing I would change for next time is adding a little more pasta water to the pasta. It was a super simple recipe and I would make this at home on my own.
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This was my first time making vegan chili. Instead of meat I used tofu, it also had beans, onion, garlic, and parsley. It tasted really good and I would love to have it again. I have never cooked with tofu before so that was a cool experience. It tasted very plain, once I added in some spices it had a good flavor. Next time I would add in a bun with my chili to dip it in. I blended my chili after because I fond it was a little chunky for a chili. I pulsed it a few times and it looked much better.
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This senior foods home lab I made a tuna casserole, it’s filled with vegetables like zucchini, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, and onions. Melted on top is cheese and has lots of spices like cumin and paprika. This was a really fast lab to prepare, and cooked in the oven for half an hour. A tuna casserole has mainly pasta and tuna but I decided to not add pasta. Next time I would add pasta, more cheese, and bread crumbs on top.
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This is a grade 12 home lab, I made shrimp pasta it has tomato, and cheddar cheese. The shrimp gave the food lots of flavor, and the tomatoes were sautéed. It tasted delicious and I would eat this again. I used my knife skills by chopping the tomatoes, and I cooked the pasta till it was tender to the tooth. Next time I would make a side of salad to go with it to balance the food.
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This lab we made hand made pasta that was a two day lab. I missed the first day of this lab which was making the dough, the second day we stretched the dough and cut it into spaghetti. The Carbonara has bacon, garlic, onions, eggs, cheese, and parsley. When all the food was sautéed we had to add the spaghetti water and I added to much water and mine was a little to watery. I have never made carbonara pasta before and I really enjoyed it.
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This lab was split into a two day lab. The first day we prepared and cooked the chili. The second day we made the cornbread and finished off the chili. I have never made cornbread before nd it tasted great with the chili. The chili was made of kidney beans, black beans, tomato sauce, corn, beef, onion, garlic, zucchini, and peppers. The chili was very flavorful and warm. I put my grated cheese on top with the avocado and cornbread for decoration and to make it appealing. My biggest challenge was giving that chili flavor because I found my chili was very plain, once I added in more chili powder it tastes more of a chili.