Favourite Recipe

Pasta Carbonara

Making and Sharing Reflection

Making – Identify appropriate tools, technologies, food sources, processes, and time needed for production

In this lab we used a number of different tools to complete it efficiently. We started off with a knife and cutting board, Then moved to a grader and micro plan; and lastly I used a pan and stove top. I used the pan and stove top to cooking the food carefully and well. The only technologies we used to complete it was the stove top. I used Mrs. Boils so it was electric. For this lab we used a number of different processes including, boiling water and cooking our pasta. checking for doneness or ” Al Dente”. Ensuring our meat was correctly and fully cooked. We also tempered the eggs with some boiling pasta water to make sure that the eggs where way less likely to fry, when we added them into the hot pan with pasta. The time needed for this project would definitely ideally 1 hour. 20 minutes for prep. and 40 for cooking all final dish.

Making- Use food materials in ways that minimize waste

To ensure we minimized waste we always used and ate all the food we where given. Not to mentioned ensured we used the most of the food as possible. That was we where putting less in the food waste. Another way we reduced our waste was putting our food scraps in the food waste and not the garbage. That was it is less likely to end up in the landfill and more likely to be positively recycled; And lastly we only took as much as we could eat. We didn’t take too much or too little we ensured before hand we discussed how hungry we where and what foods we liked/wanted in our dish. Having that conversation makes sure the dish is tailored to both people making the dish and both people will enjoy all ingredients in the dish.

Sharing- Decide how and with whom to share finished product Assess their ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaborative

In our class I shared this dish with the person I made it with ( my partner). After we finished our dish we sat down at our table together and ate our food together. Personally I think we worked pretty well together. We made sure we where communicating constantly, and we made sure we told each other when and what we where doing. That way everything we needed to do was done and we where aware of all of it. Individually I did fairly well. I ensured all the tasks I was given were done efficiently and correctly that way we would have the best success for the dish as possible.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicated clearly and purposefully can be see in…..

When Doing the lab I ensured before we started we communicated who likes what food, what food we wanted in our dish and what way/ways we would cut up the foods. We also discussed how to cook each food. Next after that we communicated who was going to do what task and when that task was to be done. After that when we started cooking we made sure where where communicating what we where doing, and when we where doing. And what we have finished. That way we where both aware of what was done and what still needed to be done.

If the group is not being productive, we can …… in order to make sure we get things moving in the right direction.

If things are taking longer then anticipated we can start helping each other out. For example, if someone is taking longer doing the cutting you can either help them out with any other they have left, or start the cleaning prep. What I mean by this is, if they are cutting peppers and have 1 left you can always jump in and help them cut that last pepper to move things on. Or start pre rinsing the dishing’s, wiping down the counter top, or even take the food waste to the food waste bin.

Physical Geography Core Competency Self-Assessment

Creative Thinking

During the project “Island Trip Project” I was able to actively display the core competency of creative thinking. For this project we had to creatively make our own topographic map of an island and make creative places on it. I harnessed my creativity when I drew out my island and while I took the time to name out all aspects of my city and all the peaks of my mountains. During this project I developed my creativity skills by looking up topographic maps online and critically think how I could improve my map from a creative stand point.

Core competencies Book

communication

I asked and responded to questions to be an active supportive listener when my partner and I where discussing what to do and how to do it

I can understand and share my information about the topic of interest in a clear, organized way. When you read my story it is organized and you know exactly what its about.

I inquire into and present on the topics on interest and topics related to my studies. I showed this when I elaborated into my story and added more information into the topic.

collaborating

I work with others to achieve this goal. I worked with my partner effetely while completing this project.

I take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share. During my project we assigned who did what and I completed my share in a timely fashion.

I encourage others to share their voices and value diverse prospective. I encouraged my partner to voice her opinions and concerns during the whole project.

positive personal and cultural identity

I can identify my strengths and identify my potential. I understood the fact that I cannot draw for the life of me so i asked my partner to draw and I took on extra work to compensate for that.

personal awareness and responsibility

I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself. I was super proud of my work and showed pride when handing it in.

I work to inform myself about issues surrounding me. I took on this project to learn more about an mental illness I found interesting.

creative thinking

I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on ideas of others. My partner and I built ideas off of each other and I formed ideas on my own to create our story.

I can preserve over time to develop my ideas, and expect setbacks and failures, but use that to develop my ideas. If my idea in the book didn’t work out I would try to build off of it and find another new idea to make the story even better.

critical and reflective thinking

I can analyze evidence to make judgments. I used the information on the internet to make it into an interesting story.

I can reflect on my thinking. What I’m currently doing.

I can ask open-ended questions to gather information. I asked the teacher questions to better my understanding in what we where doing.

Core Competency Goals

I show that I value feedback from others in my group by while they speak listening engaging and giving eye contact then engaging in the conversation.

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when we are given a project and the teacher shows us examples and shows us what others have done in the past then asking around seeing what others have decided to do to complete the task.

An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is psychology because it is a very difficult course to navigate through.

English 11 Poetry Reflection

My Poem ” strawberry ”

This is a poem about my favorite fruit, strawberry’s named “strawberry”

Curricular Competencies Reflection

The purpose of my poem was to try and display my love for strawberries, by making them come to life and give them a story. I wrote this poem with Ms. Khokhar in mind, as she assigned this project for us to complete. I chose Strawberries because it’s one of my favorite summer fruits, and I grew up eating them, and going to farms to buy them all through the 2000s. I planned this poem with one thing in mind, I really liked the idea of having the words ” A strawberry” at the beginning of every sentence in my poem. From there I used that to develop my poem and fraise the sentences. Next, I used imagery senses to help bring the strawberries to life. I used it describe the berry itself and what famers do to the berries.

Creative Thinking Core Competency Reflection

I choose the topic of my poem after Ms. Khokhar mentioned favorite fruit or veggie, right after she said fruit I knew exactly what I was going to do. I formed my ideas after getting a general idea of what I wanted my poem look like, for example the ” A strawberry” then I developed my ideas off of that. I utilized strategies by trying my best to go in depth with the descriptions and trying my best to build off of other ideas I had.

Favorite Recipe

waffles

Making and Sharing Reflection

For this lab we had to work collaboratively with our group members; We had two members of the group making crapes while the other two made the waffles. During this lab we had to also collaboratively work together by assigning role, and working together on certain aspects of the food making process. We as a group chose who did what by using the “dibs” style of assigning. Quite simply one group dips the waffles and the other took the crapes. Then we all worked together on the topping.

Core Competency reflection

As an active listener I have noticed that during the demos the day before our teacher usually gives us all the answers for our recipe sheets.

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposely can be seen, while we prep before the cooking starts. During the cooking process communicating what has gotten done and what still needs to be completed, and if we have followed the instructions correctly.

One way I ensure my group is clear on communication is before we start cooking we have a conversation about whos doing what and when it should all be done.

I know my group members are all working well together when there is silence and everybody knows exactly what to do.

What makes us who we are – final home lab

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side
cake

For my meal I planned to make a poke bowl. With a side of Edamame. With the dessert being a double chocolate cake for my brothers birthday. For the poke bowl i wanted to keep it basic and a family favorite with the basic poke bowl add-ins. Moving on to the side, i wanted too keep it simple because the bowl is so filling and has so much flavor. So i chose to make the side something you can eat on the side or add it into the dish. Now to the chocolate cake i made a “wacky” cake with 3 layers of dark chocolate in the middle, and chocolate frosting. My meal Was not too far off from what i wanted it to be. I Cooked white sticky rice and put ‘soy sauce’ ‘sesame oil’ and ‘ponzu” then i put the rice into bowls. i added rice seasoning seasoning garlic powder and garlic sprinkling on the rice. I added the toppings ( types of tuna sashimi, cucumbers, intimation crab, avocado.) then i boiled the side dish and begin cooking the cake. (https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/crazy-cake-or-wacky-cake-recipe/ cake recipe I believe i showed strength in the following skills: I showed strength in icing and decorating the cake because the crumble coat went super well and it covered the cake completely and i decorated half of it with gold sprinkles and the other side with 17 candles. This dish shows significance because it is a dish that connects to my backgrounds and it is a dish that my whole family enjoys. It also has a super good healthy foods ratio so its super yummy and super healthy. This dish reflects on who i am because its simple yet complected at the same time kind of reflecting my personalty.

Cooking at home #1

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

For this home lab I made Chocolate covered strawberries. For this lab I had strawberries in my fridge and I had a left over bock of bakers chocolate; So I decided I wanted to utilize these things to make them. So I started off with cutting the chocolate brick to about 1/4 cup of pure dark chocolate. then I put my double boiler on the stove to heat it up. I chose to use a double boiler because, I did not want to burn the chocolate. Especially because I had cut up the chocolate so it was all different sizes. After it was warm to the touch I put a little but of milk and butter to melt and warm up. As soon as the butter melted, I put the chocolate in and stirred it till it all melted smooth. Then I put sugar in it. ( I would normally put powdered sugar in it but we did not have any.) after I mixed it in, i started cutting the strawberries and getting them ready for the chocolate. Then I found out that the best way the get it fully covered, was to swearword it around the bowl. I did not use a recipe to make this dish. If i were to make this dish again I would use the icing sugar because, it would be thicker and and less see threw. The challenges I had to over come where not having the powdered sugar, so I replaced I with normal white sugar. I think my biggest success would be the final product because I’ve never made this and I’m really proud of it. I am most proud of not burning the chocolate because I seem to burn a lot of things.

Cooking at home 7

Family traditions- cinnamon buns

cinnamon buns https://www.food.com/recipe/bread-machine-cinnamon-buns-50722

For this lab i decided to make cinnamon buns; to do this my friend and i did some recipe looking and found on for my bread machine, after we did that we started to make our mixture and pressed dough/pasta button and waited about 2 hours. After that i pulled it out, floured the counter. Cut the dough in 2 sections and rolled it out with a rolling pin. After i got it in a thinner square i put a brown sugar melted butter mixture on it and started to roll it. It does not say to put melted butter on it at you roll it but my mom normally does that so that’s what i did. then i cut it into equal thin peaces and did the same for the other half of dough. then i buttered the pan and put all the buns in the pan and cooked them.

This has been a tradition for as long as i can remember, but my mom normally makes it in two variations; one in a bunt pan and the one in cinnamon rolls. And this tradition started when my mom was a kid. This tradition started when my mom was younger in the salmon arm in her family farm. There’s not too much meaning around this because the way it has been made has changes through the years. But to me its special because it only get made one or two times a year. The best part of this would definitely be the filling ans icing on top of it. The challenges that i faced where i could not figure out how to use the bread machine, so i face timed my cousin and she showed me how to use it. another challenge i faced was i could not fit all the buns in one pan so i had to get a smaller one to fit the last three in it. I think the greatest success in this dish would be the final product because last time i made this it was super hard and dry and this time its super soft and moist. I am most proud of the prep i did because it made it so much easier to do.

Cooking at home #1

sushi bowl

For this lab I made a sushi bowl (this could be considered a poke bowl but it dose not have raw fish in it .) My inspiration for this meal was, that i really wanted sushi at the time…. looking through my pantry i had all the fix ins to make California rolls but I did not have sushi seaweed. So I made the brown sticky rice and added ponzu and sesame sauce alone with ‘soy sauce’ and brought it a boil and cooked the rice. After I cut up the left over avocado and the left over intimation crab. After I cut up the crab I added mayo say sauce, sesame oil into the mixture; then I put all the sauces into the rice again to give it more flavor then I added the avocado and crab mixture. After that I put “garlic blaster seasoning blend” *my new favorite seasoning* and “katsuo fumi furikake rice seasoning” and “tajin classico” with a little bit of pepper to top it off.

I did not use a recipe to make this meal. If I were to make this meal again I would not use brown sticky rice (that is what I had at the time) because I find its really hard and dose not get sticky. A challenge I over came was not having the sushi roll seaweed; so I made it a sushi bowl. I am most proud of the final product making something new. I am most proud of this meal because I over came a wall and found something new to do with my prep and idea.