Category: Foods 10

Final Foods Home Lab

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I planned for my meal to be colorful, full of flavor and inviting. The spaghetti sauce I made should be thick, with a bit of kick and veggies in every bite. The noodles should stick to the wall (al dante). The romaine lettuce should be crunchy, the dressing is garlicky with a hint of lemon. My angel food cake should be fluffy, light, and golden brown on the outside. There should be a thin layer of lemon glaze, and it shouldn’t taste too sweet.

My meal tasted amazing! It was full of so many great flavors and colors. The spaghetti had a nice warming kick to it. I decided to cut the veggies into small pieces, so there was veggies in every bite. The noodles were al dante and the sauce turned out nice and thick. The salad had a garlicky flavor and was very fresh. The only thing was that I added too much lemon, but it still tasted great. The angel food cake I made was golden brown, fluffy and light. My cake had a thin layer of lemon glaze, which was not too sweet.

Overall I think everything was perfect for my family, but something I would definitely change would be adding less lemon to the salad.

I think my knife skills really showed, because the veggies were cut small and about the same size. I got veggies in every bite I took.

My family is a multi-cultural family. We like making a variety of different kinds of foods. For my dad spaghetti was a comfort food for him and his parents when he was young. I thought it would be a great meal to make, because we really enjoy making this and I believe it describes my cultural identity perfect. I made angel food cake for dessert, because my grandma would always make this for birthdays.

Cooking at Home 7

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Today I made my grandmas conjee. I used my grandmas recipe to make it. Congee is a Chinese porridge that is made plain, than you add your own toppings once it is cooked. Sometimes it can be cooked with different types of meats. I made it plain, than added BBQ duck, green onions, cilantro, and sesame seeds. Maybe next time I could try cooking it with chicken broth. I did not have any challenges making this dish. It was pretty straight forward and easy to make. My greatest success was getting all the meat off the duck, because it took a long time. I am most proud of learning how to make stuff my grandma ate as a child. Overall it was a great success.

Cooking At Home 7

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Today I made double chocolate cookies. For these I used my moms recipe from her recipe book. They are so soft and they melt in your mouth. I made a double batch, and I didn’t have many chocolate chips, so some of them did not have any. Next time I would probably add more chocolate chips. Something I had trouble doing was scooping the cookies the same size. I tried using one spoon, but than I tried using two and made it a lot easier. I think my greatest success was sharing them with my cousins, because they really enjoyed them. I am very proud of not eating them all myself and how soft and mouth watering they were. Overall they turned out amazing 🙂

cooking at home 6

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Today I made my grandmas chow mein. Our family tradition is to have chow mein on ones birthday. Since it was my moms birthday my grandma showed me how to make her chow mein. Our family believes chow mein represents longevity, so we all have to have some to wish long life upon ones birthday. Chicken is used in our chow mein, which signifies health. We also have chow mein for Chinese new year. It has been done in past generations as far as my grandma can remember. In my opinion the best part about making this chow mein is eating it with our whole family, because everyone enjoys it. There were no challenges making this, because my grandma was a great teacher. I think the greatest success making this was that our whole family came over and even my little picky cousin enjoyed it. My grandma usually is the one that makes it, so me making it and people liking it as much as when she makes it made me proud. Overall I think this was my best meal I made so far.

cooking at home 5

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Today was my grandmas Birthday, so I decided to BBQ for her. My dad usually BBQ’s for us, but today was my first time using it. There are lots of things you can use a BBQ for. I used it for hot dogs, smokies, chicken breast and chicken drumsticks. You can also use them for veggies, smores, steaks ect. Some safety concerns using a BBQ are burns, grease fires, never use it inside and don’t leave it unattended. If someone did not have a BBQ they could use a grill pan. I did not need a recipe to make this for my whole family. If I were to make this again. I would make less, because it was to much for my family, or invite more people. A challenge I had was that the BBQ was not clean, so before I cooked I had to scrub the BBQ. My greatest success was that the chicken wasn’t dry and the hot dogs were cooked perfectly. I am very proud of making this for my whole family for them to enjoy. Overall It was a great success.

COOKING AT HOME 5

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Today I made apple cinnamon cookies. They were full of flavor and super light and fluffy. I found a recipe in my grandmas recipe book, but changed it up a bit. If i were to make this dish again I think I would add more apples. I did not have any challenges making this. The recipe was easy to follow. The greatest success about these were that they all eaten up and they looked and tasted amazing. I am most proud of my dog liking them. Overall it was a success.

Buddah Bowl

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This dish was very successful for me, because everyone got to pick what they wanted inside their bowls. I did not have any challenges making this dish. It went very well and I am definitely going to make it again. The vegetables were fresh and the texture of the quinoa completed the meal. Overall it went very well 🙂

Cooking at Home 4

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Today I made fried rice with the left over pork from the tacos. I did not use a recipe. I made a pot of rice and let it cool. I washed and cut up carrots and celery to saute. I stared frying the rice and added 3 scrambled eggs. Once the vegetables were tender and the meat was reheated, I combined everything in with the rice. I added soy sauce to taste. I finely cut green onions to add just before serving. The most successful thing about this dish was definitely the pork, because it was still tender and it wasn’t dry. There were no challenges about this dish. Even though this dish was easy to make, it was one of the best tasting dishes I’ve made so far.

Cooking at Home 4

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I planned to cook Korean style pork tacos and marinated the pork the night before. For the marinate sauce I used 3 tbsp sesame oil, 3 tbsp ground ginger, 3 tbsp garlic, 6 tbsp soy sauce, 6 tbsp sugar, 1/2 cup hot water and gochujang to taste. I mixed the ingredients together and added the pork to refrigerate overnight. Preparing the meat the night before made it an easy meal to cook and serve. The next day I thinly sliced green onions, chopped thai basil, sliced cabbage and cut the carrots julienne style for the slaw. I mixed the prepared vegetables together with mayonnaise and sprinkled the slaw with black sesame seeds. The slaw added color to this dish. All that was left to do was cook the meat and heat the tacos. The meat was very tender and smelled so good. I warmed the taco shells and filled with the slaw and meat. They not only looked good, everyone enjoyed them. I don’t think I would change anything, but might try chicken or beef next time. The most successful thing about this meal, was marinating the meat over night, I think it was very tender. Overall I think it was a success 🙂